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I’ve thought a lot about this post. Debated with myself how I wanted to write it, what to include. I mean this post is my wrap up from an entire YEAR! That’s crazy. This year, like any other, was like a roller coaster ride. There were extreme highs and some pretty deep lows. But for…
So I had heard about the #HourOfCode movement for quite a while. I even signed up a few months ago saying I would take part. Then the month of December quickly came upon me and I just had far too much on my plate to even consider “losing” a day of instruction to allow my…
As teachers we have all kinds of students. We have the ones that drive us absolutely bananas. The ones that know exactly what buttons to push at exactly what times. Sometimes they make us lose our temper, sometimes they make us want to scream, and sometimes they make us want to just flat out ignore…
Man what another fun week in class! So this week we’re gearing up for our Math Benchmark next week. Being a classroom that doesn’t teach test formatted Questions and that doesn’t do worksheets, we tend to do things a little differently. On Monday we did a rotation exercise. Kids were split into groups of three…
Recently I got the opportunity to play with an exciting new toy called the Sparkup Reader! As soon as I heard about this device I knew I had to get my hands on it to play with it. I’m not even a reading teacher and I absolutely love this little device. Now, it’s not perfect,…
I like to think that I’m a creative teacher who really strives to try out of the box ideas to make my classroom as fun and exciting as possible. But in saying that, doing things like that doesn’t come without some sort of push back. Over the years I’ve been shut down by administration, other…
This week was a whirlwind! I guess it’s cause we’re getting back into the swing of things after being gone for Thanksgiving break. Monday we spent the day catching up on our Classroom Champions lesson, this month over “Community”. We watched a video from our athlete, Josh Sweeney, and then came up with a plan….
EduBlogs has released their finalists for their EduBlog Awards for 2013! Man there are some really great finalists in each category. I highly encourage you to check out their site and vote for people you respect in the online world! You can check out all the nominations here I was super excited to find out…
Yesterday while working with my students a realization just came over me. Something that I often talk about, but that yesterday just hit home so much. Kids want us to notice them. Kids want us to care. Many times as teachers we get so caught up in the paperwork, and planning, and preparing for the…
Blogging is something that I really got into a little over a year ago. Never would I have ever imagined myself being a writer. But the more I write, the more I also connect with other educators blogs. I’m proud to announce my nominations of some great educators/blogs that have inspired me! Best Teacher Blog…
To try to even put the last few days into words is impossible. So bear with me as I try to type all this out. For those of you who didn’t know, I was selected as a White House Champion of Change for being a “Connected Educator”. Someone who is “taking creative approaches in using…
This last week we spent working on fractions, fractions, and more fractions! I started the week by looking for a great project that I could use as a “review” for my students, since their fraction test was on Thursday. As many of you who are regular readers of my blog know, I don’t teach any…
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