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What a whirlwind of a time this has been! I successfully completed a year of teaching during a pandemic. I successfully completed my 10th year teaching total. Simply finding time to write has been difficult. I sit ready to write, and something always comes up. Not that I am complaining at all! I volunteered toContinue reading “June 15, 2021”

ahh… blended learning. Another educational term for something we have been doing all along, right? Of course. We all, in some capacity, have blended learning taking place in our classrooms. For some reason, when we as educators, hear a new term or educational fad, we think that these “types of lessons” are big shows thatContinue reading “Blended Learning in the Middle School Setting”

This is probably one of my favorite things as a teacher. Collaborating with others in the profession. I thrive off of learning from those in the profession. There are many negative connotations about PD in the teaching world, but personally, I feel that the BEST PD is the PD that is spent by simply talkingContinue reading “Collaborating with Colleagues”

August 5 was such a long time ago! It feels as if an entire lifetime has past! Honestly, I have forgotten about this place that I started a year ago to simply share what is on my mind. After talking to colleagues today, we discussed posting some PD thoughts/ device implementing. So I figured, IContinue reading “April 6, 2021”

It has been several weeks since my last post. Many, many, MANY things have happened since my post in April. School finished virtually. I did not teach summer school for the first time ever, I am finishing my masters degree next week (YAY), I have had heartache. This year seems to be going on forever.Continue reading “August 5, 2020”

Around 3:00pm, the governor of Missouri announced that all public and charter schools will remain closed for the rest of the semester. While I knew that this would happen, I am still devastated. This is not how this year was supposed to end. It has been 28 days since I last saw my students. 28Continue reading “April 9, 2020”

Today I ventured out in public for the first time in a week and a half. I was running out of creative ways to cook with odds and ends in the pantry and figured I needed to stock up on some things. I arrived at the store as they opened and other people had theContinue reading “March 28, 2020”

Today marks day 2 of the city being under shelter in place and day 3 of digital learning with my 6th graders. Shelter in place isn’t really an issue at this point. I don’t make it a habit to be out and about during the week. Come Saturday I may have a different view point.Continue reading “March 25, 2020”

Yesterday, I went to school to get some things from my classroom that I will need to teach from home (my rocket book, pens, teacher manuals, etc). I also sat with some of my teaching partners and created a plan for our kids. I was reminded how terrible this situation is. Yes, the virus isContinue reading “March 20, 2020”

Today marks day 4 of spring break. Yesterday, I received the call that the district will not resume classes until April 6 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. That is an extra week off. While having time at home to work on my masters courses, I must admit this closing has me scared. I am afraidContinue reading “March 18, 2020”