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Supporting Remote Learning at Home

My son’s school has chosen to be fully remote for the first quarter; I had a feeling it was going to happen. Now that I’ve had some time to process that his kindergarten year is going to look much different than what I envisioned in my mind, I’ve come around and am fully on boardContinue reading “Supporting Remote Learning at Home”

Dear First Year Teachers,

Dear First Year Teachers, It wasn’t supposed to be like this. This was supposed to be the most exciting time in your professional lives: graduating college, securing your first teaching job, and seeing your very own classroom for the first time. I’m sure you’ve been creating this image in your mind of what your firstContinue reading “Dear First Year Teachers,”

Middle Grade Read Alouds

Middle grade novels are my absolute favorite books to read!! They typically cover a wide range of topics, and also aren’t extremely long; I’ve found that with everything else I need to balance in life, these tend to be the perfect length for me. With the beginning of the school year about two weeks away,Continue reading “Middle Grade Read Alouds”

Amazon Round-Up #3

Teacher Favorites I recently checked my blog stats and analytics for the month of July. I love to see which posts have been the most popular, and which ones fell a little flat. It gives an insight into the types of posts I should write more of. Well, when I checked, it was clear whatContinue reading “Amazon Round-Up #3”

Into the Unknown…

We have a Disney+ subscription, along with what feels like a million other streaming platforms, and since being quarantined we have watched A LOT of Frozen 2. I mean, I loved the first one, and I love the second one so I’m totally ok with it. When Frozen came out in 2013, “Let It Go”Continue reading “Into the Unknown…”

Covid Questions

Just like every other educator in the world right now, my mind is swirling with questions for next school year. I know we don’t have all the answers right now…or even some of them, but I just needed to write them down. I’m hoping that writing them down and sharing them with others, will helpContinue reading “Covid Questions”