The winter holiday season is one of my favorites, but it always sneaks up on us SO FAST. A lot of important things often slip to the bottom of my teacher priority list as we are quickly overcome with all of those "extras"--holiday sing-alongs, pajama days, you name ...
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Fresh From the Blog
For the Love of {Mrs.} May
As Teacher Appreciation Week nears, we will see a sudden influx of Why I Became a Teacher posts. More often than not, there is a certain person behind the story, and this story is about my person.
It was second grade. I didn't know it yet, but I was embarking on the ...
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My Little Lookout: A Pint-Sized Substitute Solution
Sick happens. Meetings are inevitable. And it is the honest-to-God truth that teaching is one of the professions where it is harder to stay home (ahem, sub plans) than it is to just come in and teach 24 6-year-olds despite the fact that it feels like you've swallowed a ...
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#PrimaryProbs: A {Free} Shoe-Tying Solution!
Welcome to my first installment of #PrimaryProbs, a series of blog posts that will make you laugh, cry, and every other emotion under the sun as we explore some of our greatest classroom challenges. But first, let's get one thing straight: I am no Negative Nancy. In fact, ...
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Why I’m Quitting Homework {And What I’m Doing Instead}
Times they are a changin', am I right? In technology, fashion, politics, you name it! Change is the name of the game--especially in education. As teachers, we are breaking the mold, questioning tradition, and hurtling into a horizon of endless possibilities. Change is hard, ...
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Our Furry Reading Friends
How do you encourage your students to practice reading aloud without feeling silly, getting off-task, or feeling shy?
Perhaps one of my favorite additions ever to the classroom, is the solution to this everlasting problem. Beanie Babies. Yes, those ridiculously ...
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