and living life one day- and book- at a time
It’s Monday and here is your Motivation to start the week off on a positive note! Goal I’m getting my Beta Club stuff done. Gratitude I’m thankful that Friday is a Teacher Work Day, and I can catch up on grading essays and planning lessons. Guidance “Education is not the filling of a pot but …
This past week was a rough one. The students started feeling the effects of the full moon days before and for days after. One point, I just stopped and said, “Have y’all lost your minds?” I’ve grown accustomed to redirecting, but this past week in middle school, I must have said sit down about 45,000 …
I had a parent conference not too long ago, and I was asked about my teaching style. I’m adaptive. I know that at times I may have to revamp how I teach my material to my first period class as opposed to my third period honors. I know that even in my first period class, …
Sometimes I look back on my past successes and feel less than before. Am I still not the same successful teacher I was back then? I suppose that I could blame this new climate of student learning on the missed learning moments during Covid, but surely after this long we should be reaching the end, …
One of my main goals this school year has been to challenge my students to use transition words when writing. Often, it’s difficult for students to use transition words in their writing with a purpose. I realized when I started to teach text structure in informative writing that my students didn’t understand what transition words …
In my usual scrolling on my phone through different news and articles, I came across an article written by Megan Quinn of Your Tango titled “10 Boys vs 10 Girls Were Left Unsupervised In A House For 5 Days and The Results Were Wildly Different.” Of course, being the middle school teacher that I am, …
I hope that you are off to a restful Christmas break. This school year has been one for the books for me, as it has been filled with so many firsts. From medical leaves to students who will ONLY behave for me. Repeat that last line and you’ll understand the frustration for my colleagues. Yes, …
Sometimes you have that group of students that no teacher seems to want. They complain about the students. They criticize their abilities and write them off as being unteachable. These are the ones that I seem to be drawn toward in teaching career as I was the mother of one of these students. When I …
This school year started itself off with personal challenges. Over the past two years I’ve questioned by ability to teach and struggled with my health. After meeting with many parents and students, and looking over the data for one of my classes, I left work talking with God about what He expected and what I …
One of my most favorite activities to do with my students is to create book trailers. It allows them to give a summary of a book in a visual format that also gives them the opportunity to utilize their creativity. There are several ways that students can create their book trailers. One is to use …