and living life one day- and book- at a time
I may have mentioned this before, but I am currently on hiatus as a middle school teacher. Although that is the case, I have been staying up to date on trends and so forth, but one thing that completely caught me off guard was seeing the devastation of some areas after Hurricane Helene. I had …
Sorry I haven’t been around to blog, but I recently had a viral sickness that rivaled the flu and Covid in terms of being the worst. Two weeks of it, in fact. I don’t know what kind of odd colds are going around your parts, but I do know that this one I had was …
I’ve always been a blogger. I found it to be a great creative outlet, and I have even encouraged my students to find a way to either blog or journal because of it. For me, blogging started out as a way to take my journaling to a digital platform. It gave me the ability to …
I know, I know, I know. As soon as you get a grasp on the slang, things will change. Or will it? The word “FLEX” has been used, but considering it was used in a Will Smith (Fresh Prince) song from the 90s, was it really new? For some reason, old things become new again, …
Of course, spending July 4th with family is a must. It has to be with family, and it has to include grilling out. We may come up with some crazy kind of game with the kids, or become kids ourselves chasing each other around with the water guns, but just know that it will involve …
With the trend of year round school, that means that summers are getting shorter for teachers. I don’t know about you, but our school year now starts in July for teachers (2 weeks worth for some districts). This past school year was nice having a ten day break between each 9 weeks, but our district …
Why did I become a teacher blogger? Considering that I love writing, and I teach ELA, I thought that I would take that to the internet. Truthfully, I went searching for information on classroom ideas, and I realized that while there were many blogs about Elementary and even High School, but Middle School seemed to …
It’s time to wave the white flag and surrender. I just can’t do this anymore. I tried to tough it out and thought that perhaps it was nothing more than a rough spot in the road, but soon it became obvious that it was so much more than that. A student that I don’t teach …
Sometimes my students manage to find me online by accident, and sometimes they go digging through Google like they are detectives on a mission. I don’t lie to them when it comes to my passion, but I am often surprised when the realization of what I tell them in my beginning of the year spiel …
It is almost Thanksgiving Break, and I am in survival mode. Not only am I in survival mode, but I can sense that many of my students are as well. The holidays are coming up, and some seem to need extra attention. Survival mode during the holidays can mean many things for many people. For …