Last week I wrote about must-have teacher supplies, so this week I feel the need to write about must-have student supplies. Students at my school come back this week! In only a few short days students will, again, be walking […]
10 Must-Have Teacher Supplies
Time for back-to-school! Say, what? I know, it doesn’t feel long enough does it? I go back to work Wednesday and as much as I have enjoyed summer, I know it’s time. And I love my position as reading interventionist, […]
LETRS Training Update
First, I have to celebrate because I am officially on summer break! Woohoo! Now, I’ll get down to business. I am at the halfway point in my LETRS training and I wrote previously that I would give you all an […]
Top 5 Tips for Working with Military Students
Happy Memorial Day! We get an extra day off to remember those who served and gave the ultimate sacrifice for their country and all of us. I thought this would be a good time to take the opportunity to think […]
Reflections of a School Year: Gauging Success
Testing is over and the year is winding down. Only about 10 more days to go. While entering test scores on data spreadsheets and having Spring data meetings, I have been thinking a lot about how successful this school year […]
5 Tips for Getting Organized for the Next School Year
Happy Mother’s Day to all the mommy teachers and to all the teachers called “mom” or, even, “grandma” at one time! Here in South Carolina, we are down to the last 3-4 weeks of school and the closeout checklists have […]
A Round-Up of FREE Math Resources for Independent Work
Two weeks ago I posted about free resources to use for your science of reading based independent work, so I thought it only right to do a post on free resources for math independent work! Most elementary classroom math time […]
A Round-Up of FREE Resources for SOR Independent Work
Awhile back I wrote about how to bring the fun back into the classroom in a world of curriculums. If you didn’t catch that post, you can read it here. Anyway at the end I wrote that I would be […]
I’m Taking Advice From Chris Hemsworth
Last night my family and I sat down to watch the last episode of Limitless with Chris Hemsworth, a mini-series done by National Geographic on Disney+ about Chris Hemsworth’s journey to learn how to live a healthier and longer life. […]
What To Do When You’re Questioning Your Career Choice
This was me last year around this time. I was in the middle of a difficult school year. The most difficult of my career. Along with the couple years prior, COVID years, which were difficult, too. I was finding it […]