This is the first Friday of the new school year. I am up early and adjusting to my morning schedule. Of course, it wouldn’t be a true Friday without joining my writing pals from Five Minute Friday. This week our prompt is Forget. As a new school year begins, let us forget The past threeContinue reading “Forget: Five Minute Friday”
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Fast: Five Minute Friday
It’s Friday and I am jumping back into my favorite link-up, Five Minute Friday. The end of this school year is coming up fast! With only 20 days left in the classroom with these students, I am in full wrap-up mode. Next week, I am finishing up my final unit and moving toward assessments andContinue reading “Fast: Five Minute Friday”
Dressing and Educating: Days 140-143
This week was our state test week. I will spare you all the test anxieties and dramas and skip right to the goods–the fashion. Day 140: March 21, 2017 I started the short week with my black tunic from The Limited and OS leggings from Lula Roe. Day 141: March 22, 2017 I addedContinue reading “Dressing and Educating: Days 140-143”
Dressing and Educating: Days 129-133
This week my school gave our post-assessments. Each day we were on a modified testing schedule. The focus of the week for me was giving and grading post assessments so instruction was minimal. Here’s a look at my outfits this week: Day 129: March 6, 2017- Carly and One Size Leggings from Lula Roe Continue reading “Dressing and Educating: Days 129-133”
Dressing and Educating: Days 124-128
Day 124: February 27, 2017 A new week brought new content to my English class. We are headed for Romeo and Juliet, but started with an introduction to analyzing poetry to start. We spent today defining terms and looking at examples of traditional and organic poetry. In Honors World History,we discussed the Paris Peace ConferenceContinue reading “Dressing and Educating: Days 124-128”
Dressing and Educating: Day 100!!
For the past 100 days of my school year I have shared with you outfit ideas for the classroom within a teacher’s budget. In celebration of 100 days down I want to revisit my top 5 outfits so far this year. 5- Gusta Two Pocket Top by Skies are Blue (Stitch Fix #8) 4- ElisaContinue reading “Dressing and Educating: Day 100!!”
Dressing and Educating: Days 91-95
Day 91: January 9, 2017 My traditional classroom became an online one today as students used Google Classroom to complete and submit assignments. One goal I had for myself this year was to utilize and establish my Google Classroom. Whenever possible I am trading in paper assignments for ones that can be turned in electronically.Continue reading “Dressing and Educating: Days 91-95”
Dressing and Educating: Days 79-83
Day 79: December 12, 2016 I would be lying if I said I was happy to wake up early and go to school this morning. For over a week the weather men had been predicting a winter storm for Sunday night. I pulled out all the old wives’ tales and superstitions hoping for that firstContinue reading “Dressing and Educating: Days 79-83”
Dressing and Educating: Days 74-78
Day 74: December 5, 2016 Every quarter my school district expects the content areas to give a common assessment. This quarter in English our focus has been argument writing and so we decided to hone in on the skills needed to write a thesis statement and focus our assessment on that. Today we gave aContinue reading “Dressing and Educating: Days 74-78”
Dressing and Educating: Days 69-73
Day 69: November 28, 2016 Monday after a long Thanksgiving break is rough. Not only was I physically exhausted long before usual, but today was also a tragic day for my city. At just after 9:30am a man of Somali descent crashed his vehicle into a crowd of pedestrians on the campus of Ohio StateContinue reading “Dressing and Educating: Days 69-73”
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