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Dressing and Educating: Days 120-123

Day 120: February 21, 2017 After a long President’s Day weekend I entered my room with energy and excitement for the week ahead. In English, we read “The Scarlet Ibis” by James Hurst. As we read, we paid particular attention to the author’s use of theme and symbol. This is one of my favorite shortContinue reading “Dressing and Educating: Days 120-123”

How We Roe

We are in the middle of my husband’s Upward Celebration season. He is an endorsed performer for Upward and spends much of February and March doing shows for different leagues across our region. Over the next three weeks he will be performing at eight different locations. It makes for a busy two months, but heContinue reading “How We Roe”

Dressing and Educating: Days 115-119

Day 115: February 13, 2017 My classes began today with a debrief of last week’s Socratic Seminar in English. Students evaluated their own strengths and weaknesses and we discussed ways to improve as a class in the future. After the debrief session students began presenting their independent book projects. I received some of the bestContinue reading “Dressing and Educating: Days 115-119”

Dressing and Educating: Days 110-114

Day 110: February 6, 2017 I was having a fantastic Monday until 1:00pm. All of a sudden, I had chills and the onset of a fever. In English my students were reading and in Honors World History we were wrapping up Battles of World War I presentations so I was able to fly under theContinue reading “Dressing and Educating: Days 110-114”

Let Stitch Fix Be Your Last Minute Gift

Valentines Day will be here tomorrow and many of us are scrambling in search of a gift for that special someone. It isn’t too late to order a Stitch Fix gift card. Your gift card can be emailed to your valentine shortly after purchase and it allows your other half to pick out the stylesContinue reading “Let Stitch Fix Be Your Last Minute Gift”

Dressing and Educating: Days 105-109

Day 105: January 30, 2017 Today I amped up my grammar instruction. We moved from identifying subjects and predicates (an intermediate skill) to defining phrases and clauses. We took things beyond simple identification and discussed how subjects and predicates interact within sentence structure. In Honors World History we outlined the pre-war alliances and the failedContinue reading “Dressing and Educating: Days 105-109”

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 96-99

Day 96: January 17.2017 After a long weekend of celebrating Martin Luther King Jr. Day I decided to take a pause in my usual curriculum to honor the man and the movement behind the holiday. In English class today we analyzed the famous “I Have a Dream” speech and my students were asked to writeContinue reading “Dressing and Educating: Days 96-99”

Keep It Simple This Valentine’s Day

In three weeks couples all over the world will be celebrating Valentine’s Day. I’ve never been a huge fan of the holiday. Call me cynical, but in my opinion, couples with a healthy relationship should be honoring their bond daily. February 14th is no magical day. It should be a day like any other whereContinue reading “Keep It Simple This Valentine’s Day”