Our family has had an unconventional Thanksgiving this year. Instead of staying home and celebrating Thanksgiving, my husband and I, along with my parents, loaded up our RV’s and headed to Palm Springs for the week. It may be unconventional but it has been perfect. I spent the majority of the week spending time with… Read More Take a Break – You Need It
Today I made a mistake – and that’s okay. Last night, my students completed their notes on “Estimating Irrational Roots”. As a part of these notes, the students fill in a number line (which I obtained via another teacher or TPT or online – I can’t remember) with decimals and square roots. By doing this,… Read More Mistakes Were Made…And That’s Okay
As I’ve mentioned before, I’ve decided I want to put aside time each week to reflect upon my week, lessons, students, and, basically, anything that I find to be relevant or worth revisiting. I think that one of the best ways to do this is to have a weekly blog post where I reflect on… Read More Weekly Reflection: The End of the Election Season
I’ve been feeling a bit beat up this week. It was a long, busy week with lots of good things, but almost an equal number of frustrating, hurtful, or tiring experiences. I am not going to go into much detail, but by Thursday I was ready for the weekend. This is very uncharacteristic for me.… Read More The Kindness of Students
To Give a Second Chance or Not Give a Second Chance, That is the Question It’s very natural for any teacher, who has been teaching for an extended period of time, to look back at the beginning of their teaching career and think, “Is that really how I used to do things?” I’ve been in… Read More Second Chances: Allowing Students the Opportunity to Improve
As I have participated in a variety of educational Twitter chats this week, I have noticed one common idea among all of the educators. For educators, this idea could be terrifying or unnerving. It could be intimidating and potentially frustrating. However, it also has the ability to create and implement educational strategies that are highly effective… Read More Take a Leap, Jump Out of Your Comfort Zone
The Why Over the last two weeks, I have heard multiple times about the benefits of being actively involved on Twitter as an educator. I’ve heard this before but, for some reason, it had a greater impact upon than in the past. Perhaps it is the number ofd times that I have heard about it… Read More Down the Twitter Rabbit Hole
There are many “buzzwords” in education today and blended learning is at the top of the list. Blended learning is an instructional strategy that combines face-to- face instruction with online learning. What does this mean? What does this look like in the classroom setting? Is it even possible to combine face-to- face instruction with online learning with… Read More Blended Learning: Creating an Individualized Learning Experience for Students