I'm Back!

Well so much for creating a blog last year. I completely forgot about my blog once the school year actually started (isn't that always the way)! To say last year was a crazy year for me is a bit of an understatement!!! But I am happy to say that I learned a lot and had a very eye-opening, growing experience that I feel changed me for the better!


I had a lovely, relaxing, and amazing summer break!
Here are some things I did:

Packed up some LOVELY (note the sarcasm) Houghton Mifflin and Open Court materials with some staff.

 Bye bye Open Court! I never liked you anyway!




And visited Ireland with the family!!!!! :)

Can't wait to show the kiddos some of these pictures! :)

Expect, not this one! ;) But I thought it was so funny I had to take a picture of it!

So I am back and ready for the new school year! Happy New Year to all! :)

The Highly Engaged Classroom

I went into school today for the start of a week long professional development...here is the good, the bad, and the ugly of it all...



The Good:

- I was able to see some of my good friends! We sat at the same table during the morning meeting and it was a great time of catching up (even if we were catching up during some of the presentation...oops, why are teachers the worst at being a student?)
- Bumping into an old student, from my 2nd year of teaching, while getting my lunch out of my car (yeah, I accidentally left it in there). It was really great to see him and talk to him about his summer. I'm hoping to go to some of his football games this year :)
- I got a free binder that I am going to make as my data binder this year, considering the one I had last year broke. rip.
- I was able to go into my classroom and start reorganizing and moving things around.

The Bad:

Finding out that the school you work your little pa-toot-ie at is in the bottom 10 of schools in the area. :( That made me feel terrible and two feet tall.

The Ugly:

My classroom...it looks a cray mess!

Inspiration of the Day (and let's be honest, the whole year)

This summer, I became obsessed with the website www.ted.com

It is a fabulous, inspirational website where people from all over the world talk about anything on their minds! There are wonderful ones and very thought-provoking ones on teaching!

This one has been my new favorite....

First Timer

Well, here goes nothing...

This is my first time making a blog, so please everyone be gentle with me. But I just felt so inspired to create my own blog by reading so many wonderful, creative, and thoughtful teachers blogs out there. I thought maybe I would get in on the action too.

There are so many wonderful stories out there about teachers who are living their lives doing amazing things  for their students. They are working their little pa-toot-ies off every day and I tell you what it can be exhausting!

So, I wanted to create a blog that tells the truth about teaching. The good, the bad, and the ugly of it all! ;)

Hope you enjoy!