{i left my hanging star; hoping to brighten someone else’s passion along the way} this week, i packed up nine years of lessons, posters, photographs, thank-you notes, handwritten letters, gifts and other memorabilia from my classroom. i loaded up my car with just a few bins and a plant, like a scene from a sappy movie and i bid farewell to a place that became so dear to my heart. …
in my classroom.
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a cup of creative {volume one}
the lovely christine and jenna i adore them both and their amazing blogs have started a new series called, a cup of creative the first stop: what was the spark that initiated your pursuit of this creative endeavor? … so today i am going to…
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what you may not know about me… in my classroom.
we have spent the last month at school focusing on poetry … and in my eight years of teaching middle school, i have never experienced anything quite like this month. there really aren’t words to express what i have seen- but it has been the most powerful experience. students who don’t care about school-…
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the monacos move- our first home {week fourteen}
today was a rewarding day in my classroom i had my students write a thank you letter to a teacher/coach at our school some of them surprised me by placing sweet letters on my desk while i was walking around the room helping them they…
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the monacos move. our first home {week two}
willow love source -lots of updates on the future nest- in just two weeks, the progress went from this: {august 8} to {august 24} today was the first day of school! i thought it went really well~ i am excited for year 8 <3 mr.…
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oh hey. friday {july 11}
one: a new farmer’s market in noda – adore this area and can’t wait to visit regularly: Details: Event: NoDa Farmers Market Location: The Evening Muse/The Daily Press Day: Every Saturday Time: 10am-2pm Payment: Cash or Credit accepted Drinks: Café & Bar Open two: speaking of farmers- i…
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congrats 2014 grads
enjoying some blackhawk pandora and a cup of coffee on a carolina summer morning. last night i attended a grad party for a previous student that i taught when she was in 7th grade {my second year teaching in charlotte} and it was so much…
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teacher love
this week has been one where i’ve felt both inadequate and capable, hopeless and optimistic, uncertain and driven, forgotten and wildly loved. … another year of memories! *a wild kind of love 🙂
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instagram in the classroom
Here are some of the most creative classroom uses of Instagram: Here are 10 awesome ideas in one blog post! What if Martin Luther King, Jr. had an Instagram account? Here is another activity asking students to imagine if book characters had Instagram. Create an Instagram scavenger hunt!…