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Follow me on Bloglovin!
I have already been following blogs through Bloglovin. Like many others, I heard that Google Friends Connect may be going away. (Of course, now that I am 4 followers away from 600 it might go away....
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Balance, Bento Boxes, and Bootcamp
So after work today, I went to my bootcamp fitness class with Texas Bootcamps. I came home, showered, and ate dinner. I had every intention of finally finishing my second post on teaching about...
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Must Read Mentor Texts for Social Studies: You Wouldn't Want to Be...Series
I really thought I was going to finish some products this weekend for my store and classroom. Instead, I was up late Friday night doing Statistics homework. Saturday morning I did bootcamp and holy...
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Tutorials on Securing the Clipart in Your PDF files
If you use clipart in your products (which most of us do), you are supposed to flatten and secure the images before turning it into a pdf to protect the art. Here is an article I found from the 3am...
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Show us some Bloglovin - A Giveaway!
You have probably heard by now that Google Reader is going away on July 1st. Well, Google Reader may be going away, but we don't want YOU to go away, so we hope that you will consider following our...
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Bloglovin Giveaway Winners and Thinking about Math Interactive Notebooks
I have been trying to sit down and finish a post for days. My husband was in an accident almost two weeks ago (where luckily no-one was injured). We have been dealing with body shops, insurance, and...
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Mentor Text - The Junkyard Wonders: Incorporating Engineering in Literature
So you would think come summer you would have more time for blogging, but the last couple weeks have been crazy with the drama over totaling my husband's old truck and getting a new truck....
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Organizing Students' Electronic Assignment Submissions on the iPad
I hope you are having a good Thursday. I went back to work today. I enjoyed having a couple weeks off. Next week I will be off for 3 days again because I am off to the Vegas Teacher Blogger meet-up....
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Why Math Facts Matter
This past year was one my most challenging years as a teacher thus far; it was also one of the strongest growth opportunities I have had as an educator. I taught a self-contained class for the first...
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What do kids see when people-watching in Vegas?
Hello, blog. I have missed you. I was in Vegas...staying in a Penthouse suite...meeting other bloggers. Oh, and visiting with my mom. I will be back soon to share my pictures with you. I just wanted...
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Setting Objectives for Differentiating Instruction
I realize I still need to share my pictures from Vegas. After getting back from Vegas, I have stayed really busy with a graduate summer class. I am currently taking a class on differentiating...
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Project Based Learning Pre-assessment and Planning
Project based learning has appealed to me as an instructional tool for awhile. I never really knew where to begin. In my classroom this year, I think I would like to try at least one project based...
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Helping Your Students Feel Loved, Seen, and Heard
My aunt just released her first book: Daughter of the King: Finally Free. It is her memoir of how her faith in Christ helped her overcome patterns of abuse, neglect, low self-esteem, drugs, and the...
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Blogger Exchange Goodies and a Crazy Week
I am sorry I have been absent. Last week was the last week of my second summer graduate course. I had a final exam and a major project where I had to make a differentiation handbook. Did I mention I...
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Curriculum Maps for Common Core that tie to Social Studies
I feel like I haven't blogged in forever. I went to Orlando last Wednesday through Sunday to spend some time with my brother, dad, and my grandparents. It was a great trip even though it was short. I...
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Currently - September
I can't believe I haven't blogged in almost two weeks. Anyway, I am glad to link up with Farley's Currently.I am sitting in bed and listening to the sound of the fan spinning. I figured if I got up...
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First Week of School: Team-building, When I Grow Up, and the Importance of Rules
The first week of school has been crazy! I have wanted to blog every day and my evenings have been filled to the brim. The first day of school we handed out supplies and labeled everything. We always...
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Website Tracker - Free form to track usernames and passwords for websites
I hope I'm not the only one who feels scattered at the beginning of the year. Today I got up all ready to go to yoga and drove to the wrong studio location. Then, a few hours later I drove almost all...
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Smoking Buses and Statistics
Hello blog! I have missed you. I have missed sleep for that matter as well. The last two weeks of trying to get in the school year routine and getting used to being a graduate student again has been...
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Text Suggestions on Native Americans
This might be the longest I have gone without blogging. This school year is actually going really well. I am enjoying my students this year so much! The second year of doing something is hands down...
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