Today is Teacher Appreciation Day and I thought today I would list a couple of websites where my fellow teachers can score on discounts and freebies across the Internet. There are many Internet sites that have lists of deals for teachers. Some of these may work for Homeschooling Parents too! I looked for the most… Read More 4 Freebie & Deals Websites Teacher Appreciation Week 2020
This past week I received an email from my principal about my schedule for the 2020-2021 school year and I am pleased. I will be signing my contract. I found out that I will be doing Computer classes for 6-8, one section of 8th grade Science, and two Flex Computer courses. Let me explain. For… Read More My Questions Are Answered
This past couple of weeks I have been getting some answers as to what my plans will be next school year. After a couple of emails to the principal at a school close to my home, I will not be going to that school…yet. It turns out that the Encore position they needed was a… Read More My Plans Next School Year??
Today I am going to veer from my usual blogging and share some memes I have come across during this 2020 quarantine about us as teachers. We have to laugh during times like these. When this first broke out (on Friday, March 13 for our district) we did not have time to prepare for our… Read More Teacher Memes During Quarantine
I have always enjoyed searching for answers. When I was in the 4th and 5th grade I especially enjoyed worksheets and Map Skills. If I had to search the text for an answer (no Google back then) I was in my element! Recently, as a teacher, I am seeing a trend with my students and… Read More Finding the Answers
Yesterday, my oldest son Andrew and I arrived at my classroom to get it “summer-ready” as per request from our principal. It was both sad and surreal for me. This year, the end of school is different. This year, the last day of school is going to be from our homes, not our classrooms. There… Read More Cleaning My Classroom in 2020
Day 40 of Lent 2020 We made it! 40 days of Lent in 2020 and it seems more like 40 years with the crazy year we have been having so far. We have given up so much extra this Lent with the pandemic. Tomorrow is Easter and we are even giving up being together as… Read More Living a Purposeful Life
Day 33 of Lent 2020 A week left of Lent and this has definitely been one for the record books! We have had to take Lent “to the extreme” because of the COVID-19 virus and gave up many things in our lives, but what we have gained is so much more. I have had time… Read More How is Everyone Doing?
Yesterday, I visited my school. I was alone. Sanitizing my keys and my hands were not the usual ways I entered the school. Things were different. It was eerily quiet for this time of year. The hallways were empty and dark. The sounds of clanging lockers were not there. St. Patrick’s Day decorations still hanging… Read More A New Normal
I am NOT being paid to promote schoology.com. I am a teacher that uses the FREE version of their website. Schoology.com is a website learning management system. It is a way for teachers and students can upload, complete, and return assignments. Tests and quizzes can also be made at this website as well. Today I… Read More How to Use Schoology