Dear First Grader

Today, I got to sub in my most favorite first grade classroom ever (yes, the same class I student taught in)! And one of the assignments we did today was writing letters to next year’s first graders about what they need to know to do well in first grade. Here are some of my favorite [...]

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Week in Review

Heading into the next week of substitute teaching, Young Life leading, Starbucks barista-ing, I thought I should review the past week and the moments that stuck out in each of those activities…

Monday and Tuesday –  I substituted in the same fifth grade class, during math some of the boys thought it would be fun to [...]

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Graduation Pending

I only have 2, yes count them, 2 days left of college.  Two more days of official student teaching and then I am a college graduate, off to face the world of finding a real job, paying off student loans, and the rest of my life! So crazy!
I’ve been counting down to this moment for [...]

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The Beginning…

It’s around 10:30 as I’m starting to type this post…a long over-due one I might add. In the hustle and bustle of my sometimes crazy life I have neglected this blog. And now, it’s the eve of my the first day of my last quarter of college. The beginning of the end…I feel like it’s [...]

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All About Animals!

Okay, it’s my last day of student teaching for the spring, and I just had to share some more work from my first graders.  For their end-of the-year writing assessment they had to write about an animal they know a lot about (since we’ve been studying animals all spring). And these are some of my [...]

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First Grade Stories

So today in the first grade, we wrote stories using “ar” words. The kids had six words to use in their stories: farm, yard, shark, car, star, and barn. Some of them were just so cute that I have to share them, and I kept their spelling the same so enjoy!
“Hi I’m Juliana I live on a [...]

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Oh Math Lessons…

Today in student teaching was my first official lesson…and it didn’t exactly go the way I had hoped. It wasn’t a disasterbut it wasn’t the best lesson I’ve ever taught. I guess I’m mostly disappointed.
It’s just frustrating and I hate the feeling of knowing I could have done something better. Our lesson was on “Equal [...]

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An Epic Week…

This week is one for the record books, okay so maybe it wasn’t really that exciting but it was a big week, a busy week…
Sunday after returning from Blakely Island on Saturday afternoon, I was looking forward to a relaxing Sunday with the family.  Grab some Starbucks in the morning, do the crossword, tidy up [...]

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