First day of school year 3 - check! As I write this I am soaking up the wonderful AC in the teacher's lounge and recovering from my tropical sauna of a non air-conditioned classroom. The day just ... Read More about Name Game Speedball
Quick Tip: Charging Station
Thanks to the great idea of @ProfesoraMJ13 (below) I decided to create my own charging station in my room this year. I bought a cheap power strip, attached it to my back table, and added some ... Read More about Quick Tip: Charging Station
My Goals for the School Year
Inside: Goals for the School Year from a high school Spanish teacher Professional Goals NO D/F STUDENTS I realized that by letting those couple students slip through the cracks the past two years, I ... Read More about My Goals for the School Year
How to Survive Your 1st Day Teaching
Dear first year teacher, Congratulations! You have your first ever teaching job. In a tough job market you were one of the lucky ones who got a job after graduating and are getting ready for ... Read More about How to Survive Your 1st Day Teaching
Class Mercado
One of Spanish II's favorite days of the year was our class market. They loved that they got to eat a lot of food, I loved that they got to practice a real world skill and spent almost the entire ... Read More about Class Mercado
Planning for Maternity Leave
As a teacher one of my first thoughts after finding out I was pregnant was, "what are my students going to do while I am gone!?!?" I knew that there was not a single sub in our tiny district that even ... Read More about Planning for Maternity Leave
