Category Archives: Being a Teacher

Valentine’s Day, Second Grade Style

Posted on February 14, 2015 by Shoes

Yesterday was not Valentine’s Day – unless you were an elementary school student or elementary school teacher. The first week of February the students cut out construction paper hearts and wrote on them who their favorite book character was and … Continue reading →

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“Momma – It Just Runs in the Family!”

Posted on January 14, 2015 by Shoes

Today Husband took Cody to a physical therapy evaluation.  School had ended by the time they were done and so he dropped Cody off at my school to hang out with me in my classroom so he could go back … Continue reading →

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Business as Usual

Posted on January 9, 2015 by Shoes

The other afternoon during my lunch break – the thirty minutes minus whatever additional time I need to spend at my lunch duty in the cafeteria herding all the second and sixth graders to recess – I was in my … Continue reading →

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Being Taught

Posted on December 13, 2014 by Shoes

I am the one determining which state standard to focus on each week for English Language Arts (ELA), Math, Social Studies, and Science. I am the one writing the lesson plans, creating, collecting, organizing, and readying the materials for each … Continue reading →

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As if they were mine

Posted on October 21, 2014 by Shoes

A child lagging behind the class because they need extra time to complete their work. A child crying because they were given one choice and not the other – the one they wanted – for lunch in the cafeteria. Friends … Continue reading →

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9/11 in my Classroom

Posted on September 11, 2014 by Shoes

I had not planned to talk about it and actually felt some guilt about this decision as I pulled into the parking lot this morning.  I did have an end of the day activity involving a discussion on the history … Continue reading →

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