Tag Archives: School

Dear Students

Posted on June 25, 2014 by Shoes

Dear Students, Good morning and welcome to Second Grade!  This is going to be one very amazing year and I am glad that as your teacher, I get to share it with you. I have been thinking of what to … Continue reading →

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Walking

Posted on May 23, 2014 by Shoes

Tomorrow I walk. Tomorrow I don a cap, gown, and hood and will walk. In retrospect it has been both a short and a long year.  I have learned a lot and feel, for the most part, prepared to move … Continue reading →

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Simple Sunday – Allow me to Introduce Ken

Posted on March 16, 2014 by Shoes

Today started as most Sundays tend to do at our house.  Husband and I try to sleep in.  The boys get up early keeping us from sleeping in, although today early was 7:00 which I don’t really consider early. There … Continue reading →

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Simple Sunday – Blue Cheese and a Breakfast Menu

Posted on February 16, 2014 by Shoes

I have completed two of my eight weeks of full time student teaching.  It has been going very well and I am loving it!  It also leaves me feeling exhausted and with no motivation to do anything of much else … Continue reading →

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Simple Sunday – Preparation

Posted on January 12, 2014 by Shoes

This weekend I spend most of my time writing lesson plans and completing coursework in preparation for the coming week.  This week, while I am still three weeks away from taking over as lead teacher for a period of eight … Continue reading →

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Weekly Reflections (or Killing Two Birds with One Stone)

Posted on October 5, 2013 by Shoes

It is a running joke in my Master’s with Certificate cohort that we reflect upon our reflections and then we reflect some more.  A lot of our coursework requires us to reflect; we reflect on lesson plans, curriculum, behavior management, … Continue reading →

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Simple Sunday – Sometimes Words Take a While

Posted on August 18, 2013 by Shoes

It has been one of those weekends where Husband takes the boys out of the house on a fun adventure so I can stay at home and work on school work.  Good times. So I had been struggling on my … Continue reading →

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Simple Sunday – Summer Squash

Posted on July 21, 2013 by Shoes

Today I stayed indoors all day despite the lovely weather so as to finish a concept paper for my Reading and Language Arts class that is due tomorrow.  Writing school papers does not make for good blogging material (even though … Continue reading →

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Wishing on a Rock

Posted on July 11, 2013 by Shoes

Yesterday I was a rock star. After creating a lesson plan and presenting that lesson to a group of my cohorts (((who had to pretend to be six and seven year olds (my lesson was teaching near-doubles addition to a … Continue reading →

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Simple Sunday – Do You Want to Hear How Busy I Have Been or See a Cool Picture of a Bear?

Posted on June 30, 2013 by Shoes

I am two weeks into the master’s program and while it is busy, I find it to be manageable.  I have not had much time for personal reflection, creative writing, or the reading and writing of blogs.  That said I … Continue reading →

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