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Tag Archives: Teaching
Where did I put My Cup of Sugar?
My typical is the silly and uplifting snippets from life: quirky things my kids say, the cute antics of our fuzzy orange cat James, hikes and meals enjoyed by family and friends. It is the lemonade from the lemons of … Continue reading
Posted in My WordPress Therapy Couch, Random Thoughts, The Virus
Tagged Blogging, Children, COVID, Depression, Family, Kids, Lemonade, Life, Mental Health, Pandemic, Teaching, Writing
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Pandemic Teaching (again)
We are two weeks into our new school year. The boys are in person this year as they are vaccinated. They also ride the city bus to and from school, a new experience they have already mastered. I am so … Continue reading
Posted in Being a Teacher, Little Feet, The Virus
Tagged Back to School, COVID, Family, Kids, Lena Horne, Parenting, Teaching, Third Grade
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Long Days
Oops. Apparently almost a month has gone by. As you know, I have been remote teaching my amazing, wonderful class of cheerful third graders. It is a lot of work and makes for long days on a computer. My typical … Continue reading
Posted in Being a Teacher, The Virus
Tagged COVID-19, In person learning, Life, Pets, Remote teaching, Teaching, Third Grade
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Remote Teaching
It has been a verrrrrryyyy long two weeks. I have behind me one week of four half days and one full week of online teaching. I teach third grade. My take-aways from these two weeks are: Doing what is best … Continue reading
Happy as a…
pig with a pinwheel. One of Cody’s teachers had an activity today that required the students to pick a gif that they felt represented how they felt about going back to school. Cody picked this one. It makes me so … Continue reading
Posted in Being a Teacher
Tagged Gifs, Humor, Kids, Life, Parenting, Remote learning, School, Teaching
10 Comments
I’ve Got Your Back
Every morning, Husband and I take our dogs for a two + mile walk. For the last several months there has been a major construction project underway in our neighborhood that has caused us to have to modify our route. … Continue reading
Posted in Random Thoughts
Tagged cats, Construction, Dogs, Humor, Kindness, Life, Pets, School, Teaching, Virtual Learning, Walking the dog
7 Comments
Dining by Rapid Automatic Gunfire
There are many reasons I am looking forward to the school year starting back up, even if it will be done remotely. I am excited for Cody to start high school. I am glad Carter got his first choices of … Continue reading
Posted in Little Feet, The Virus
Tagged cats, Fortnite, Humor, Kids, NPR, Parenting, Pets, School, Teaching, Video Games
9 Comments
Order
Order. In our classroom (I say “our” because it is both mine and my students’) there is an order and a calm that comes with knowing. In the first week of school, my students and I discuss why we are … Continue reading
Posted in Being a Teacher, The Virus
Tagged Bitmoji, Bitmoji Classroom, COVID-19, Life, School, Stress, Teaching, Virtual Learning
23 Comments
Wood Grain Paths
What do you see when you look at this? I used to just see a hard wood floor, one that typically needs cleaning. A hard wood floor that I try my best to keep dry when both two footed and … Continue reading
Making the News and Reopening Schools
When the state that you live in makes the national news, especially in these times, you can be pretty confident that it is not a good thing. This along with a virtual town hall hosted by my school district’s superintendent … Continue reading
Posted in Being a Teacher, The Virus
Tagged Anxiety, Arizona, Baby Yoda, Back to School, COVID-19, Kids, Parenting, Schools, Teaching
8 Comments