I haven’t done a throwback Thursday in a while and honestly I’m not sure if it is still even a trend, but for today it’s being reinstated! To date we have officially been out of the classroom for 5 weeks. We are still providing curriculum through online platforms, as I’m sure you all have seen […]
Tag: grading
The Burnout Is Real.
While many people from the outside looking in tend to believe teachers live the “easy life” because we have holidays off, random snow days and let’s not forget the forever mentioned, “but you have the whole summer.” Teacher burnout is real, especially when it comes to these first few weeks/months of school. Teaching is not […]
Google Keep.
So… Where all my OCD friends at?? I myself am a very type A person and am not ashamed of it. While it can become a hindrance at times, for the most part it is the thing that keeps me, me. One of my biggest type A characteristics I would say I have is list […]
Playing Catch Up & The Psychology Behind Our “To-Dos.”
As a teacher it seems as if it is hard to ever feel completely caught up; when one assignment comes off the to grade list another finds its way on. Not to mention the constant creation and planning of lessons on lessons. For a person who likes to be ahead of the game, this can […]
Confessions of a First Year. Part 3.
With the end of the year approaching – 2 more days people! – I found myself missing a blog post last week. I started to get down on myself for ‘falling off the wagon’ already, but then I remembered hey…life happens. If you are just stumbling across this blog, I started a series a couple […]