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Happy New Year friends!  I've been reflecting about my blog this week after New Years Day, and decided I need to start writing again for me!   Although I'm not interested in changing the name of my blog, I've thought a little more about what I want it to stand for.  I want to continue writing about teaching and coaching since that is my job, but I also feel like I need to write a little more about myself, and what it is like to be a single woman in her 40s with a teen and a young adult.  I'm hoping that you will continue on this journey with me, cuppa joe in hand, learnin ..read more
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Reconnection and Reflection
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Hi friends!  Did I fall off the blogging train or what!  Me and my big ideas for setting up routines and blogging more.  It's been 8 months readers!  Ummm... time to reevaluate those goals. Can I be honest?  Sometimes being a single parent, even to teenagers is HARD friends.  I feel like I am constantly on the move. Being a perfectionist Virgo doesn't help matters any.  Over the past two years, I've found myself just getting through the days.  I started this blog as a way to connect with fellow teachers, and to find a writing outlet for myself.  Th ..read more
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January Fractions in Action: Interactive Notebook Vocabulary and Anchor Chart Error Analysis
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We spend pretty much the month of January working on fractions.  Over the course of the month, we learn fraction vocabulary, equivalent fractions, fraction comparisons, adding, and subtracting fractions.  It is a lot for a fourth-grade mind to handle.  In my district, we use a math curriculum created by Eureka Math.  It is very similar to the New York State modules (EngageNY) that were created when the Common Core Curriculum was implemented. I like the way Eureka lays out their modules, but the one item I don't care for is that I don't have the time to implement vocabulary ..read more
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Happy New Year! Welcome 2018: A Year of Wellness, Purpose, and Abundance!
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Happy New Year friends! Welcome to 2018!! Have you made your New Years Resolutions yet? Have you broken them yet?  <LOL>  I LOVE the start of a new year!  As teachers we get to have a fresh start twice, and it's a wonderful feeling to know I can start another semester of school next week with fresh eyes, and a rested mind, body and spirit! I'll be the first to admit that I'm horrible at making resolutions.. well making them is the easy part, it's keeping them that I always have trouble with!  So this year, I've resolved to focus on 3 things: Wellness, Purpose, and A ..read more
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Resources to help children learn about September 11th
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This week in Social Studies I'll be teaching my students about the events of September 11th.  Being a native New Yorker, this subject is near and dear to me.  That was a crazy day for our country, and not knowing where friends who lived in the city were and whether they were safe on that day was a horrible feeling. My students now were not even born when the events of that day unfolded, but I still believe it is vital for them to learn what happened, and how our lives changed as a result. I found a few resources that I'll be using to teach this week.  They are all FREE, so if t ..read more
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Teacher Time Management During the Summer
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3y ago
Happy Summer friends!  We are spending our time playing in softball tournaments and visiting colleges across the Southeast.  I love the places we get to visit, and they always give me a little inspiration for my classroom.  While I don't spend the entire 4 days of the tournament glued to my computer, I do have activities that I take with me that help me make a more smooth transition to the school year in August.  Today I wanted to share a few of them with you, in case your life was also spent waiting and watching your kids and their activities. #1 Read and/or Annotate One ..read more
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Adding and Subtracting Fractions Game: Mid Week Math Motivation
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Hello friends!  I'm back with a little Mid Week Math Motivation, and a game students can play to practice Adding or Subtracting Fractions. Here are the materials you will need to play: Fraction bars:  1 whole, halves, thirds, quarters, sixths, eighths, twelfths, and sixteenths. (You should have enough pieces to create a whole for each) Fraction dice with the following numbers: 1/3, 1/4, 1/6, 1/8, 1/12 and 1/16 If you don't have fraction dice you can cut out address labels to fit your dice and write the numbers on, or find circle stickers.  I found these chalkboard dice at the ..read more
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My Essential Oils Journey: Making it an Oily Summer
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We've  made it friends! Summer has officially started in my house! My kids are excited and anxious and overwhelmed by all the possibilities of having 10 weeks off.  As I was reflecting on what my summer might bring, I set my intentions to learn more about my essential oils this summer. I already know that I use several EO's pretty regularly during the school year, and I'm going to continue that over the summer, because I want to stay as happy and healthy as I have been, and I want my family to do the same.  Today I'm wanted to share with you a little about Peppermint, and few ..read more
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Hosting our Parent Night: Shark Tank Style!
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3y ago
Every semester each grade level in our Title 1 school is required to host a Parent Involvement Night. This semester our End of Unit Task involved Inventions and Innovations.  We found an amazing product on TpT to help us out, (you can go {HERE} to view it) and our idea of a Shark Tank Parent Night was born! To begin we had our students learn the difference between an invention and an innovation.  We had been studying people who had made a difference in the state of Florida, and found that using inventors and innovators kept our students attention.  After learning the differen ..read more
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Mother's Day Books and Projects
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Mother's Day is fast approaching!  I love to find fun ways for my students to celebrate the special women in their lives that love and support them.  Today I'm going to share a list of books I'm going to display in my classroom about mother's and families.  We are going to use the books to complete our Mother's Day Craftivity.  I can't wait for the week to begin! I'll be honest, because as much as I would like to pretend I'm Belle with a vast library at my disposal, my own children would also like to eat more than cereal for dinner, and I don't own every single one of the ..read more
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