A blog about life as an elementary teacher, along with useful resources.
10/13/2022
It doesn’t look like much, but these few amount of supplies turned into the most amazing haunted houses! They had to find a way to give them structure, and many groups got creative with their TP rolls.
10/13/2022
Spooky Season continued… Last week 2nd grade built fences to keep those creepy carrots from escaping! We built using ’s Creepy Carrot garden, popsicle sticks, and clothespins to try to build their fences.
10/06/2022
Spooky season has begun in the Makerspace! This week every grade level had a different activity based on some of my favorite spooky books. Plus I introduced our genre of the month, scary/spooky.
First grade had the option of four different Creepy Crayon stations. They built crayon castle, crayon cargo boats, concealed the crayon, and made crayon creations with water colors. We’ve had so much fun!
10/05/2022
Last week 1st-5th all started at the very beginning and learned the basics about coding. I can’t wait until they all have the basics and we can start taking it to the next level! We started with Unplugged by Steve Anthony and continued to practicing coding in partners.
10/04/2022
Time to play catch-up on the Makerspace Adventures our Cardinals have been up to! During Dot week, we all talked about how to “Make Our Mark” and we each created our own dot to make one giant LB rainbow ❤️
09/16/2022
Last week our Makerspace opened! We had to practice our team building skills in K-2nd grade. We used our to build all kinds of designs in our groups including bowling alleys, racetracks, and even a camp ground!
09/08/2022
Our Makerspace opened up this week. I struggled finding a quick challenge that would involve teamwork, but would work well with going over the rules and introducing the Makerspace. The 3rd-5th graders were challenged with The Great Chain Race. My body is exhausted, but my heart is full after two days. Two more this week!
08/22/2022
Day 2: I love most parts of my job… device distribution and management? Not so much. Kindergarten laptops went out Friday. The goal for Monday is new students and begin swaps. It’s never ending.
08/22/2022
Day 1: Welcome to year 14! It’s already my 3rd year out of the classroom and in the Media Center. It’s also my second year as an Instructional Tech Coach! I love everyday of it!
03/09/2022
We have been working hard in 2nd & 3rd grade. This is week 3 & we’re wrapping up our Google Draw sewing projects. Our final projects are coming out amazing. Can’t wait to show off the rest as the week wraps up!