A rainy night …

There is NOTHING like rainy weather sleep! We need the rain (it has rained all day today – which makes me anxious after Hurricane Milton) and it will make me sleep like a baby most definitely! All of my classes watched AMERICA: THE STORY OF US – Revolution today in class. They have their AmericanContinue reading “A rainy night …”

Okay, this time for real – real …

Here we go … again. The switch from elementary to middle school was a HUGE adjustment (still figuring things out), but I absolutely LOVE, LOVE, LOVE, LOVE it! Year 6 is nothing more than an extension of 5th grade. Seriously! I am teaching US History and I am loving it! We just finished the AmericanContinue reading “Okay, this time for real – real …”

Life has been CRAZY! Seriously.

It has been super duper crazy! Even though I have the summer “off”, I still work with the Before/After/Summer program for my district as the STEAM Education coordinator! And I went to my new school a couple of days to do SUMMER BRIDGE (a way for incoming 6th graders to get to know the schoolContinue reading “Life has been CRAZY! Seriously.”

Recovery. Relax. Refresh.

The last day of school was bittersweet – sorta. If you’ve read my previous scribbles, you’ll know this was the second year in a row that was absolutely rough and ‘chaotic’. There were a handful of my kids that made it okay. I will truly miss that group because they have dreams that they talkContinue reading “Recovery. Relax. Refresh.”

The End is Nigh.

Just five days remain of the 2022-23 SY and let me assure you, there is no tired – aside from my mum tired – like teacher end of the year tired! And honestly, tired isn’t even the right word — that would be EXHAUSTED. When you reach this point of the year as a teacher,Continue reading “The End is Nigh.”