Its that time of year again! Last year I celebrated the Christmas season by hosting a linky-event and I am bringing it back again this year! s Everyday, yes, EVERYDAY for the next 12 days I will be giving away a classroom resource that I have developed to everyone who visits! It is, however, the holidays so I’d love for you to spread the Christmas cheer as well and link up to give away a resource of your own! You can link up and celebrate with us for 1 day, 2 days, or all 12 days! Please… Read More
November Currently
If you haven’t encountered a “Currently” post before, it is just a fun post at the beginning of each month that serves as a way to share what is Currently going on in your life! You can link up and share your own “Currently” post by visiting the wonderful Farley over at Oh’ Boy 4th Grade. November is here and that means that it is almost time for my first parent-teacher experience as a teacher! I feel like this month will fly by with all of the new things that I have to learn, all of the things to prepare for, and all of… Read More
October Currently
If you haven’t encountered a “Currently” post before, it is just a fun post at the beginning of each month that serves as a way to share what is Currently going on in your life! You can link up and share your own “Currently” post by visiting the wonderful Farley over at Oh’ Boy 4th Grade. It is finally my favourite month of the year… October!! I LOVE October! October means that fall is officially here, the leaves are changing, my birthday is in October, Thanksgiving is in only 12 days, Halloween arrives, hunting season is upon us, football is in full swing, my… Read More
August Currently!
If you haven’t encountered a “Currently” post before, it is just a fun post at the beginning of each month that serves as a way to share what is Currently going on in your life! You can link up and share your own “Currently” post by visiting the wonderful Farley over at Oh’ Boy 4th Grade. Not only is it August, and the long weekend, but this post marks the 1 year mark since I start participating in the monthly Currently posts! It is really neat looking back on the last year and seeing the progression and I’ve… Read More
Back To School Goals
Hello August! There is only 28 days until I am in New Teacher Orientation (*happy dance*) so I thought it was the perfect time to link up with the amazing Jess at I {heart} Recess for her Back to School Goals Linky party. I love that she has built in professional and personal goals as I think it is so important for teachers to maintain balance! Personal: When I was still in university we had a fitness center in the building that I lived in so it was very easy to be in a consistent workout routine. Now… Read More
300 Follower Giveaway!!
The last three months have included a lot of personal milestones for me including: – Obtaining my 1st teaching job – Graduating with my Bachelor of Education Degree – Being appointed to the ManACE Board – Getting married I realize that, at times, this has meant that my blogging frequency has dropped and/or been a bit sporadic. I promise that this is not permanent, however, and will be back into a regular routine again starting TODAY! In fact, the past few weeks specifically have also marked some exciting blogging milestones as well! I am so happy… Read More
July Currently
If you haven’t encountered a “Currently” post before, it is just a fun post at the beginning of each month that serves as a way to share what is Currently going on in your life! You can link up and share your own “Currently” post by visiting the wonderful Farley over at Oh’ Boy 4th Grade. Happy July everyone! I have missed blogging SO much. In case you haven’t noticed, my blog was seeing an increasing drop in posts throughout June… complete with a week and half absenteeism at the end of the month! This was the longest break in blogging I have taken… Read More
Twitter-Tried-It Challenge Update 2!
The Twitter-Tried-It Challenge, that I introduced on June 6th, has been in place for a little over two weeks now and I’ve been trying so many awesome idea… have you? In my first Twitter-Tried-In Update I featured Ms Duemm who was the FIRST participant in the challenge. Since then, she has shared her experience on her blog as well. I definitely recommend that you head over there and check it out because it seems like a really neat project 🙂 I’ve also had Ms Banks, an elementary school Vice-Principal from Manitoba, join up with multiple implementations! She has… Read More
Resources To Start Off Your Week 68
The Twitter-Tried-It Challenge has been in place for over a week now and while I haven’t gotten a big participation level on the blog, I am hoping that a lot of people are individually participating in their own ways. Right before the weeked I shared the great resources by the mRLC and tweeted it out so hopefully that inspires a few people to try it out! I know that a lot of my American followers are officially on their summer holidays (lucky ducks) so I wanted to share another resource that is perfect for the holidays and could… Read More
Twitter-Tried-It Challenge Update!
The Twitter-Tried-It Challenge that I introduced on Thursday is in full swing and I’m happy to announce that, after just 1 day, I had my first challenge participant! Way to go, Ms Duemm! Iris is a Grade 3 teacher in Ontario, Canada and I am so happy to have her as my first Twitter-Tried-It participant. If you want to learn more about the Genius Hour strategy that she implemented, check out the Twitter hashtag #GeniusHour (there is a Twitter chat the first Wednesday of each month) or the Genius Hour Website! __________________________________________________ If you would like to participate in the… Read More