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Summer School Part 1

There is no Day 1 post due to the chaotic first day of anythingness...yep new word! The first day consisted of a shorter schedule due to an assembly, and OMGoodness we have WAY more students here than...

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Get To Know Me

As some of you are starting back to school next week I thought I'd share a GREAT packet I purchased from TpT (click picture to go to the product).I have used some of these with my summer school...

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Classroom Blogging - Test Phase

Today was the last day of summer school. I must say it was nice to step back into the classroom and teacher role. One thing I realized I missed was the connections you make as a classroom teacher. When...

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QR Code Activity

As most of you know I am working on getting things together for our technology day during teacher in-service week. I have almost completed my presentation on how to make and use QR codes in the...

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QR Code Professional Development

Well our in-service week has come and gone...as well as the first week of school! WE WERE BUSY!As promised I am writing about the QR Code Professional Development lesson I presented during our tech...

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December Challenge Day 1

Here it is already December, over a month has gone by without one single post from me...horrible!So now I am challenging myself to post once a day for the month of December. I saw this picture...

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Day 2: Where I Stood

Here is the promised photo of the day challenge, as you can see today is...Where I StoodOf course I stood many places today, but Wednesdays are early release for teacher professional development and...

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Day 3: Silver

Another full day today! The first half of my day was spent co-facilitating our Secondary Math PLC. Each subject team (6-12) meets four time thoughout the year for a half day PLC. We are continuing our...

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Day 4: Tiny

This is my office, where I spent a very very tiny amount of time today!I started my morning in a Middle School Principal/Coach meeting, then moved to a SpEd placement meeting, on to the district office...

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Day 5: In the Cupboard; Day 6: Shadow

I woke up this morning and realized that I had failed my challenge and forgot to post yesterday :(In my defense I had spent about 6 hours finishing decorating and scrubbing my house getting ready for...

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Day 7: 6 o'clock

Around 6 o'clock every morning I am standing in my kitchen packing lunches being sure to include a note in my daughter's lunch (because I will hear about it if I forget). Once the lunches are packed...

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Day 8: I Shop Here; Day 9: This is the Weather Today

Day 8: I Shop HereSince I am posting these from school I decided to show you were I "shop" at school...our supply cabinet. I must say I like having the supply cabinet available for us instead of having...

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Day 10: R is for...

RUBRIC!Today was our last Secondary District PLC, whew!Our timeline for this PLC was that our teachers were working in grade level teams and/or subject area teams. They had to use their pacing guides...

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Day 11: Green

Today we were short on subs, so I stepped in and taught 6th grade math. Needless to say I'm a bit tired after a week of teaching teachers in our Distrtict PLCs.This teacher is a small Packers fan!

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Day 12: Joy is...

...an empty Christmas card box! Because that means I have finished all my Christmas cards and they are ready to be mailed off on Monday!

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Day 13: Composition

com·po·si·tionˌkämpəˈziSH(ə)n/noun1.the nature of something's ingredients or constituents; the way in which a whole or mixture is made up2.  a work of music, literature, or artToday we had our first...

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Day 14: Drink

My pink 50/50, three a day is my goal...drink more water! (It use to have a monogram but I peeled it off in a meeting, must make a new one)

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Day 15: Lights

A little bit of a stretch but the light of the projector today as Secondary Coaches presented at our District Principal/Coach Meeting.It was great being able to share everything we have been doing in...

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Day 16: Makes You Feel Merry

My co-workers! We had our Secret Santa reveal party today after our staff meeting....I'm ready for the holidays!

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Day 17: Tree

I know today is a school day and I should be posting about something school related, but I had to show off my tree AND we don't have a Christmas tree here at school.The one on the left is the small one...

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Happy 2016

I hope you all had a happy and safe New Year. I did the normal stay at home in my PJs and hope to stay awake long enough to watch the ball drop...I did manage to do it this year!As for my December...

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Hello...I'm Back!

After two years of silence...other than Twitter...I'm back! For the past four years I have been focusing on my "new" role as Instructional Coach. I  decided to step away from the blogging and TpT world...

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Painted Rocks

Living in southern Oregon during the summer is amazing. There are so many things to go out and do, and my family loves to camp and be outdoors.However there is a huge downside. We live in a valley near...

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Game Changer!

One month done!That went by so fast! I have been busy attending different professional developments/conferences, and can’t wait to share all the great things with my teachers.The most recent PD was...

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My New Adventure

Hello there! I wanted to take a minute to share my new adventure with you all! After some time away from blogging and social media I am excited to announce that I am now working with a former co-worker...

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