5 In-Person Teaching Lifesavers!

Hi Everyone! I am trying to get better about actually writing while working! Let's see how it goes. I don't want to promise that I'll have posts because work comes first. But I want to try to make more of an effort to continue working on my blog! I decided why not write about a [...]

On Writing

On Writing

Last week, I wrote about reading and how I decided to become a reader based on my teaching practice. I spent a lot of time thinking about reading, basically the whole year. Now, with my blog, I have been thinking about my own writing. Like reading, I have never been a writer.  Starting a blog [...]

On Teaching: Things I Wish I Knew My First Year of Teaching

I am a second grade teacher. I just completed my first year of teaching and let me tell you, it was way harder than I thought it was going to be. I had a diverse class with lots of strong personalities and lots of behaviors. On top of that, in March, we switched to remote [...]

On Reading

On Reading

Whenever I go on a plane, I always like to bring a book. I think it’s because my parents would always tell me to bring one to occupy myself when we would travel. However, I would never actually read the book. I would bring it along as extra weight in my backpack and reassurance that [...]

My Journey to Becoming a Teacher

I am a second grade teacher. This is my first year teaching and let’s just say, it has been extremely challenging yet also rewarding. My decision to become a teacher didn’t come lightly. I struggled after graduating college to find a job and then deciding whether it was what I wanted to do. It took [...]