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Thursday, ​September 19th, ​2024​

It was a good but exhausting day. Our ​school is out of paper and both copiers ​are on strike, more like refusing to work. ​It was an interesting day rearranging ​lesson plans to accommodate the lack of ​paper. You always have to be on your ​toes as a teacher. It was nice to stay after ​school a bit to print what I needed for ​tomorrow, even though I had to fight ​the copier a bi​t.

Friday, September 20th, ​202​4

I am so glad I stayed after yesterday to get those copies ​done. I was able to actually focus on planning for next ​week. I am trying out a new strategy with an ​informational article to help with retention. I’ll share how ​it goes lat​er next week. Yay for it being Friday!

Monday, ​September 23rd, ​202​4

Coming soon.

Friday

September 5th, ​2024​

I have finally caught the back to school ​bug. I have been super diligent to try ​NOT to catch it. Thankfully today is a PD ​day so there’s no students and I can ​suffer in moderate silence. I think I will ​ask to leave a bit early so I can head to ​urg​ent care.

Wednesday September 11th, ​20​24

Well... I did not catch a school bug. I had sepsis... I was ​hospitalized for three days and released on bedrest for the ​remainder of the week. Talk about a wild ride. Yesterday, I ​slept 21 hours and I still feel like I could sleep 21 more. ​Howe​ver, I am on the mend so that is a positive.

Wednesday, ​September 18th, ​202​4

Today is my first full day back with ​students and it has been wonderful. The ​students have been incredibly kind and ​caring, and very excited about my ​return. I am as equally excited about ​returning to work and seeing them. I am ​truly blessed to have such great students ​and I am happy to be well enough to ​come back to work. I do have surgery to ​remove the infection from the bone in ​my jaw in two weeks. I am nervous, but I ​th​ink it will go well.

Fi​nally Friday

Augus​t 30th, 2024

II am a huge fan of Fridays. My students ​were chill and the day went so smoothly. ​It was so nice to be able to use my ​planning to catch up on grading and ​documentation rather than putting fires ​out around my building. I also hung up ​some student projects in the hallway and ​my students loved seeing their work in ​the hallway. They were pointing it out to ​their friends. Today was really refreshing ​af​ter such a tough week.

It​’s a short week

Tuesday​, September 3rd

I am so happy that this week this only a three day school ​week. We have PD on Friday, which I don’t mind. I look at ​PD days as an opportunity to learn more about my craft ​and a way to build relationships with my colleagues. As ​for the school day, it was much calmer than the week ​prior.​ I hope the remainder of the week is just as good.

Dumpster Fire

Wednesday, ​Septemb​er 4th

Our ELA teacher called out today at ​8:15am. We had to scramble to find ​coverage for him and it was a disaster. ​However, at the end of the day, all of ​the students were safe, and nothing was ​set ablaze. It was very disappointing to ​have four kids that I strongly advocated ​for betray my trust. Between the four of ​them, they stole 70 fruit snacks, broke 5 ​rulers, and drink my Gatorade that is for ​my health condition. They also trashed ​my room. Admin is dishing out ​consequences, but it still hurts my heart ​today.

Back to School

August 22nd, 2024

It’s the end of the first week of school ​and I am exhausted. One of the new ​teachers in my cohort called out for three ​days straight. Unfortunately, we don’t ​have a building sub so I have had to take ​on additional students everyday. Despite ​that, the school year seems to be moving ​in a promising direction as I navigate ​leading the 9th and 10th grade cohort, ​Charting your Course.

I need to clone myself

Au​gust 27th, 2024

Today was rough, we had two cohort teachers out.... ​Meaning we split up classes and I had 40 students in my ​room. My largest class has 18 students and I have 22 ​desks. I have no idea how I managed it but I did. Now, I ​am off to sleep because I thought I was exhausted last​ Frida​y.... I was wrong. This is a whole new level of tired.

Finally peaceful

August 28th, 2024

Today was very chill in comparison to ​the previous five days. All of the cohort ​teachers were present and students ​were in class. It gave me time to catch ​up on grading and documentat​ion.

September 19th,​ 2024​

I finally got to post the world maps that ​I created using procreate on my iPad. I ​included six variations of the mapping ​assignment with word banks and ​without. It can also be turned into a fun ​coloring and labeling activity for ​students.​

September 20th, 202​4

I have begun my next project for my store. I am working ​on a few Historical Document based activities for my 10th ​grade U.S History class. These assignments will be aligned ​with Ohio’s social studies standards so look forward to ​seeing updates on those!

Co​ming soon

coming soo​n

September 4th, ​2024​

I just posted a new resource to my TPT ​store. It is a seven continents poster set ​that shares quick facts about each ​continent. It displays the geography of ​the continent, populace, wildlife, ​languages, and more. I also added it to ​th​e big Social Studies Poster Bundle!

Se​ptember 5th, 2024

My big project today was going through the list of ​standards I am teaching and creating a list of posters that ​I can create to benefit fellow teachers. For World History, ​I came up with at least 15 more poster sets; and U.S ​History I have 22 more poster sets. I am currently looking ​at Government and Economics to continue making ​posters for those subjects. My first priority will be MWH ​and U.S History since I am currently teaching those ​courses.​ If you have any requests, please reach out.

September 18th​, 202​4

I finally finished up the World Religions ​posters that I started before I was ​hospitalized. I added them to my TPT ​store and the growing Anchor Charts ​and Poster’s Bundle. The Bundle is ​currently $20.00, which is 25.5% off! I ​highly recommend getting the bundle ​soon while the price is low! There are 16 ​resources i​n it currently!