One teacher's blog sharing about life, in and outside the classroom.
When reading Shakespeare’s plays, students always struggle with the language and understanding the plot. One of my go-to ways to ensure students understand what is happening is to show movies based on the plot. When teaching Romeo and Juliet, there are several adaptations of it. However, these are some of my favorites that students are […]
Welcome! If you’re reading this post, this means that you are probably getting ready to start your first year teaching! So glad that you decided to join the #best job ever. But I won’t lie to you – it’s hard. They say the only thing harder than teaching is parenting. I know that you’ll do […]
It is that time of the year, where Amazon’s Prime Day is announced! Prime Day this year is July 11th and 12th of 2023. There are tons of discounts, with many things over 50% off their regular price. It’s important to note that if you are wanting to get the Prime Day Deals, you have […]
It is that time of the year, where Amazon’s Prime Day is announced! Prime Day this year is July 16th and 17th, 2024. There are tons of discounts, with some things with over 50% off their regular price. It’s important to note that if you are wanting to get the Prime Day Deals, you have […]
As a teacher, there are some things that I hope to see or have happen in my teaching career before I retire. Of course, I am just finishing up my sixth year of teaching, so I have several decades to meet all of these bucket list goals. I can also acknowledge that some of these […]
Today’s post was written by Hayley from Just Hygge. She has over 24 years of teaching experience and is transitioning out of the classroom through Just Hygge. On Just Hygge, she talks about how to bring Hygge into your life through all aspects. If you’d like to read more of her content or get ideas […]
Growing up, I have always been super into mythology, learning about the different cultures, gods, and monsters. With that in mind, I have found a few books that are based on mythology that have sucked me back into an old interest that I’ve had. Below are 7 mythology based books to read. **This post contains […]
Grading. The thing I hate the most as a teacher. But it’s always there. Haunting me. As a teacher that has had 3 English preps this year, I had to get more creative with my grading, especially when it came down to end of the quarter time crunch and all the writing we did in […]
When finishing up a unit, often students expect to have a stereotypical test – multiple choice questions, true and false, writing questions – in a quiet room that gives so much anxiety. However, I’ve found through my years of teaching social studies and English that I like to provide more creative projects to demonstrate their […]
As a teacher, I am often baffled at the misconceptions that society has about teaching and teachers. The teacher in me obviously wants to teach the masses, so here are the top 5 biggest myths of teaching and some elaboration on why they are myths! 1. We are just hanging out/babysitting kids all day. When […]