A new school year comes with much excitement and many changes! One of these exciting changes is preparing the classroom.
Tag: Teaching
Lesson Learned: 100% Engagement
My lesson plans of the past usually left at least a couple students needing to be retaught due their lack of engagement. This article shares the strategies I will use next year to achieve 100% engagement and a class that is empowered by the lesson. Continue reading
Lesson Learned: Finding Balance
Mistakes are apart of daily life. Reflecting, being real about the past, and learning from where you’ve been is a catalyst for success in the future. This page will walk you through some pivotal lessons I learned from my first year of teaching as well as the applications and aspirations of year two.
Lessons Learned: My Job is Not About Me
Mistakes are apart of daily life. Reflecting, being real about the past, and learning from where you’ve been is a catalyst for success in the future. This page will walk you through some pivotal lessons I learned from my first year of teaching as well as the applications and aspirations of year two.
Building Relationships Through Grammar
How this little guy improved my classroom engagement.
My Classroom
Meet the Teacher Night
I was in awe of the turn out of our Meet the Teacher night! It was such a blessing to see most of my students and meet their families!! It was just adorable to see the excitement on their faces! What a rewarding night! Continue reading
The First Week of School
What a crazy, exciting, and powerful week!
Letters to Mrs. Swigart
On the first day of school I had so many students ask me what this was before I got the chance to explain it to the whole class. I could tell they were just as excited about it as I was!