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Documentaries for Student Learning

If you’re like me, your entire world was rocked a mere 24 hours ago as the Covid-19 outbreak shut down schools for the foreseeable future.

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Teaching Students How to Elaborate in Writing

I struggle with teaching writing to my high school English students. It’s so ironic because, at one point in my life, I assumed that I

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Creating a Habit of Reading in Reluctant Readers

When I started teaching high school, I imagined beautiful, deep conversations about symbolism and various themes. However, my dreams were busted in a matter of

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Real Ways to Help Students with ADHD in the Classroom

I am the kind of girl that LOVES a challenge. In fact, I’m bored to tears without a challenge. So when I was thrown into

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What I Read This Month: January Edition

January was a hectic month for me! I spent most of the month preparing for a new semester AND creating/editing/launching my new website. However, I’m

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How to Scaffold Public Speaking in the Classroom

I’ll never understand how my students can be wild, crazy, dancing, laughing, snap chatting everyone and their momma, AND disrupting class every five minutes, BUT

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Budgeting on a Teacher Salary

If you’ve known me for any length of time you know that one thing I’m extremely passionate about is staying out of debt and using

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How to Teach Informational Text in the Secondary Classroom

One of the things that I’ve really had to work on during my classroom setup phase is a way to schedule in time for working

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Behavior Management in High School: How to Tame the Crazy

So, there’s a lot that I really DON’T do well as an educator.  I LOVE to write and even wanted to be a writer instead

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I just realized it’s March 7 and I never posted my I just realized it’s March 7 and I never posted my February reads! Some of these were SO INCREDIBLE that I’m having a hard time getting into anything new right now! 😭

1. The Thing With Feathers ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

2. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 
⭐️⭐️⭐️

3. The Boy in the Black Suit ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

4. Tiffany Sly Lives Here Now
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5. Meet the Sky 
⭐️⭐️

6. This Darkness Mine 
⭐️⭐️⭐️

I’ll get around to “real” reviews at the end of the week! 😊

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What’s your favorite thing to teach?! 🙋🏼‍♀️ Mine i What’s your favorite thing to teach?! 🙋🏼‍♀️ Mine is definitely WRITING! 

When I first tried to help students with this, teaching writing seemed so overwhelming because it’s basically like teaching thought. 🤯 Sooooo I spent 9+ years working on tricks for how to teach writing in high school English that didn’t make me want to cry or give up or both. 

You can find my TOP 3 FAV TRICKS for teaching writing in my latest blog post. Link in profile! 

#teacherblogger  #teachersofinstagram #teachergram #englishteacher  #teachertips #educationmatters
The Hoopla and Libby apps are PURE gold and keep m The Hoopla and Libby apps are PURE gold and keep me from spending a million dollars a month on books 🙃. 

#yalit #booksofinstagram #yabooks #yabookstagram #bookstagram #yabooksofinstagram #whatimreading #englishteacher
Happy Anniversary, @220training !! This has been 4 Happy Anniversary, @220training !! This has been 4 years of nothing but fun and tacos! I love you so much and I can’t wait for many, many more!! Let’s hope next year will be filled with fewer vaccines and panic attacks. Also happy 4 years to the second greatest love of my life. Swipe for a surprise. 

Happy New Year + Happy Anniversary! 🎉
Happy Birthday to our favorite person!! Theo and I Happy Birthday to our favorite person!! Theo and I are so thankful that you were born, Brent! 😄 We love you so, so much. I hope that your day is filled with spicy wings, visits from puppies and kittens, everyone 2 pounds under weight at wrestling practice, and Despicable Me on TV! I guess I’ll turn the thermostat up a notch or two for your birthday. 🤪
Had SUCH a fun time creepin’ it real at our I Scre Had SUCH a fun time creepin’ it real at our I Scream shop. Notice the sweetest little ice cream sundae around enjoying his night, too! 

#teacherlife #trunkortreat #halloweencostume #trickortreat #teachergram
The Gates house is nothing but squad ghouls this s The Gates house is nothing but squad ghouls this season. 🎃👻💀 

(But the real creeps STOLE MY SKELETON DOG! 😒) 

#trickortreat #spookyseason #halloweendecor #teacherlife #halloweentown
Sooooo we conquered “golden lines” last week, but Sooooo we conquered “golden lines” last week, but now we need help knowing what to say about a golden line. 

I made this super condensed guide to talking about the text for my kids who just need a little boost to get started. 💡

Fingers crossed this works some magic because I’m soooooooo excited to dive into a new novel with my babes next week! 

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