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Screen Recorders
As educators we have to keep up with 21st century technology in order to 1) reach our students, 2) make life easier, 3) not appear old 😉. For ten years I have gotten sub notes ready at the beginning of each school year, and tweaked them for whatever the actual day is that I was…
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Let’s Talk Infographics
I have never seen myself as creative. I am a teacher though and teachers are super great at finding ideas and recreating them to fit their needs. Now, I SAY I’m not creative, however, I do have a craft room in my house where I have loads of scrapbook stuff, ribbon, embellishments, a Silhouette machine…
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The Mindset List
As educators we (for the most part) make every attempt to connect with our students on some level outside of the academics in the four walls we call home 8 hours of the day. If you think about it, and I’m sure you have, we spend more time with our students than they get to…
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RSS Reader? What’s That?
About five years ago I decided to stay home with my son after going back to teaching for a year once I had him. At the time I was going to a Crossfit gym, but once I was a stay at home mom I couldn’t get away as often, so I decided to bring Crossfit…
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The Giver and Memory Journals
For the past few years I have held a reading club for my students. I do have a criteria I look at when I ask students to join my group. I try not to base it solely off their reading level, but also look at their maturity and how drawn they are to reading in…
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Bad Romance
I was reliving my high school romance all over again when I began reading this book. It was scary. I read several exerts out to my husband since he knows the hell I went through with my high school boyfriend. Even the fact that the main character had a family life similar to mine in…
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50 Things You Should Know About Titanic
Who hasn’t heard about the Titanic? Ever since I was a little girl, I have found it fascinating to read and hear stories about this ship that supposedly even God himself couldn’t sink. I remember being in 7th grade when the movie with Kate Winslet and Leonardo DiCaprio came out (swoon). I remember watching it…
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Streetwear Fashion
Someone say shoes? Yes please! Fashion is something I LOVE! My closet is the size of a bedroom because I enjoy clothes and shoes and purses and jewelry and ALL things related to fashion and style! What girl doesn’t it?! Over the years, I have bought books for my own book shelf that were full…
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Ghosts
I first had heard of this book last year at a book conference with Judy Freeman. I was intrigued, but never took the time to sit down and read it. I am sad I waited so long. This was a pretty good read and would be great for both middle grade readers and the younger…
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