So I know this has nothing to do with teaching, but I just have to share. I am so excited that I just can’t hide it! I have now lost a total of 50 pounds from when I was at my heaviest. Yikes! I think I look a wee bit different, don’t ya think? I had lost quite a bit… Read More
When I move back to the states, I will never complain about a school lunch. Amazing the things you appreciate when you move to a foreign country. Every day is a crap shoot. You never know what you’re gonna get. And no, it is NOT like a box of chocolates. Here is an average lunch: rice (every. single. day), kimchi… Read More
Today was one of those days. You know those days. The kind of day where you just want to scream. So I have a co-teacher at my school. If you teach English in Korea, you have a co-teacher. Some co-teachers are wonderful. And some are not. My co-teacher is a wonderful person. But as a teacher? Not so much. She’s… Read More
I have to share this. There aren’t a whole lot of TV shows to watch here in Korea. You’ve got weird Korean shopping channels, Korean teenage dramas, or reruns of CSI and NCIS (but only at certain times). Just this weekend, I was super excited to see that I have TLC on cable. So I have now watched a couple… Read More
It is Friday which means tomorrow is Saturday. Can I get a woo-hoo? I am linking up with Doodle Bugs Teaching today! This is my first Five for Friday, and I am super duper excited. It’s the little things that make me happy. Let’s get it started! On Tuesday, my co-teacher made some homemade bubbles for the kids, and they… Read More
I started my teaching blog this year in the midst of getting all my paperwork in order to move to South Korea and teach. With all the preparations (there is A LOT), my teaching blog got a bit neglected. I also have a personal blog about teaching in Korea where I share my pictures, stories, and experiences. I’ve been trying… Read More
I have been finding quite a few new blogs to follow, and I am officially hooked. I just got started in the blogging world and can’t wait to “meet” fellow bloggers, so I am linking up with Simply Kinder for her Teaching Blog Round Up. This week and next week is Winter Camp at my school. During winter vacation, schools… Read More
I hope your Christmas was wonderful! My Christmas in Korea was fantabulous. I have the biggest apartment out of all my friends here in Korea, so I got the privilege of hosting Christmas at my place. Everyone brought a dish which thank goodness because there is NO way I could have cooked for 25 people in my little kitchen. We… Read More
I am linking up with Teaching in the Tongass for a Christmas photo linky party! This is a picture only, no words linky party. If you want to know more (and I know you do), please follow my blog because I will be posting more pictures about Christmas very soon! Merry Christmas!
This past week I have been introducing Christmas to my students. We read, It Is Christmas, my Christmas emergent reader, and sang the book as we read it. My students tend to read better when it’s put to music or rhythm. I wonder if that’s true for all ESL students. After we read the book, we also matched the Christmas… Read More
![As teachers we know that vocabulary is pivotal in students’ success. When I was growing up, our vocabulary activities consisted of looking up definitions in the dictionary and copying them down on notebook paper. Do you think I truly understood those vocabulary words? Not. One. Bit. In order to truly understand vocabulary words and what […]](https://i.pinimg.com/236x/97/e8/f5/97e8f54812d68c0d8c084b04391b3255.jpg)
![Have you ever heard of choice boards? I LOVE using choice boards in the classroom. I use them in math, reading, language arts, science, social studies, etc. They work in ANY subject and with ANY topic. Here are my top ten reasons to love choice boards! Students love to be able to make choices in […]](https://i.pinimg.com/236x/b9/24/a5/b924a5282fc6478ab0c9293eb5797602.jpg)
