Since my students are visually impaired, they need as much tactile learning as possible. I’ve never had to think about this before, but I am enjoying the challenge. I went to a big stationery store last week here in Daejeon and found these colorful balls. I wasn’t sure what I was going to do with them, but I knew I… Read More
Who knew that middle school boys would do anything for Fruit Loops? I had tried to think of something to motivate my students. Stickers weren’t working for most of them because they can’t see the sticker well. I had brought some Fruit Loops for a snack to keep at my desk…just for me. I hadn’t planned on giving any to… Read More
God definitely me in a spot to get me out of my comfort zone here in Korea by teaching at a blind school. I have 8 different classes. For the elementary level, I have 4 classes, and I only see them once a week. For the middle and high school level, I have 4 classes, and I see them 2-3… Read More
What? Karaoke in the classroom? You might be saying, “I don’t have a karaoke machine.” Just wait, my friends, just wait. I have been trying to find different ways to teach English to my visually impaired students. It needs to have music or rhythm to keep them entertained…and for me not to fall asleep in the boring textbook lessons. Look… Read More
I am working on getting more products into my Teachers Pay Teachers store. In the beginning, it takes a while to figure out your groove. I’m hoping and praying it gets easier! Here are 3 products that I just uploaded. They are all “Say Something” sentence stems. I used these every day in my classroom, in every subject. After modeling… Read More
Check out what my friend just shared with me! It’s a great website that has activities from Kinder through 5th grade. I can’t wait to try some of these in my classroom next week after Chuseok! Chuseok is the Korean Thanksgiving, and it is THE biggest holiday in Korea. Bigger than Christmas. I actually have the whole week off this… Read More
The big question is….”Where have I been?” Why haven’t I posted in several months? Well, I have a good reason. A really good reason. I resigned from my teaching job in Texas to follow a dream I’ve had for the past 10 years. I am teaching English in Daejeon, Korea. I have wanted to teach overseas for a long time,… Read More
I love, love, love using a clipboard. I keep my grading checklist, behavior checklist, lesson plans, and other checklists on my clipboard. I use it so much that I decided to make a personalized one this year. After seeing all the cute clipboards on Pinterest, I thought “I could do that”. So I started to think of what theme I… Read More
Howdy y’all! I am so excited to get my blog up and running. I LOVE to share my ideas with fellow teachers and have been wanting to start a blog ever since I saw all these awesome blogs on Pinterest. I don’t know about you, but Pinterest inspires me to do many things, and this was a big one. So… 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)
