Happy Monday! For me, this marks the first full week back of the semester, and I am excited! We only had one day last week, and I have to admit that I was dreading going back. Once kids got in my room and we started the 2018 Challenge, I was reminded just how much I …
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Yes, it’s Tuesday. Yes, I am posting my weekly Monday Must Reads post a day late. Yesterday was Christmas, so it’s totally okay. I hope everyone had a lovely Christmas time with their family. My husband and I enjoyed spending the day with my parents and sister. Our day was full of yummy food, catching …
Happy Monday! Today is the last Monday of the semester, so that makes it an especially happy Monday! Today I find myself giving and grading semester tests, doing notebook checks, and looking forward to spending the evening with my husband at an OKC Thunder Game tonight. As a perk for being a finalist for Oklahoma …
Happy Monday! I absolutely adore the time I spend each week putting together new volumes of Monday Must Reads. Throughout the week, I stumble on so many great ideas on twitter, and I always make sure to hit the like button. But, I find that by the end of the week, I’ve already forgotten these …
Hello, Monday! I’m still getting over a very inconvenient cold, so today will most likely be a VERY long day of school. But, I can’t imagine a better way to kick off this Monday than a new volume of Monday Must Reads. Each Monday, I post a quick recap of what awesome stuff the rest …
Happy Monday! Things have been pretty quiet here on the blog since last Monday’s Must Reads post because I decided to take full advantage of the opportunity to rest during our 9 days off for Thanksgiving. Today was our first day back, and I’m excited about what’s ahead for all of my classes as we …
Happy Monday! It’s a very happy Monday here in the Carter house because it is the first official day of Thanksgiving Break! I think the stress of this school year has been getting to me a bit. This weekend, I cried at least twice. My first tears came when I opened the refrigerator to find …
As I write this, it’s Sunday afternoon. Soup is simmering on the stove. I’m making vegetable soup for the first time ever in my life. A few weeks ago, I made cheddar broccoli soup that turned out well, so I’m hoping this one turns out just as good. I’m waiting for my lemon bars to …
Happy Monday! I hope you enjoyed your extra hour of sleep over the weekend. After a long week at school, a slightly longer weekend was most welcome. For those not affected by Daylight Saving Time, I hope your weekend was swell as well! Without further ado, here are this week’s Monday Must Reads! Factoring Graphic …
Happy Monday! It has officially turned fall in Oklahoma. This very chilly weekend included lots of quality time snuggled under a blanket on the couch. We woke up Saturday morning to find our house was a very chilly 53 degrees F, so we turned on our heater for the first time this season. It was …
Happy Monday! It’s the Monday after Fall Break here in Oklahoma which means that school is back in session whether we are ready for it or not. I’m ready to get back into the action of things and push my kids as we move towards our next big break: Thanksgiving break. We didn’t make quite …
Happy Monday! For me, it’s an especially happy Monday because it’s only a two day school week. Granted, parent teacher conferences on Monday night AND Tuesday night will make for a two day week that feels incredibly loooooooonnnnngggg. I feel like Fall Break is something I definitely need in my life right now. School has …
This week marks my school’s last full week of school before fall break. I’m looking forward to the chance to take a bit of a break from the daily grind of school and reflect on what is working well and what isn’t working at all. Today, as I do almost every Monday, I’m sharing great …
It seems like as soon as I get one Monday Must Reads post written, it’s time to write another one! I don’t know how it is for you, but I feel like this school year is really flying by! Enjoy my list of must-read ideas from the last week! High 5 Shout-Outs Hedge shares a …
It’s time for another Monday Must Reads! Thankfully, it’s a much less hectic Monday than last week due to the fact that the Oklahoma Teacher of the Year Ceremony has come and gone. In case you missed it on Twitter, I didn’t win. And, I’m completely okay with that. The winner is a fantastic and …
Well, tomorrow is the day when the Oklahoma State Department of Education finally announces the 2018 OK Teacher of the Year. I’ll be honest. I’m nervous. Mostly about the speech I have to give – not whether I win or not. I decided months ago that this entire process is in God’s hands. He has …
School is finally getting into full swing. I think I’ve got almost every kid’s name down. Our notebooks are starting to look like learning tools. There are always papers to grade. And, I’m remembering just how much I love teaching math. Here’s the latest edition of inspiring ideas I have came across on the Internet. …
It’s hard to believe it’s already time for another Monday Must Reads! Hope all of my U.S. friends are having a lovely day off for Labor Day. No matter where you are located, I hope you find an inspiring idea to use in your classroom! Statistical Significance Activity with Cereal Kay Kubena‘s twitter account is …
Life has been busy with the start of a new school year. I’m still working on achieving that thing called work/life balance, so today’s Monday Must Reads post will be shorter than normal. I’d love to feature more great ideas (I have a list!), but I’m giving myself grace. I’ll get another chance next week …
I’ve been taking a break from Monday Must Reads this summer because I’ve been out of the country and have had very limited internet access. Now that I’m back in the states, it’s time to catch up on my RSS feed reader. There’s no hope of catching up on twitter, so I’m not even going …
It seems like it was just yesterday that I decided to start Monday Must Reads as a weekly feature to highlight the awesomeness I see daily through the blogs I read and the inspiring teachers I follow on Twitter. The Answer is the Least Important Part of the Problem Rick Barlow‘s tweet caught my eye …
Things have been pretty quiet on the blog front since the last volume of Monday Must Reads. I had multiple posts I wanted to write, but I had to exercise some tough love and not let myself write any more blog posts until my state teacher of the year application was finished. I’m cheating a …
My last professional day of the year is finished. Grades are turned in. And, I’ve already started throwing out all my extra quizzes from this year to clear out the filing cabinet for next year. It’s also Monday which means it’s time for Volume 3 of Monday Must Reads. I’ve been trying to write one …
It’s hard to believe it’s already been a week since my first volume of Monday Must Reads. Since the last volume was received so positively, I’m back today with volume 2! The goal of this blog series is to highlight some of my favorite blog and twitter reads that I think are worth sharing. Examples …
There’s been conversation in the #MTBoS lately about the importance of both reading the ideas of others and sharing those ideas that we find inspirational. I’m pretty good at reading twitter and blogs. I’m much worse at sharing my “finds” with others. This is ironic because I was just discussing with my husband the other …