I was inspired by my principal @tracy9535 and others to take on the One Word Challenge for 2018. I am not one to make New Year Resolutions. In fact, I am usually in bed before the ball drops in New York. This year is different. I have had many struggles both personally and professionally. I … Continue reading
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Capturing Kids Hearts
Last week, I had the opportunity to go to my first Capturing Kids Hearts training. The school districts in my area have all bought in to the program and most of the teachers in my elementary school have already been trained. At first, I was worried that the training would be things I have heard … Continue reading
The Nerdy Math Teacher’s New Groove
I am going into my fifth year of teaching and my fourth year of teaching Mathematics only. This year was supposed to the year where I had it all together. I knew my content, I’ve gotten to know the families I serve on a much higher level. I was ready to incorporate STEM and Jo … Continue reading
More Than Teachers
MyPower Inc. in Lea County, New Mexico is dedicated to empowering our young girls to make good decisions and become leaders in our community. I have been blessed to mentor these young girls and help with summer camp for the past five years. We are so much more than classroom teachers! https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=1571417119567953&id=612878472088494 She turned her … Continue reading
Be the One
As I drank my coffee and scrolled through my social media accounts this morning, I came accrross this little beauty on Twitter @teachergoals. It touched my heart. My goal when I went into teaching was to be the teacher I needed when I was young – just as it is for many other educators. We … Continue reading
What does it mean to be Successful in Math?
Education is not the learning of facts, but the training of the mind to think ~ Albert Einstein A few days after returning from the ExxonMobil Teacher Academy (EMTA) 2017, I received the dreaded standardized test summary for my students. As I expected some of my students went up, some stayed the same, and others … Continue reading
Getting Ready for Exxon Mobil Teacher Academy
I haven’t posted in a while. I spent the last few months preparing to do battle with a dragon that ended up being a flea… The size of your problems is nothing compared to your ability to solve them – Abbisbek Tiwari Let me begin by sharing my fantastic news, I got the grant … Continue reading
What Matters Most
My Employee Banquet tie-dye manicure. Building our Fifth Grade Cardinal Arcade. End of testing celebration. MyPower field trip to the University of the Southwest. If someone offers you an amazing opportunity and your not sure you can do it, say yes – then learn how to do it later. ~ Richard Branson If you haven’t … Continue reading
Keep Calm and Finish Strong
How many times have you seen the “There’s no tired like end of year teacher tired” memes lately? Just today, I was joking with one of my teacher friends about the endless expectations of teachers at the end of the school year. We teach elementary and this is a sample of our list: PARCC Testing … Continue reading
Time for Math
I started this blog while participating in #IMMOOC season 2. Honestly I don’t think I would have ever started without reading Innovators Mindset – thank you George Couros and Katie Martin! As a fifth grade teacher, one of my biggest struggles is getting students to truly understand multiplication and division. Most students have at least … Continue reading
Nerdy Math Teacher 