tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-49035248328969325632024-02-19T05:31:16.820-05:00Beach Teach by the LakeAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14311027187010304064noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4903524832896932563.post-36619367372831944862014-10-13T11:53:00.001-04:002014-10-13T12:10:28.502-04:00Catching Up & SLANT Box(es)It has been quite a while since I have written, too long, especially based on the number of pictures that I have collected for posts I intended on writing. Pictures of things I was preparing for my room before school started, my room all ready to meet my new 1st grade kiddos, etc. So my goal is to start small, to set a goal to post once a week. For the most part I will try to post new things, what we are doing in my class etc. Sometimes I will go back and post some of the things I had in mind.<br />
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One of the biggest reasons that I have not posted in so long, in addition to the whole back to school thing, is that I found out at the very end of July that I am pregnant with my 1st baby! Not only did this consume my thoughts, but also drained me. I could have crawled into a cave and slept my whole first trimester if it weren't for the fact that it was back to school. So I just did not have the energy to plan and write most days. Now that I have my energy back, I am hoping that I will be back!<br />
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So for todays catch up: SLANT Box(es)!<br />
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I never posted about the amazing box I got in August and got my September box this week and want to post about that one too. So first...<br />
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August</h2>
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In August the theme was "Home Town Pride". My partner was Holly from <a class="in-cell-link" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://Findingmyeverydayhappy.blogspot.com&usd=2&usg=ALhdy28NBDv5uFW7Yg8g27m-ThGftdv0DA" style="font-family: calibri, arial, sans, sans-serif; font-size: 120%;" target="_blank">Findingmyeverydayhappy.blogspot.com</a> . Holly is from Cincinnati, so my box included some awesome things!</div>
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My awesome August box from Cincinnati</div>
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New teacher mug, a scarf in my favorite color, Green, and some tea</div>
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Flying Pigs are a big thing in Cincinnati, so Holly included this cute flying pig.</div>
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Some Cincinnati Chili and recipes</div>
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Sharon Creech is from Cincinnati! and a Bangles Bracelet (sorry Holly, I have to wait to wear this until after football season since I love my Giants!)</div>
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My card from Holly with a picture of the skyline in Cincinnati</div>
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I brought my Flying Pig to school since its what I want to tell the kids some days when their questions are just too crazy for an actual response! Haha</div>
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In September the theme was "Teach On" and my partner this time was Sandy from <a href="http://fearless5thgrade.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Fearless in 5th</a>. </div>
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You know its going to be a good Month when 2 boxes arrive!</div>
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p.s. Sandy I need to know where this duct tape is from its too cute!</div>
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I was so excited to unwrap I almost didn't take pictures</div>
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My last initial painted to match my Teal and Lime Green classroom.</div>
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On to the second box!</div>
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I forgot to take pictures at home since I brought everything from my "Teach On" box to school. So instead here are the pictures of all my goodies at school and for some where I put them at school to use.</div>
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Who doesn't go crazy over school supplies!</div>
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This cute notebook actually ended up in my purse not at school. At the moment I have been using it to keep track of name ideas for the baby!</div>
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The green and blue note cards went right into my notes home basket. Some of the other notes in here are pre-printed ones that go home frequently.</div>
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I might have an obsession with Duct Tape, and the Lime green fits in perfectly!</div>
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My pencil pouch I keep in my school bag fits right in with this months theme and the Flair Pens and post-its went right in to use.</div>
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Again I might have an obsession/problem/addiction, but I did not have neon sharpies so my collection is feeling more complete!</div>
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School starts in less than 20 days for teachers (19 to be exact). As I set up my room I try picturing all of the new faces that will be sitting on the rug looking back at me, or working around their tables in small groups. This means I am also trying to decide where to have students sit, never an easy task until you meet them. So my question for you this week is...<br />
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I had 19 my first year and 17 last year (the photo above). I have 17 this coming year, and some of the other 1st grade classes have less so I shouldn't be getting any new students.<br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I know I showed the desk earlier as part of a Wordless Wednesday, but I'm including it since I finally finished the matching Mailboxes to go with it! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">The matching Mailboxes! These mailboxes are going on their 16th year. My mom bought them her first year teaching, and last school year got a new set. I had a different set that I inherited from somewhere before I even had a classroom, but they were in really, really bad shape. I wish I had taken a before picture of my current set, there were layers and layers of old name tags that refused to peel off, and since I used 3M hooks on the side to hang my passes the paneling on the sides was peeling in spots. I LOVE contact paper!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Chevron contact paper for the sides and on to the back, Whiteboard contact paper for the rest of the back with a cute Lime Green polka dot border and some Lime Green masking tape for the front plastic and they are like all new mailboxes! I just need to decide how I will attach the kids names. I'm thinking about using the number system this year since labels do not easily come off book bins, so maybe I'll spray paint some binder clips and add numbers that way. Besure to check back in a week or so to see what I decide!</span><br />
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I forgot to take a picture of the finished back, and I need help deciding what I will use it for, so when I stop into school tomorrow I will update the post and would love ideas!<br />
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I didn't make this the Awesome Lindsey from http://lpaulldesigns.blogspot.com/ did. My Blog got a new design this week! I am so excited about the way it looks, and she even made me a matching cover photo for my soon to exist Facebook and a banner for my Brand new TPT store.<br />
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I made my first product for TPT this week! I have made so many of my own things for my classroom I decided to share my new Birthday board. I have also started going through all of the things I have made over the last 2 years I have been teaching and the 2 years I was a reading tutor (and hadn't discovered TPT) so see what else I can share.<br />
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School starts again for Teachers on the 25th so I know I will have a lot more Monday Made Its to show in the next few weeks!<br />
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I didn't get a chance to link up last weekend because my mom, sisters, Gram and I had a girls day/night in the city (NYC). We saw a Hysterical show call Bullets over Broadway which usually stars Zach Braff (the cutie from Scrubs) but his understudy was playing that day I think because we saw the matinee. We also went to an amazing restaurant for desert called Max Brennen's. It is basically just a chocolate restaurant, although apparently it serves real food too, but who needs that!<br />
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This week was also my husband and my 1 year anniversary! This year has flown by faster than any I can remember. For my birthday this past May when I turned 30, my husband surprised me with a trip to St. John for the 2 of us and my stepson during winter vacation. This was also suppose to be an anniversary gift, but he decided since year 1 is suppose to be paper he gave me a card with the rental information for a boat while we are in St. John (I think that counts a paper!).<br />
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We also had some red velvet cheesecake I picked up the day before in the city and champagne that had been a wedding present. I forgot our frozen cupcakes in my parents freezer, but since they were frozen red velvet cupcakes the cheesecake worked out perfect. Plus this way we can eat the wedding cake with my stepson (we saved him a chocolate cupcake) since it was the part of the wedding he was most excited about. <br />
This week was also my mom's birthday and I love when I find her just the right gift!<br />
I also posted my very first products on TPT this week!<br />
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I met my new principal and vice principal. They both seem very nice so that's not really a low, but I LOVED my principal who just retired and my vice principal who moved to a smaller town and part time position to partially retire. They hired me 2 years ago and have been amazingly supportive. My principal was even at my wedding last summer (the vice was on vacation).<br />
<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14311027187010304064noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4903524832896932563.post-70310821683279282452014-07-30T11:18:00.005-04:002014-08-03T07:53:19.006-04:00Wordless Wednesday July 30th<span style="font-family: inherit;">I want to start by saying Happy Birthday Mom! My mom is my hero, inspiration, mentor and best friend. She is who I call when I have exciting news and when I need to vent.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">So she is also the inspiration for todays <a href="http://secondgradesugarandspice.blogspot.com/">Wordless Wednesday</a>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">She is one of the biggest reasons I became a teacher. I watched my mom go back to school when my baby sister started Kindergarten, so she could get her Bachelors degree, then Masters and Sixth year. She has been teaching 6th grade since 1999, and before she went back to school she taught pre-school. I can always hear her advice before I even call, but still always call to hear her say it.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">So my question for you this week is who is your inspiration, your hero?</span>
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<span style="color: #0b5394;"> I have dropped by my school a few days, but today is the first time I started trying to make my room look like a classroom again. In June when we check out for the year, the entire floor is emptied. I am lucky that I have cubbies and a counter in my room since there are only 2 rooms in the building with them! Anything on the floor; shelves, tables, file cabinets, etc. are taken out so our floors can be waxed every summer. If shelves are one wheels they can be left full since they can be rolled out of the room. Mine of course are not so I take my library apart every summer.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394;">I took some pictures when I stopped by when the room was still empty.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: inherit;">As empty as it looks, it has so much more stuff than the very first time I walked in 2 years ago on the day I was hired. The room had 1 kidney table and 19 kids chairs and that was it! By the time I went in again 2 days later other teachers "donated" things they didn't want any more.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394;">Today I felt very productive, but looking back at the pictures I took, I'm pretty sure all I did was make a mess!</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: lime; font-size: x-large;">Kelly</span></span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14311027187010304064noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4903524832896932563.post-40748663755676532622014-07-28T10:38:00.001-04:002014-08-03T07:54:39.888-04:00Made it monday 7-28<div style="text-align: left;">
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: inherit;">I printed and laminated about 5 miles worth of things for my room including; my new calendar cards, Name tags from above, and CCSS standards.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: inherit;">I finally finished the toolbox and file drawers from last week by glueing the labels to the front of all of the drawers. I also decided I wanted the small toolbox for behind my small group table, and my mom decided she needed one too so we will be making more in the next few weeks before we both go back to school.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: inherit;">I put the finishing touches on my planner and it is officially 100% done and I am 100% in love. The problem when that happens is you want to show off so now my mom is insisting I make her one too! I can't complain since the finishing touch I made with my mom's new Silhouette cutter. She has been trying all summer to make painted signs with letters and wanted to know how people put sticky letters on their whiteboards in school. She had never heard of a Silhouette cutter until last week when I mentioned it to her. She bought one immediately, and I was put in charge of making it work. My monogram was what we decided to start with (ambitious) since she couldn't decide what she wanted to cut first.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: inherit;">I am officially obsessed with the Silhouette cutter and promise to show all of the projects we will be making over the next few weeks and how I'm getting ready for my new group of 1st graders!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: inherit;">On a personal note, it was my husband and my 1 year anniversary this weekend and I can't imagine being married to a more supportive and caring man. Anyone who marries a teacher deserves a special place in heaven for all that they do to support us!</span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14311027187010304064noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4903524832896932563.post-26631055950299732922014-07-24T15:00:00.000-04:002014-08-03T07:54:52.110-04:00Help!<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: inherit;">As a newbie to the blogging world I am learning daily. After joining a few Linky Parties, I have been asked if I have Facebook. So my question to other bloggers out there is, is your Facebook a page, a group or a new profile created just for your blog, or a combination? Any advice would be awesome, I love hearing from other teachers and would love to have more ways to get my blog out there.</span><br />
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<span style="color: lime; font-size: x-large;">Kelly</span></span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14311027187010304064noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4903524832896932563.post-4074960142554676212014-07-23T16:40:00.004-04:002014-08-03T07:55:11.048-04:00Wordless Wednesday- Classroom Prep<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: inherit;">There is officially 1 month and 2 days until school starts again. Between now and then is my 1 year anniversary, at least 1 trip to Cape Cod, a friends wedding and as much time on the boat as we can manage. So today while my husband was at work and my stepson was at camp, I went in to school. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6;">In my family there are more teachers than I can remember (at least 8) and a ton of my friends are teachers (and not just the ones I met at school). Teachers somehow just find each other. My family laughs that we can be by ourselves out shopping or somewhere random and find the only other teacher in the building. I'm sure all teachers think this way since it seems to be true.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: inherit;">I know I look forward to completing a bunch of creative projects I started at home or had planned. Just before school ended I bought Teal Chevron contact paper from Amazon for my desk. My teacher desk is all solid wood right out of the 1930's I think. It was the only one the school could find when I got hired since I was an added class not taking over for someone who retired or left. </span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Such small drawers</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">So dark, but its real wood so I don't want to paint.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">So pretty, and much lighter!</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Tried to cover the handles but they are a weird shape</span></td></tr>
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: inherit;">Now for the part a never look forward too. I had some tables get ruined over the summer when they were moved out of the room so the floor could be waxed. </span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I'm not even sure how this happened or</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">It goes across the whole table!</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I have 4 tables like this; Yellow, Red,</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">All of the corners look like this.</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">When I saw them I wanted to cry, especially my awesome kidney table that I covered with dry erase contact paper. </span><span style="color: #3d85c6;"> The kidney table I think I might have to completely remove the duct tape and contact paper and redo it. Now I know for next summer to cover it with a tablecloth or something to protect it. My flower tables are only 2 years old! They were bought just for my classroom since the room use to be a second grade room and they have desks. Fortunately I saw the custodian and I asked her what she suggested I could cover the corners with (I was thinking Duct tape if I could keep the kids from peeling it). She was shocked and is calling the company to see if they have a warranty! Her guess was the high school kids who work for the town cleaning every summer (awesome kids!) tried to roll the tables since they are soooo heavy.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6;">So for those of you who have already gone back, and those of us who are getting ready to, think and let me know...</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;"> </span><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: x-large; text-align: center;">What do you look forward too the most and the least on the first day you go back into your classroom?</span></span><br />
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<span style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">As a parting thought, I discovered today my dog can roll her tongue</span></span><span style="color: #3d85c6; text-align: center;">.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: inherit;">I should have had my husband take a picture for me to show that I was these colors from my knees down, my feet looked like Smurfett.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: inherit;">Then I found the tool box while buying my spray paint, so that was added to my list. And while wondering Target the other day I found the 3 drawer file drawers on sale for $7.50 (usually $8.99) and decided they needed some paint too. I thought I was all done finding things to paint, when I went to visit my parents this weekend. They had cleaned the garage earlier in the week and found a bunch of directors chairs a family friend had given them. I couldn't take them all since my mom is a teacher too, but 1 chair was a tall one and didn't match the rest so now I have a directors chair that of course needed to be painted!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: inherit;">First, DO NOT spray paint on plastic! I thought I was being nice to my husband and protecting our grass, but I think I got so messy because of the plastic, and the things were sticking to the plastic. When I lifted them up, some of the paint around the tubs peeled off the plastic and stuck to the tub. Fortunately my husband had something delivered from amazon partway through this adventure so I was able to steal the huge box. </span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">6 am and ready for the Cape!</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Watching some TV and relaxing on a Sunday</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">My other high for the week is that I officially started Blogging! I created the blog through Blogger before school ended in June, but I didn't write any posts until just this week. And I have started working with Lindsey from <span style="text-align: center;">http://teachinminddesigns.blogspot.com/ to make my blog a little more official and personal!</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Since it is summer vacation, and no lows from school, my low is on more of a personal note.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"> I love being a step-mom to my 5 year old Monkey, but being a step-parent is not always an easy job. My husband and his ex (never married) have completely 50/50 joint custody, but we live in 2 different towns. Monkey starts Kindergarten in the fall, something that was not discussed when their initial custody agreement was made, so we have been having a difficult time coming to an agreement about which district he should attend, and with the fact that there is a custody agreement for a reason (whole other long story). We would like for Monkey to attend school in our town since it is a much stronger school system. This was just about settled on, my stepson's mom had at one point even agreed to this until she "discovered" this was the same district that I happen to teach in. We finally got a court date this week, something that makes my stomach drop just at the thought of it. What should be a very exciting time for my stepson is one that we are not celebrating since there is so much uncertainty. Once it is settled I know we will be celebrating and pumping him up until the day school starts, but until then it is just one big unknown :( . </span></div>
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14311027187010304064noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4903524832896932563.post-59003868730722140402014-07-20T13:52:00.003-04:002014-08-03T07:56:07.122-04:00Postcard Exchange<span style="font-family: inherit;">I am so excited to do this with my students this school year, but there are still a few states available. If you are a teacher or know a teacher in any of these state and are interested in joining please sign up so we can start our classes swapping some fun mail, and learn about new places!</span><br />
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States still available as of July 20, 2014:</span><br />
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Alaska</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">Delaware</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">Hawaii</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">Maryland</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">Nebraska</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">Nevada</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">New Mexico</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">North Dakota</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">Oragon</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">Vermont</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">West Virginia</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">Wyoming</span><br />
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I hope you join mine and 49 other classes in this exchange!</span><br />
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<span style="color: lime; font-size: x-large;">Kelly</span></span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14311027187010304064noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4903524832896932563.post-24461122400873030102014-07-17T08:30:00.000-04:002014-08-03T07:56:22.856-04:00My new planner<span style="font-family: inherit;">I am one of those people who has carried a planner literally since I was in 2nd grade. At that time it was not my idea or plan, but one that my parents and teachers agreed on since I tended to lose things. This was also in 1992 so kids did not yet carry assignment books for school, or at least at my school they didn't. I have carried one ever since, having one place to write down everything I need to do and remember is a life saver. As a teacher this is even more important.</span><br />
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My first year teaching I used a similar format to a few of the other teachers in my building, with 1 page per day.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I found it to be very cluttered, and I am the type of person who needs to see more that just one day.</span><br />
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My 2nd year teaching, last year, I splurged and got a Erin Condren Teacher Planner. I LOVED this planner, except that it wasn't in the order that I wanted, and I couldn't add pages.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">This year I scoured TPT and all of the planners for sale by some amazing teachers until I found one that matched my style and what I was looking for in a planner. And I bought more than one, but the one that best fit what I was looking for was the <a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Planner-Organizer-Binder-Flamingo-2014-2015-789252" target="_blank">Flamingo Planner from Tayna Rae Designs</a>. She has a few different designs, I just liked the tropical feel of this one. Initially I planned on having it bound like my EC planner, but since I wanted to be able to move things and add to it I decided instead to use the <a href="http://www.staples.com/sbd/cre/marketing/arc/" target="_blank">Arc Notebook</a> from Staples (This is not a review of the notebook system, just one that I felt would fit my needs). I wanted it printed on a heavy quality paper so it wouldn't pull out too easily so I sent the complete file to <a href="http://bestvaluecopy.com/">Bestvaluecopy.com</a> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I decided to take pics to walk through my newest planner. Sorry there's a lot, I just wanted to make sure to show all of the parts to what I consider to be my brain for 10+ months.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Plastic cover from Staples.<br />I think I need a Monogram or some stickers.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The first few pages have my info <br />and school procedures. </span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I used some blank pages in the planner<br />to make my seating chart for each month.<br />My room has 4 hexagon tables these same colors.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Student info pages, and there is a birthday<br />page I didn't take a picture of. I love how easy<br />pages come in and out (class list in my hand)!</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Each section has a cover like this, I just need<br />to add tabs that I made already.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Year at a glance for long term planning.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I love this monthly lay out, it is one of the main reasons I chose this planner. Each month<br />has an inspirational quote, a section for notes and a small previous and next month calendar.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Between each month there is a spot for notes<br />for the month.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I use this section for the year long curriculum<br />our district created.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Districts ELA year long plan broken down<br />by week.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The section I use the most.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">My daily schedule, and a page for schedules on short day, 2 hour delay and 3 hour delays.<br />We don't get our schedule until teachers start back in August.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">This is my other favorite page, I love that the day goes down rather than across.<br />Once we get our schedule I'll use labels for subjects rather than write them each week.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Our district gives DRA's 3 times a year,<br />along with a few other assessments.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I used this section in my EC planner much<br />more than I expected so I included a bunch<br />of checklist pages.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I included a ton of these too since I ran out<br />in my EC planner fast.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Cover for the CCSS. The standards are<br />all on the cute flamingo paper too!</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">A few plastic pockets, already filling up with<br />projects for the new school year.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">My district calendar in a sheet protector,<br />I put about 5 in for now but since I can add<br />pages to the rings not sure if I will need them.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The quote was part of the Planner pack, I decided to print it on heavy paper for the back cover.</span></td></tr>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14311027187010304064noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4903524832896932563.post-29862837422477948302014-07-16T10:33:00.005-04:002014-08-03T07:56:36.423-04:00Wordless Wednesday<span style="font-family: inherit;">I'm still new to the blogging world, but I love seeing Wordless Wednesday every week with Miss DeCarbo, so decided to join!</span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Does anyone else use their phone to take pictures or screen shots of things they want to remember for later?</span></b></h4>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I find myself doing this all the time then once a week of so I will go back and actually look up the things I took screen shots of. I especially tend to do this while laying in bed when I don't want to get up to look on the computer, but since I need a new phone I can't really look from there either.</span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14311027187010304064noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4903524832896932563.post-45048453037650841292014-07-15T20:28:00.001-04:002014-08-03T07:56:47.998-04:00<span style="font-family: inherit;">I joined Bloglovin so you can look for me there and follow that way!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="http://www.bloglovin.com/blog/12569979/?claim=v487tvfcuq9">Follow my blog with Bloglovin</a></span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14311027187010304064noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4903524832896932563.post-10726560253195356462014-07-15T16:49:00.000-04:002014-08-03T07:57:11.618-04:00Things I learned my 1st year teaching<span style="font-family: inherit;">This is my very 1st blog post ever!!! My stomach feel like it does before the first day of school every year! But after seeing <a href="http://pawsitivelyteaching.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Pawsitivelyteaching</a> post on IG about wanting to host a linky party with words of wisdom for new teachers I decided to make the jump. </span><br />
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I just finished my 2nd year in my own 1st grade classroom. Prior to that I was a Sub, Building Sub, Intern/Student Teacher, and Early Intervention Reading Tutor spread over the previous 5 schools years. But being in a classroom, your own classroom is very different. </span><br />
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I have debating making my own blog for a while, and even set it all up, but as a new teacher in the state of CT we are required to take part in TEAM, a mentor project based on 5 elements in teaching. This was a 2 year long process which required 8-10 week for each of the 5 elements and a 3000 word paper when you finished each section detailing what your focus was and why, what research you did, how you implemented the research into your classroom, and finally the impact on you and your students. It was overwhelming as a first and second year teacher. In addition to that and being a new teacher, I also got engaged within days of signing my contract 2 years ago, and married last summer! </span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I was ready, not stressed</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Once I decided I was going to take the leap today and write my first post, I of course kept waking up with more ideas that I wanted to include (and drove my husband nuts every time I turned on my Ipad to write the ideas down). By the morning I had a list of 9 things that I wish I had know or that I learned during my first year teaching.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">1. Accept/Seek out/Ask for help</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">2. Try new things</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">3. Find your style, not someone else's</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">4. Remember the little successes</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">5. Balance real life with teacher life</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">6. Be positive</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">7. Find a mentor (a GOOD one)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">8. It's ok to let your students see you laugh or be overly dramatic</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">9. Do no harm (this was from a grad school professor)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">This one should be pretty obvious. As a new teacher you already know you have so much to learn about your building, grade level, curriculum, school policies etc. Just remember if you don't understand what is being explained, or all of those acronyms say so! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">As a new teacher we often times don't want to appear lost, or unsure. We want to show that we earned the job we have just been hired to do. But lets face it, as a new teacher no matter how many years we went to college or how many degrees we have, it feels at times like we are learning to swim after being thrown in the deep end. So when one of your grade partners offers you a float, or a packet of fun activities they always use the first week or around holidays, take it. In time you will have ideas and resources to share with them, and will appreciate not being alone in the pool.</span></div>
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<b><u><span style="font-family: inherit;"> 2. Try new things</span></u></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Speaking of new things that you can share in return, as a new teacher I found I was much more willing to try new things than teachers who had been teaching for years in my building. Not reinventing the wheel, just finding new ideas on Blogs, Pinterest, and TPT, that veteran teachers had never tried. I found out at our End of the Year party that even though I have only been in my building for 2 years, I have already started to build a positive reputation as being willing to go out on a limb and try something that no one else has tried yet. Not a bad reputation to have I think! Then I started to think about how I might have gotten than reputation and listing all of the new things that I have tried and came up with quite a list;</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">-Rainbow chart not a Stop Light</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">-Daily 5</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">-CAFE</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">-Class Dojo</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">-GoNoodle</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">-Interactive Math Notebooks</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">-1 in depth math station a day/4 stations a week, rather than 2/3 stations a day that don't really challenge students</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">More importantly is of these new things I have tried, I have shared my learning with my grade partners and many of them plan to try them this year.</span></div>
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<b><u><span style="font-family: inherit;">3. Find your style, not someone else's</span></u></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">My building has 9 first grade teachers, we are a pre-K through 2 school and the only primary school in the district. This means there are A LOT of different personalities amongst my grade partners. The first year it might seem easiest to do things just like one of your grade partners, and for some ideas it might be. However just like our 9 different personalities, we have 9 different teaching styles. The classroom across the hall from mine belongs to another 1st grade teacher. We laugh that we each only need to remember and know where 1/2 our stuff is since we can just run to the other for the other 1/2. However, she is the type who is SUPER organized, and I'm lucky if I can find my desk most days. I have learned more than I can imagine from her about how to organize my stuff, but I still live in a state of organized chaos. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">If you walk into her room, the kids are usually quite and working hard. If you walked into mine you would be much more likely to hear chatting and kids moving around, but working just as hard. Each of our styles works for us, and more importantly works for the kids.</span></div>
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<u><b><span style="font-family: inherit;">4. Remember the little successes</span></b></u></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">My first year teaching I had 19 first grade students, 3 were special needs, 2 had been dismissed from Special Ed over the summer, and 6 more were below benchmark. There remaining 8 students were not just at benchmark but were well above it. It made for an interesting school year. But when your students have such different abilities you quickly learn to celebrate all of their success, and all of yours. </span></div>
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<u><b><span style="font-family: inherit;">5. Balance real life with teacher life</span></b></u></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">There are two types of exhaustion, physical and mental. My first year teaching, I was also planning my wedding and had just moved an hour from my parents house to live with my Fiance in the same district where I got a teaching job. I'm not sure what either of us expected, but I don't think it was the long hours I was putting in daily. I had more of an idea than he did since my mom is also a teacher, but your first year will definitely be a shock to your system. I remember one day in the fall, coming home and laying down on the couch with him and falling asleep the minute my head was down. This was maybe 6:30, and my at the time 4 year old step-son thought it was a great time to jump on and lay with us. I promised myself after that, to never leave school later than 6. There are still times when I'm tired, especially in the winter when the sun goes down at 4:30 so I literally don't see it, but not as much as that first fall.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">The second type is mental. It is important to put down your work, to turn your teacher brain off, even if for a little while. Go to Happy Hour with your colleagues, watch a movie with your significant other, go shopping with friends, and turn your teacher brain off. It's not easy, believe me, my summer vacation isn't even 1/3 over but I've thought of school at least once a day.</span></div>
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<u><b><span style="font-family: inherit;">6. Be positive</span></b></u></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">This might be another familiar piece of advice, but not all teachers follow it. There are teachers who will warn you about new students, and tell you the worst news so you might dread meeting them, but don't listen. Or the teacher's room might be filled with teachers complaining, walk away. Like the previous piece of advice, teaching can be exhausting, being positive helps to make it a little less so.</span></div>
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<u><b><span style="font-family: inherit;">7. Find a mentor (a GOOD one)</span></b></u></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">As I explained when Introducing myself, new CT teachers have to take part in a Mentor project. We are assigned a mentor by the district who is there not only to help us with the project but with anything we might need help with as a new teacher. I was initially assigned one of the buildings Reading Consultants as my mentor. She is amazing at what she does, but as a first year 1st grade teacher, I needed someone within my grade level, someone to answer more specific questions that she couldn't. I also needed someone who recognized that I didn't teach reading all day, and that I had 19 students at any given time not 3 or 4. I was fortunate that my administration recognized the trouble I was having and offered me a new mentor, and more importantly ask for my input about who would be a good fit. Even though my TEAM project is complete, I still run to her anytime I have a question or am frustrated.</span></div>
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<u><b><span style="font-family: inherit;">8. It's ok to let your students see you laugh or be overly dramatic</span></b></u></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I'm sure all new teachers have heard the saying don't smile until Christmas vacation. I don't know who come up with this idea, but it seems this would make your first year even more exhausting. My students see me smile from the minute they walk in the door. More importantly, since they see me smile so often, they know that if I'm not, there is a reason and are quicker to listen. And at times, since so much of teaching is an act, acting overly dramatic is a way to get their attention, make a point or just lighten the mood.</span></div>
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<u><b><span style="font-family: inherit;">9. Do no harm (this was from a grad school professor)</span></b></u></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I had a professor in grad school, while I was getting my teaching certification, who use to tell us that the one piece of advice she would give to all of her first year teachers that she hired was to tell them "Do no harm". She explained that this meant, your first year will be hard, it will not be perfect, and the students might not even learn as much as you want them to, but as long as they leave at the end of that first year as happy, confident learners then you did no harm.</span><br />
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I'm sorry this first post was soooo long, and promise that this probably won't always be the case, but as someone who still considers myself a new teacher, I know how important the first year can be.</span></div>
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