Uncategorized What If…Our Positivity is Authentic 21 Nov 202021 Nov 2020 I belong to a Facebook group of educators across Missouri who share tips, tricks, 🎉celebrations, and 😵frustrations of teaching during a pandemic. There was a post the other day that…
Uncategorized What If…We Remember the Lessons of 2020? 14 Nov 202014 Nov 2020 We were sitting in a faculty meeting a few days ago. Faculty meetings look a lot different this year. When we had faculty meetings in previous years, the whole gang…
Uncategorized What If…We’re Patient 7 Nov 20207 Nov 2020 William Langland wrote the first-ever recording of the phrase, "Patience is a virtue" sometime between 1360 and 1387. A Greek proverb says, "One ⏳minute of patience, ten ⏳years of peace."…
Uncategorized What If…We Listen to the Kids 30 Oct 202031 Oct 2020 I have been hearing folks talk about COVID-fatigue. 😐Even though I feel like I've adapted to this new abnormal, I get it. I'm 😴exhausted from just trying to keep up…
Uncategorized What If…We Remember Grace 23 Oct 202024 Oct 2020 A former student messaged me the other day. 😊She wanted to say thanks to this old teacher. She didn't thank me for teaching her how to use context clues when…
Uncategorized What If…Practice Introspection 17 Oct 202017 Oct 2020 I was 👟running on the trail when I started to smell smoke. It's not uncommon to smell smoke from a barbecue or the smell of a woodpile 🔥burning. It wasn't…
Uncategorized What If…Remember Our Mindset 10 Oct 202011 Oct 2020 I woke up the other day thinking it was Friday. 🎉For folks who work those Monday through Friday weeks, you know what I'm talking about. It feels good😍 to wake…
Uncategorized What If…We Lift Each Other 3 Oct 20203 Oct 2020 We spend a lot of ⏰time on the sidelines at volleyball games. It's a lot of fun to watch the teamwork, the awesome 🔥kills, those 💥aces, a few shots that…
Uncategorized What If…We Find Calm 26 Sep 202027 Sep 2020 I've noticed that I feel 🌅calm, and that sounds a little crazy to me, given this 👻insane year. 2020 hasn't been what any of us would have expected. There is…
Uncategorized What If…We follow the Example of RBG 19 Sep 202020 Sep 2020 The 🌎world lost a great one this week with the passing of Ruth Bader Ginsburg. 💔The United States lost an important Supreme Court Justice. 💔Women lost a champion. 💔Fighters for…
Uncategorized What I…We Don’t Try to Race Time 12 Sep 202012 Sep 2020 "Time waits for no one." -Folklore (dated as far back as 1225) Have you ever noticed that every single 🛑stoplight is red when you're in a hurry? What about those…
Uncategorized Follow My Classroom Blog 7 Sep 20206 Sep 2020 Hey there, friends! The new school year is underway- and it is much different than any other school year! We wear masks unless we're seated. Desks are spread throughout an…
Uncategorized WhatIf…We Remember All of the Days 5 Sep 20205 Sep 2020 Ken and I forgot our 💍anniversary one year. It was the year of the Joplin tornado, and our anniversary fell during those first days after the storm. There was so…
Uncategorized What If…We Do Things Right 27 Aug 202029 Aug 2020 School🍎 started this week, and I'm not afraid to say that I was 😬anxious about it. Let me tell you how I usually teach my students. There's a desk in…
Uncategorized First Day of School 23 Aug 2020 It's the first day of school in my district tomorrow. The first day back in the classrooms since we left for Spring Break back in March. I remember telling my…
Uncategorized What If…You Use Your Mission Field 19 Aug 202022 Aug 2020 In addition to publishing in this space, I have been posting weekly writings to my social media platforms. I don't share everything from this blog on social media. These Sunday…
Uncategorized What If…It’s the Same and Different 16 Aug 202016 Aug 2020 I haven't had much ⏰time for anything else this week because one thing has been on my mind and my schedule- 🏫school. This is the time of year that I'm…
Uncategorized What If… the Arrow is Shot? 7 Aug 20208 Aug 2020 I've heard a phrase a few times lately that sparked my interest to learn more.✨ It's actually a Buddhist parable that uses a metaphor of arrows to illustrate pain and…
Uncategorized What If…We Didn’t Share Everything? 1 Aug 20202 Aug 2020 (Fun fact before you read: As I was writing this piece in early March, I decided that there was a bigger story on the horizon. I scrapped this one to…
Uncategorized What If…Contradictions Hold the Keys 22 Jul 202026 Jul 2020 I love wordplay. There might be 🍌Bananagrams pieces on our kitchen table any given day. I like to rearrange the letters to spell words- looking for interesting ways to combine…
