What a week! Definitely a smorgasboard post is in order!  Below you will find 2 giveaways going on , it’s the last day so be sure to enter!     My new husband, me, and one of my best friends attended a guided painting class.  Here is the result from “Owls in the Moonlight” –…

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Thanks for sticking around!  To end the series I’m teaming up with Rachelle from What the Teacher Wants!  The giveaway gives you a chance to win her “Ready, Set, Go, Getting your Student Teacher off to a Great start”  and your choice of any item from my store.  What a perfect way to end the…

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Thanks for stopping by again today! We’re moving on to part 4 of our series but first:  Part 1: Initial Contact  Part 2: Dress Code  Part 3: First Day and Beyond! Part 4: Last Day Part 5: Now What?! So you’ve finished.  It’s probably a bittersweet feeling.  Below are some options and ideas to help…

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Thanks for stopping by again today! We’re moving on to part 4 of our series but first:  Part 1: Initial Contact  Part 2: Dress Code  Part 3: First Day and Beyond! Part 4: Last Day So you made it through! You have planned projects, lessons, made it through observations, possibly had a meltdown (or two)…

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Thanks for stopping by again today! We’re moving on to part 3 of our series but first:  Part 1: Initial Contact  Part 2: Dress Code  Part 3: First Day and Beyond! This can be a super nerve-wracking day! If you have made contact and know what you are wearing (from previous posts) then you are…

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What to Wear One of the most important things when starting in a teaching profession is what you wear.  It can really help! Yes, this is a sad truth but giving the right impression can really help you land a future job why not start while student teaching?! DO – Read the manual All schools…

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I’m starting a new mini-series on the blog this summer!  I was getting all ready for student teaching last summer. Follow this series for some advice/tips for student teaching success!  First topic: Initial Contact If your school works anything like mine, you probably know who your cooperating teacher will be pretty early on.  Starting initial…

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    I’m so excited to FINALLY start these posts….I didn’t know if I would have a guest blogger or not (if you want to sign up click “First Year Friday Form” at the top!!!! I would love it!)     Well the authors of this website contacted me about their FANTASTIC site.  I decided…

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I’m done student teaching!!!! Back to subbing 🙁 I need to move on, but I’ll miss my kids SO INCREDIBLY MUCH!!! They are such a sweet bunch- hopefully (fingers crossed) I’ll get a lot of sub jobs at this school!!! Finding jobs this time of year would be semi-ridiculous but you never know , my…

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We’ve been working on Cara Carroll’s Pumpkin Investigation Student Journal – how fun is that?~Click the pic if you want to check it out- It’s awesome!!!! We did quite a few experiments with some very different pumpkins!  Just take a look at the pics! wide variety or pumpkins! we have one that floats! We looked…

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