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It’s upon us . . . BACK TO SCHOOL. (I just uttered those three little words that begin to haunt our dreams in mid to late August). As we face “climbing that mountain” again, the first week begins to quickly fall into place. I don’t know about you, but I
Alright, so this issue hits especially close to home today. Why you ask? Well, I just experienced my first back to school nightmare of the season. This blows my mind as it hit earlier than EVER this year. (SIDE NOTE . . . this is ironic as all get out
Well, well, well . . . HELLO SATURDAY. I know all you alls out there who are back in saddle are probably experiencing a very similar feeling now that the weekend has arrived. Mine is a cross between relief and an absolute love affair. Thank you sweet, weekend. I needed
BACK TO SCHOOL Yep . . . I just said it out loud. Honestly, I can’t believe that I uttered that one without shuddering. This is a first for me in a LONG TIME. We are only 14 days away from that very first day back in the saddle, but
Don’t look up . . . I mean it. Just keep your head down and your eye on today! Do you know what’s here? A-A-A-A-August. Can you believe it? Where did the summer go? (Gosh . . . I am full of questions today). Anyway, as we cruise into this end
Someone PLEASE hit the pause button. I have been running around like a mad woman for the past two weeks and I still have TONS left to do. I had my first back to school nightmare (I was late on the first day). I also have started grinding my teeth
I sound like a 70+ year old dock worker and I fell asleep on the couch as soon as I finished my dinner last night, but I am all smiles. We are officially five days into the 2014-2015 school year and I couldn’t be happier. What amazing adventures await us
I cannot believe that I am actually sitting down to draft a post after completing the first day of school. I have no idea why I am still standing (the 15 power nap may have a little something to do with it), but I think the excitement from our stellar
Um . . . really?? I cannot believe it . . . a post about that all-mighty first week lesson plan. Where in the world did the summer go? I can’t complain though. It was a magical 8 weeks, but today marks its final hurrah. At 8:20 tomorrow I begin
Since we are in full-blown back to school mode, I wanted to highlight something that has really saved my independent reading group station. Maybe you have a killer routine that works for you? Maybe you already use this one? Dunno??!! However, just in case you don’t roll with a system