WOW. What a difference a week makes! This time last week, I was prepping my students for their last test before Spring Break. We were playing Heads Up, Kahoot!, Quizizz, and I was re-teaching and reviewing content while trying to motivate them to keep going because we were almost to Spring Break. Fast-forward to this week - my daughters, ages 7 & 9 are on their second day of homeschool/remote ... Read More about Homeschooling During COVID-19 – Reflections
Tips for Teaching Online – From Someone Who Teaches Online
Phew! What a week this has been around the world. Countries, businesses, conferences, seminars, workshops, cities, and schools are closing up shop in an attempt to "flatten the curve" and control the spread of Coronavirus to give our health care system a fighting chance to help those impacted by this disease. While the times we live in now are definitely unprecedented, anxiety-ridden, and ... Read More about Tips for Teaching Online – From Someone Who Teaches Online
3 Awesome (and Helpful) Exit Ticket Ideas
Happy Friday Jr., all! Tomorrow will our my LAST day before Spring Break and, if the nuttiness level in my classroom today was any indication, thriving on Friday the 13th will require many many MANY cups of coffee (thank goodness for my classroom Keurig!), a great night of sleep tonight (ha, yeah right!), and a whole lot of prayer! As we're approaching 4th quarter, I'm finding that we need to jazz ... Read More about 3 Awesome (and Helpful) Exit Ticket Ideas
Gather Student Feedback with Google Forms
Happy Tuesday, all! If you read my other blog, bethanypetty.com (thanks!) you know that I am currently rocking a walking boot and a super-swollen ankle with a second-degree sprain ... BOOOOO. As someone who enjoys working out and running on a daily basis, this injury is giving me a tough lesson in patience, which some would argue, is not a virtue I possess! However, not being able to workout 30-45 ... Read More about Gather Student Feedback with Google Forms
Online Learning Opportunity
Happy Friday! We're in the middle of our first full week of school since returning from Christmas Break - and I'm struggling just a bit ;) I'm missing my random afternoon naps and going to bed without having to set an alarm for the next morning! ALL THE COFFEE is being consumed! Over the past few weeks, I've been thinking about our on-demand, everything available at our fingertips society. ... Read More about Online Learning Opportunity