Happy Saturday, all! I'm totally celebrating the end of this week because not only was it our first full week of school in two weeks (thankful for snow/ice days!), but it was also my duty week! Yes, morning, lunch, and after school duty greeted me way too early Monday morning. I'm happy to say that, with the help of my daily Bible time, excessive amounts of coffee, at least one scoop of my ... Read More about Pixel Art Review for Social Studies
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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
Back-to-School 2019: My Plan for the First Day
Heeeyyyy! Happy Thursday! As I'm gearing up for year 12 (HOW DID THAT HAPPEN?!) and reviewing my first day of school activities, I thought I'd share them with you! If you're on Twitter (give me a follow @Bethany_Petty) then you know back-to-school activities and what you do on the first day has been the subject of MUCH debate. Do you dive in with procedures? Start with the syllabus? Do a "get to ... Read More about Back-to-School 2019: My Plan for the First Day
Reflection and Planning for 2019 – Changes for the New School Year
Hey, all! The end of July is upon us! After the 4th of July, something magical happens in my teacher-brain and it slowly switches from summer, naps, and Netflix, to what am I going to change for next year to enhance student learning? Planning for 2019 has officially commenced! Check out a few changes I'm making in my classes for the new school year! HyperDocs Holy moly. When I stumbled ... Read More about Reflection and Planning for 2019 – Changes for the New School Year
Learning from Student Learning
Happy Friday Junior, friends! Not only are we coming off of two snow days, my daughters are also recovering from pneumonia (they've been just pitiful!), which means my students' learning routine has been quite disrupted over the last week and a half! Today, my students took a quiz over the Legislative Branch (this unit is ginormous, so we split it in half) and completed their post-assessment for ... Read More about Learning from Student Learning
