Dear First Year Teacher, Congratulations on becoming a classroom teacher! If you're anything like me, you've dreamed about having your own classroom since you were a little kid yourself. You spent countless hours playing school and now you've accomplished all the work is takes to become a teacher: College: undergraduate courses, internships, student teaching, and those pages and pages long lesson plans (don't worry, you don't actually need to write two pages for one lesson); Certification: taking those tests, paying all of that money, and waiting for what seemed like forever to find out that you're officially a certified teacher; Job searching: preparing a resume and cover letter, searching for hours for vacancies at your dream school, finding the perfect outfit for your interview, thinking about what questions you're going to be asked (what's a strength you have? Tell me about one of your weaknesses? Are you a team player? What sets you a...
Hey Hey, happy Fri-Yay!!! I'm still seeing all the Target Dollar Spot posts on my Insta and I'm literally swooning. I know my purchases made all of you excited and yours are making me excited too! Self-control is something I've had to practice this week because I realized that #1, comparison is the thief of joy (don't compare your insta-teacher favorites to yourself) and #2, hello budget. I did state in my post on Sunday that my husband doesn't really care what I spend on my classroom but I haven't even visited the teacher store yet sooooo... self-control had to take a front seat. Plus it's only mid-July. I still have another month until I can get into my classroom and see if and what I still need want. On a random note, I'm thinking of changing my farmhouse classroom theme. There are two reasons behind this: my classroom walls are lime green (so not my choice, it was painted that way when I moved in) and all of my classroom supplies are just...