Emojis have become one of my favorite forms of communication. 😎 I know that probably isn’t the best way of communication for someone who speaks through text almost all the time with her clients, let alone a teacher, but I can’t lie, they are just fun! They make me happy! 🙂 When I first started working […]

Happy Friday! If you didn’t already know, I’m somewhat (okay, all the way) addicted to fabulous fonts. As a designer, I love being able to pair different fonts together. Through my journey, I’m always coming across some fun and free fonts so I figured I would do a roundup of the best I’ve found! All […]

Fall is my favorite season, hands down. 🍂 So it’s no surprise that fonts which evoke the feeling of knitted sweaters and warm lattes really speak to me. It’s an *adds to cart* moment every time. I’m sharing a few of my favorite fall fonts. Use them for your seasonal resources or make them a […]

Happy November, friends! Today I’m sharing my (newly discovered) obsession with writing with you in the form of Acrostic Poems. This year I’ve been blessed to be teaching writing to a great group of ELL students. We have been working hard on building vocabulary and understanding parts of speech. Around this time every year, I spend a […]

Before I tell you what a CCD is, let me tell you where it originates. It’s one of the many strategies used in Project GLAD (Guided Language Acquisition Design). I was lucky enough to be GLAD trained a few years ago. I quickly used these strategies with my 3rd and 4th graders in a unit called, Biomes of […]

Last week was my first week in my new school teaching 6th-8th ELL students. To say I was nervous was an understatement. I never thought I would ever teach in middle but I’m actually loving it. I’m very happy about my hard decision I made at the end of last year. But all in all, […]