Tell All Tuesday: Top 10 List

I'm linking up again with My Day in K and Teach. Talk. Inspire. for Tell All Tuesday! This week's post is a Letterman Style Top 10 List...Top 10 Things Teaching has Taught Me!

Here's my Top 10 List:

10.  It doesn't matter WHAT has been happening in your day.  You could have had the MOST engaging, well-planned and executed day of teaching in the history of education...you're administrator(s) won't walk in during those brilliant moment.  However, he/she will walk in after you've just finished, or when you've sat down for 2 seconds to respond to an e-mail, or when a student is in the middle of a mega-meltdown!

9.  It's true...you'll never make everyone happy!  It's an important lesson to learn.  Your choices, lessons, time, etc. will always upset someone...it's ok!

8.  Kids say the MOST hilarious things.  Some are stories about home that their parents would be mortified they shared...sometimes it's a wild tale from their imagination...sometimes it's a word/phrase/joke they misunderstood.  WRITE THESE THINGS DOWN!  On your bad days...it's nice to go back and reread these funny things.  My personal favorite...my students were discussing their Zodiac signs... in relation to constellations...one of my kids told me he wasn't a Pisces...he was a vegetarian!

7.  I mean it...never stop buying books and school supplies...especially books!

6.  Kids NEED to play, laugh, and create EVERY DAY.  Academics are important, but time to be a kids is just as important!  So PLAY, LAUGH, and CREATE with them!

5.  You know that kid who is so poorly behaved and challenging...the one who gives you headaches/sleepless nights/ and more.  Well, he/she NEEDS YOU!  So so a prayer for patience and guidance and give them your love and attention!

4.  Don't plan on making a last minute copy or copies...the copier will be broken.

3.  If you're like me, you probably spend more time at school than you do at home with your family most days... learn to love and get along with your teammate...they'll be the ones to help you get through your long, trying days!

2.  There truly is nothing better than seeing a child's light bulb moment.  Maybe, it's when a child reads independently, ties his/her shoes for the first time, publishes his/her first story, or becomes an independent worker/thinker---it's the best and it's why we do what we do!

1.  I have "kids" who are entering college this fall.  They were my first babies...the first group to enter my heart...and they're still my babies.  No matter how many classes and students come and go...YOUR KIDS will always have a piece of you and you will always have a part of them.

Hootfully yours,

Lindsay

Tell All Tuesday: Teacher Bucket List Edition

It's my favorite blogging day of the week--Tell All Tuesday!  I'm LOVING this linky series from My Day in K and Teach.Talk.Inspire.

This week's theme is all about creating your own Teacher Bucket List.  Here is mine:

Go Back to School:

I wish I had been in a position to get my Graduate Degree right out of college, but I couldn't at the time.  Over the past 9 years, I've applied and been accepted to two different programs, but life keeps putting extra school on hold.  Good things about life no doubt... my beautiful family!  However, I love being in school.  Research/reading/writing...I'm a school nerd at heart.  I would love to eventually earn my Specialist's Degree in Curriculum/Instruction.  

Attend a Teachers College Reading and Writing Project Summer Workshop

My wonderful school became one of TCRWP's project schools several years ago.  We have had the most amazing trainers come to work with us and our students for intense training in both reading and writing.  I loved every minute of it.  Nevertheless, I would love to spend a week in NY doing one of their Summer Workshop Training experiences--maybe even meet Lucy Calkins herself!

Present at a Conference/Workshop

One day I would really love to teach and present to other teachers.  I've had a few groups of teachers come in to watch me teach Reading/Writing Workshop in my classroom, and I even taught a Reading/Writing Workshop conference at my school last summer for about 20 other second grade teachers...but I'd like to explore this facet of my career further.  I actually LOVE public speaking...helping other teachers and collaborating with colleagues.  

Grow my Blog/TPT Store

I'm a new blogger.  I've been at TPT a while longer, but not until recently have I really been trying to build my business.  I LOVE creating resources for my classroom, and I love the idea that other teachers can find these resources helpful in their classrooms.  I would love for this blog and my TPT store to gain followers.  I would love to meet some of the teachers that I have blog stalked followed, and I would REALLY love to be at TPTVEGAS16...hate that I am missing out this year, but next year is in my plans!

Can't wait to hear about everyone else's Teacher Bucket Lists!  Hope everyone is staying cool in the Summer Heat!

Hootfully Yours,

Lindsay

Truths Be Told & Summer Sale

I had so much fun getting to read so many of the other teacher bloggers' posts for the first week of the Tell All Tuesday Linky Party.  Even though the first week's game is officially over for many bloggers, I'm still planning on reading the rest of the posts I didn't get a chance to get through earlier this week!

So, what was my lie?  It was actually #1, the one about being an adrenaline junkie!  While I'll ride a roller coaster once in a while, I have never been bungee jumping or sky diving.  Actually, the thought of being pulled back up from a giant rubber band, only to fall down and bounce up again, makes my whole body hurt!  Truth be told...I really do hate fruit and I really did play the part of the Virgin Mary one night in high school...no major acting or speaking was required--THANK GOODNESS!

This was so fun and such a great way to get to know some of my fellow teacher bloggers better!  I can't wait for next week's topic from Teach.Talk. Inspire. and My Day in K.  Two of you guessed correctly,  Camping Teacher and Second in Line, so I'd love for each of you to choose a product from my store, which I can send for you for FREE--just send me an e-mail!  Thanks for stopping by and taking time to read and comment!

To celebrate SUMMER, I'm also linking up with my friends from The Primary Pack for their Splash into a Summer Sale!  For the rest of the weekend, my entire store is 20% off!  What a great way to get your feet wet with some summer savings!  Happy shopping!

Hootfully yours,
Lindsay

Tell All Tuesday: Summer Linky Party

So I'm so excited to get back to blogging and to learn more about so many of the amazing teacher bloggers I follow!  Hopefully, some new visitors will come by to visit me too!  So I'm delighted to be linking up with my friends from My Day in K and Teach. Talk. Inspire. for their new fun Weekly Summer Linky Series!

So since this week's theme is Two Truths and a Lie...leave a comment with the fact about me that you think is a lie!  I can't wait to read and interact with more of you this summer!

Two Truths and a Lie about The Owl Teach:

1.  I am an adrenaline junkie.  I'm talking roller coaster fanatic, race car riding, sky scraper climbing, addict.  I have been bungee jumping three times and sky diving once.  I can't wait to plan my next jump out of a plane with my husband.

2.  During my senior year of high school, I played the role of the Virgin Mary during the production of the Live Nativity.  I may have been far away from having my own son then, but I could even tell at that time that being nine months pregnant and on the back of a donkey would not have been enjoyable.  

3.  I hate fruit.  Like can't stand it at all.  I know it has many healthy benefits, but I just don't enjoy the taste of any fruits.  I will force myself to eat apples, bananas, berries, and grapes, but I see it as a chore.  Unless it's fresh lime juice...mixed with a little tequila...in the form of a margarita on a hot, summer day!  

So which detail is the LIE?  Leave a comment with your guess and be sure to follow my blog and check back later this week to see if you were correct!  There just might be a little surprise for someone who correctly guesses!

Hootfully yours,

Lindsay