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How this Title 1 teacher is spending her evening. My students have spoiled me with chocolate from Valentines Day!

#teachsky #teacher #elementaryteacher
A silver HP laptop sits atop a grey bed sheet while a red heart shaped box with "Happy Valentines Day" written in gold with a gold cupid and hearts. This box is filled with soft centered chocolates, a gift from a student for the holiday. Next to it is a teachers planner, filled with what was done during each time period of the day. This Title 1 teacher is filling in student progress charts to send home to families.
February 19, 2025 at 12:15 AM
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A day in the life of a Title 1 teacher. Using a variety of methods for reinforcing number fluency.

#teachsky #title1 #elementaryteacher
The items of a teacher. Yellow bears for counting on top of a worksheet for writing numbers. Next to them are a small pile of sharpened colored pencils for coloring in the numbers at the top of the worksheet. A pink caddy is filled with highlighters, pencils, pens, and a spray hand sanitizer. Next to it is a yellow Stanley filled with water.
February 11, 2025 at 12:43 PM
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My couch buddy as I do student documentation on this snowy day.

#teachsky #specialeducation #title1
A planning book that says "Teacher 2025" sits on a red laptop on an ottoman. Ot sits next to two pale pink 3-ring binders filled with student documentation. The pellet stove in the background warms the house on a snowy day. Sadie the calico sleeps in a curled up awkward position. She's holding onto her back legs with her front paws. You can see her chin and up her nose with the way her head is twisted upside down.
February 6, 2025 at 6:56 PM
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Snow days are for bird watching
A tall bird feeder, filled with seed and six different little birds. Yellow finches, song sparrow, dark eyed juncos, black cap chickadees, house finches, and white breasted nut hatches. There is snow falling all around, coating everything in white.
February 6, 2025 at 2:09 PM
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Sadie being a pretty girl today and letting us know that it's going to be okay today.
A calico cat sits on a wooden shelf next to a window. She is sitting in a cute pose when she isn't looking out at the birds.
January 23, 2025 at 12:55 PM
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Fiat has decided that I need her presence tonight. Lots of things are scary and hard today. I'm blessed to work in a place where all of us are on the same page.
A tortie cat lies on a fuzzy pink pillow next to me. In the background is the pellet stove that's off (she's not happy about that), and Sadie's ball spinner toy. Fiat has decided this is a great place to nap for now, and that I need some cat snuggles tonight.
January 21, 2025 at 11:41 PM
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Thank goodness for cats today. I'm taking some breaths tonight before tomorrow comes, and the real fight begins.
A tortie cat sleeps peacefully on top of a curtain next to a closed window. She's purring in reassurance of all the chaos that has happened today.
January 20, 2025 at 11:47 PM
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Sadie (calico) and Fiat (tortie) send you purrs ❤️
January 19, 2025 at 8:29 PM
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First book of the day finished. Listening to some books to see if they are appropriate or would be interesting for my students.

#teachsky
#booksky
A screenshot from audible of the audio book Camp Cacophony by Jessica Khoury. The cover shows a red-headed female wearing camp clothes and playing a flute while sports equipment is flying around her.
January 19, 2025 at 4:06 PM
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I'm spending the day with my leg up thanks to a potential meniscus tear. So, setting up binders for work it is. I do love being a Title 1 teacher.

#teachsky
A calico cat sits at the end of a couch ottoman with her skinny ball toy. She is surrounded by little cups of creamer, children's books, an iPad, notebook dividers, notebooks, and 3-ring binders. All supplies to set up student data binders for Title 1 teaching.
January 19, 2025 at 3:55 PM
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I'm working my way through Oathbringer. While I struggled through the first third of Way of Kings, I'm very glad I stuck through it becuase this series is very good.
A screenshot of the audio book Oathbringer by Brandon Sanderson. It shows chapter 32. Company. There are 40 hours left in this book.
January 18, 2025 at 1:10 PM
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Ending the night curled by the fire. Oh, to be a cat some nights. Instead, I've spent my night making lesson worksheets.

We really shouldn't normalize working without pay as teachers. Unfortunately, there is zero time in my day to make what I need. I just beg for people to buy off my wish list...
A calico cat with crossed and curled back feet and stretched out front paws lies in front of the pellet stove. She is bathed in a golden glow from the fire burning. She is fast asleep and content as can be.
January 16, 2025 at 3:25 AM
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Snow falling today while making myself go out and do errands.
A grey snowy day in New Hampshire. The road is covered with snow and slush, you can see where the cars are driving. The trees on both sides of the road have snow dusting them. Snow flakes cover the whole image. You cannot see the mountains in the distance through the cloud cover and falling snow.
January 12, 2025 at 12:57 AM
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Last night's moon rising over the playground I teach at. Today it's snowing...
High in the fading blue sky is the moon at almost full. It rises over a mountain ridge that is glowing orange in the setting sun. There are picnic tables and a basketball hole thing at the bottom of the image. A wooden fence surrounding a winterized garden and open fields sit behind the picnic tables. All but the evergreen trees are bare in the mid January cold.
January 11, 2025 at 8:12 PM
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This is the life. All stretched out in front of the pellet stove onna cold January night.
A calico cat lays stretched out in front of a lit pellet stove. She is warming her back beans. She is a happy and relaxed cat.
January 8, 2025 at 11:48 PM
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Getting to make nice with the school photocopier this morning

#elementaryteacher
An industrial sized photocopier machine running off packets of letter recognition worksheets for kindergarten students.
January 8, 2025 at 1:48 PM
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She is beauty. She is grace. After I took this, she ran into the window with her face...

After a weekend of sleeping, here's to a full week of work with my tiny humans. Oh to have the energy of a cat with the zoomies...
A calico cat stands on a window shelf while looking out the window. She is staring at the birds in the bird feeder. She has cute little feet, bright eyes, and soon to be a fat lower lip. She ran muzzle first into the window after this picture was taken. She is fine, she does this on a regular basis, she doesn't understand glass.
January 6, 2025 at 12:59 PM
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Biggest yawn from Sadie. It's definitely the mood of the day. Taking it easy and working on lesson plans and curriculum

#elementaryteacher
A sleepy calico cat lays behind her grey spinner toy. She gives the biggest yawn where you can see her top teeth and her tongue curling up. She is very sleepy.
January 4, 2025 at 1:39 PM
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She thinks if she plays with her toy, I won't go to work today. Sorry little girl, but these tiny humans need me.
A calico cat lays next to a three tiered grey cat toy that has 3 balls that she bats around. She had a grumpy look on her face because she doesn't want me to leave for work. She hopes by playing I'll stay home with her.
January 3, 2025 at 1:13 PM
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My new classroom! Today I begin my journey as a Title 1 teacher.
A table and chair sit in front of an empty bulletin board, empty bookcase, and piles off old papers. This is the classroom I will reside in for teaching Title 1 to grades kindergarten through fourth grade.
January 2, 2025 at 4:56 PM
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Sadie says her New Years plans include sleeping by the pellet stove. Maybe eating some kibble. Probably having the zoomies at midnight before going back to sleep.
A calico cat is asleep on an ottoman with her head on her front paws. She is sleeping in front of the warm pellet stove. She has no intentions of moving from this spot.
December 31, 2024 at 10:43 PM
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A little candle work on the Black Moon tonight.
A cream colored candle burns low in a wooden sphere candle holder, the flame is over an inch high. This candle holder sits atop a ceramic makeshift altar. The ball is surrounded by darkness. The black area consists of dried Holly leaves, dried Holly berries, pine needles, peppermint leaves, and sprinkles of cinnamon.
December 31, 2024 at 2:02 AM
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A Sunday bean offering from Sadie.

#catsofbluesky
A calico cat sits in a weird position, stretching out her back foot and showing off her toe beans. She's staring off at the pellet stove in the distance, wishing it was on right now.
December 29, 2024 at 2:01 PM
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When you spend a wet #caturday curled up next to the pellet stove.

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A calico cat laying on a towel on an ottoman in front of a pellet stove to keep warm on a dreary, wet, Saturday.
December 29, 2024 at 1:44 AM
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I think my cat is broken... she's just sitting g and watching the birds outside the window.

#catsofbluesky
A calico cat sits on an ottoman with her one back leg straight up in the air. She's looking off at the birds in the distance.
December 27, 2024 at 3:00 PM