Refresh, Renew, Reflect

The 3 R's of teaching are often thought of as reading, writing, and arithmetic.  However to a teacher on summer break it's more like refresh, renew, and reflect.

Refreshing from another school year might look like this:

Renewing looks more like this:

While reflecting is often the hardest part.  What can I do better next year?  First, you have to admit that an area of your teaching that deserves improvement.  Where can I strengthen my curriculum or lesson plans?  My reflecting lead to this blog.  After much thought, I decided to start my own blog.  I will no longer drool look at the other gorgeous teaching blogs and wish that I too have a blog.  Okay, I will still probably drool at the wonderful writing style and voice of others, but now I have my own place to share about my teaching.

So here it goes:  Teaching Second Grade Stories.....