7 Habits of Highly Affective Teachers

You know you teach in a rural school, when the kiddo gets you FIREWORKS 💥 for your last day present 😂 #alberta #albertaed

Reading “Teachers These Days”, and it is the perfect back to school inspiration as I prepare for my first full year of teaching! ❤️ HIGHLY recommend! Laurie McIntosh Dr. Jody Carrington • Psychologist #backtoschool #teachersthesedays 🍎

What an adventure that awaits! ❤️📚

A fun morning in Grade 3 with our Book Tasting activity! #engagedreaders #literacymatters 📚 LRSD_68 West Meadow School

A wonderful surprise today- a classroom pet! We graphed the results of our votes for the name 🦎 #Mango #thirdgradeadventures

Talking about what one student will do with his birthday money, and another student asks “I sure hope you’re buying the macaroni that cooks in the microwave?!” #crackingmeup! 🍝

Our class mission statement ✨ #leaderinme #allhandsin West Meadow School LRSD_68

Quote from one of my grade 3 students “Miss Murphy, pumpkins are like people- all beautiful and unique!” #myheart 🎃

Feeling so lucky to listen to Laurie McIntosh speak at our divisional PD day! #kindnessisconnection LRSD_68

I love my job, I love my job! Best Friday ever when my favourite fuzzy animals come for a visit 🤩❤️ West Meadow School LRSD_68

“You seem out of breath, were you running?” Nope, mostly just in a rush to make sure my hair stays looking like this! 👉🏻💁🏻 #thirdgradeconversations

Wordle 227 5/6 🟨⬛⬛🟨⬛ 🟩⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟨⬛⬛🟨 🟩🟨⬛🟩⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Wordle 230 4/6 ⬛⬛🟨🟨⬛ 🟨🟨🟨🟨⬛ 🟩🟨🟨🟨⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 personal best! 🌟

Am I a..professional now? Wordle 234 3/6 ⬛⬛🟩⬛🟩 🟩⬛🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

First takeaway from SWATCA @RHanleyDafoe: “Speak to yourself like you would to your dog!” LOL

I already know I’m going to have such a tough day saying goodbye to my very special, first group of students!❤️❤️

Newest ATA members! A big thanks and shout out to LRSD_68 and ATA Local 14 for this BIG event. These events fill my bucket and can’t wait to continue in this amazing profession!

A meaningful (and free!) year end gift that I will give to my students; word clouds! ☁️ Each student thought of a describing word for one another. I compiled them to create a word cloud that their classmates described them as 🥰

Hot take, but forcing your crying baby/child to sit on Santa’s lap is not cute or funny 🙄