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Do you Birchbox, Ipsy, Julep, Umba, Love With Food, For The Makers, Kiwi Krate, Or BarkBox? I do.  Introducing..... SLANT Sending Love Across the Nation to Teachers SLANT : Verb - Reach out and be rewarded! Click Here To Sign Up **** UPDATE**** International friends, there is plenty of interest to send abroad!  Please do not hesitate to join...We got no post code hate!!! I really love getting mail; especially mail that does not involve me paying a bill.  I love the smell of ink on paper that someone spent time writing (really writing) a letter on.  Sometimes I can even get a whiff of that person who sent it to me.   I also love presents.  So much so that I regularly get myself presents in the form of Birchbox, Ipsy and Julep (There are more that I am probably going to get, it's a sick habit.)  I used to do a fabric scrap swap and it was always so fun to see what the other person found for me every month. I...

The August theme and detailed rules for the exchange can be found  HERE .   Please go read this thoroughly before you email me with any questions. Instructions now that you are paired! 2) Below you will find a link to a Google Doc where I have created all of your matches.  Please download the file before asking questions about it.  Here are some things to know about the Google Doc: There are 8 tabs. The first four are a list of all of the participants divided into groups.  Like I said in the email.  You are divided into bloggers and non-bloggers, and then willing to send internationally, and not willing to send internationally.  As months go on you are more than welcome to switch groups (except for my international friends right now.  As there was only 5 this month you will always have to be willing to send internationally I hope this does not offend you.) The last four are the matches  To find who you are ...

The April sign ups for the SLANT BOX exchange have opened!  I was so amazed that there were NO rematches in March!  "Lucky Me". Anyhoo, yes the April sign ups are open.  I decided if I want to participate yet.  I LOVE the theme but I do not want to be a flaker. We will see how many sign up!  If there is an ODD number of sign ups it is god's will that I participate!.  I am sure you are anxiously awaiting the theme of April.... I went with it....here it goes..... Spring Into a Good Book!   Basically the idea is to pick your favorite book. This book could be adult, children's , YA or professional Get your partner a copy of it (could be used or new...You know teachers.) Then the rest of the box must match the book! For example. Say your favorite book is Harrold and the Purple Crayon. You would get that book and fill a box with loads of things that make you think of this book. Custom box of Purple Crayons, or Purple ink pens. I would ...

The March theme and detailed rules for the exchange can be found  HERE .   Please go read this thoroughly before you email me with any questions. Instructions now that you are paired! 1) Below you will find a link to a Google Doc where I have created all of your matches - I have also sent out an email to you.  Please download the file before asking questions about it.  Here are some things to know about the Google Doc: There are 2 tabs. The first is a list of the participants  crucial  information.  Like I said in the email.  You are divided into bloggers and non-bloggers, and then willing to send internationally, and not willing to send internationally.  As months go on you are more than welcome to switch groups  The second contains the matches  To find who you are sending to: Look for your email in the first column (It is alphabetical) and the educator you are sending to is to the right of your email. To ...

The September theme and detailed rules for the exchange can be found  HERE .   Please go read this thoroughly before you email me with any questions. Instructions now that you are paired! 2) Below you will find a link to a Google Doc where I have created all of your matches.  Please download the file before asking questions about it.  Here are some things to know about the Google Doc: There are 6 tabs. The first three are a list of all of the participants divided into groups.  Like I said in the email.  You are divided into bloggers and non-bloggers, and then willing to send internationally, and not willing to send internationally.  As months go on you are more than welcome to switch groups (except for my international friends right now.  As there was only 5 this month you will always have to be willing to send internationally I hope this does not offend you.) The last three are the matches  To find who you are sending to:...

Hey Y'all I had a mini panic this morning about not being able to get everything done, especially blogging.  I think I am going to designate time on Sundays, bang out 7 posts, and set them to post by them selves!  UNLESS I have something super important to tell you...Like right now! That is right folks. The September sign ups for the SLANT BOX exchange have opened!  I had a ton of fun getting to know my partners and as I am getting ready to send out my box to my partner I am thrilled to share with you the theme for the month of SEPTEMBER. BUT FIRST... I want to share how I came up with it...and the rest of the themes for the upcoming months (they are by no means final).  As you know there is a question on the form you fill out for suggestions, the theme for September won fair and flipping square!  I had almost 25 people suggest it so I went with it....here it goes..... OH MY GOD I FORGOT (blank)   Basically the idea is to get t...

Hi there! I bet you have been wondering where I was? Well.  First I got moved to 8th grade algebra over the winter break. I am a bit heartbroken over this but will get over it pretty quickly.  My students are relatively nice and have adapted ok.  Here is some pictures of my new classroom: Going to a new grade level was not what scared me, having new students was not what scared me, being on a new team was not what scared me. What scared me was trying to learn a new way of thinking about algebra.  I am good at algebra.  I mean I passed the secondary math test...I have to be ok at it right?  But being able to do things and being able to TEACH things are two completely different things.  The other day I sat at my "desk" (I do not have a desk in my new room...just a kidney table) until 6:30 pm trying to find an aproachable way to teach writing a function from a table?  WHAT Guess and check is not an opti...