Lessons With Coffee

Hello!  Wow! This is bringing back so many memories!!!!! So long story short, I am bringing back SLANTboxes due to some overwhelming dang demand for them.  I am NOT about to pay for hosting a site again so free blogger it is!  WELCOME BACK!  LOL, there are some super old blogs that I am very embarrassed off, but whatever.  So here we go.  Yes, sign-ups have opened. *Please remember if these dates do not work for you, just wait till they do.  No one likes to not get a gift. If you can not fully commit please do not sign up.* I will be closing them on SUNDAY, AUGUST 7th so that I can make matches on TUESDAY, AUGUST 9th when Theodore and Franklin have daycare.  You will have until SUNDAY, AUGUST 14th to let me know if you have not heard a response from your partner. I will do re-matches on TUESDAY, AUGUST 16th if needed. You will chat with your partner and send EACHOTHER (small change from when we used to do it and you had two partners...I d...

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...

The Winter theme and detailed rules for the exchange can be found  HERE .   Please read this blog entry THOROUGHLY before you email me with any questions.  Matches are found in a link at the end of this post. (I have also emailed you the link to the email you signed up with.) 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.  Please download the file before asking questions about it.  Here are some things to know about the Google Doc: There are 3 tabs along the bottom. The first is a list of all of the participants in alphabetical order by email.  Like I said in the email.  You are divided into bloggers and non-bloggers.  As months go on you are more than welcome to switch groups, just let me know by indicating that you now have a blog on the next sign up! The next two are the matches based on blog ownership or not.  You need to find BOTH o...

Hi friends, I know you have been waited with baited breath for this to get opened up.  Sorry for my delay.  I think that sometimes I should just have a "planned" post to do it....Kidding...because I still have to do the matches. i am doing a November/December month swap this month. Rather than sending the 25th like we normally do I am ogoing to say that boxes need to go out: DECEMBER 15TH! Try to get your boxes out before the christain holidays start.  I only say this because shipping get's crazy much latter than that. So here we go.  Yes sign ups have opened.  I will be closing them on NOVEMBER12th.  Yes that is ony 5 days for sign ups. IF YOU WANT TO PARTICIPATE PLESE DO NOT FLAKE OUT.  THINK ABOUT YOUR HOLIDAY SCHEDULE AND DECIDE IF YOU CAN ACTUALLY PARTICIPATE OR IF YOU ARE GOING TO BE A DUD PARTNER PLEASE.  I have started to have more and more emails from people telling me that their partners are not talking to them.  Don't...

The October theme and detailed rules for the exchange can be found  HERE .   Please read this blog entry THOROUGHLY before you email me with any questions.  Matches are found in a link at the end of this post. (I have also emailed you the link to the email you signed up with.) 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.  Please download the file before asking questions about it.  Here are some things to know about the Google Doc: There are 4 tabs along the bottom. The first is a list of all of the participants in alphabetical order by email.  Like I said in the email.  You are divided into bloggers and non-bloggers.  As months go on you are more than welcome to switch groups, just let me know by indicating that you now have a blog on the next sign up! The next two are the matches based on blog ownership or not.  You need to find BOTH ...

Hey all I am changing it up a little bit.  At the Beginning of the summer I had a request to open the sign up window longer.  This resulted in people needing to drop out, people forgetting that they signed up, and over all a pain in my but for re-matches.  Last month I had at the beginning of rematching 27 people who needed a partner to send them a box, but only 4 people who needed a partner to send to.  I am not sure if shortening the window for sign ups will help but I think it will at least drop the number of people who forget and need to drop out.  So here we go.  Yes sign ups have opened.  I will be closing them on October 4th so that I can make matches on the 5th.  You will have until Wednesday October 8th to let me know that you have responded to BOTH, YES BOTH of your partners. I will do re-matches on that next weekend (sometime...I have a lot personally going on that weekend.) So when trying to come up with a theme (AS I SIT HERE ...

The September theme and detailed rules for the exchange can be found  HERE .   Please read this blog entry THOROUGHLY before you email me with any questions.  Matches are found in a link at the end of this post. (I have also emailed you the link to the email you signed up with.) 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 4 tabs along the bottom. The first is a list of all of the participants in alphabetical order by email.  Like I said in the email.  You are divided into bloggers and non-bloggers.  As months go on you are more than welcome to switch groups, just let me know by indicating that you now have a blog on the next sign up! The next two are the matches based on blog ownership or not.  You need to find BOT...

Hey all.  I am packing for my trip to Europe so I will not be writing a whole ton here.  However September EVERYONE should be back in school. So the theme is: September: TEACHER VOICE ON! You know what that means!  EVERYTHING in your box to your friend should be classroom themed (with small personal exceptions.  You might want to include some Throat Coat tea, Airborne, Chapstick or other little gems that help make the first month of school more bearable.  Ideas:  Post it notes Coffee Mugs with funny teacher sayings on them personalized clipboards fun pointers I THINK YOU GET THE IDEA!!! Here is the super cool thing.  This month I am pairing up with Angela and Teacher Tees!  out of Texas. You have seen her stuff on instagram! Here is the awesome deal that Angela has given Slant Participants: Customers can receive 40% off of their purchase when they buy the Voice Tee! Then, they will also receive a ...

The August theme and detailed rules for the exchange can be found  HERE .   Please read this blog entry THOROUGHLY before you email me with any questions.  Matches are found in a link at the end of this post. (I have also emailed you the link to the email you signed up with.) 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 4 tabs along the bottom. The first is a list of all of the participants in alphabetical order by email.  Like I said in the email.  You are divided into bloggers and non-bloggers.  As months go on you are more than welcome to switch groups, just let me know by indicating that you now have a blog on the next sign up! The next two are the matches based on blog ownership or not.  You need to find BOTH o...