The Dystopian Extravaganza!!!

This weekend I relaxed! I slept late, attended the wedding of one of my sorority sisters, and worked on packaging my DYSTOPIAN EXTRAVAGANZA unit for TPT! It's a 6-week unit that I designed to help my students become more independent readers. Reading independently is a real struggle for my students, but it's a little bit easier if they can read the same book as others. 


It has been difficult trying to package the unit, though. I really want to stay true to my teaching style, so it's more difficult than I thought. I know when teaching something to my students my technique is very specific, but will this work for other students. I use a lot of organizers and have a teaching point for everything lately, but will other teachers appreciate this? 

Overall, I am working on several of the things of my summertime 10, so it's coming along! Friday AND today, I spent until 10 o'clock a.m. 

That's that! I'll write again soon! 

Check! Check! Check!

Well, my Summer To-Do List is shrinking! I have started the process of checking things, but I have a long way to go! I did set up a Teachers Pay Teachers Page and I am so happy about it. I named it Educating Urban, just like this blog, and I already have three products posted. I am going to starting turning things that I use all the time into products for Teachers Pay Teachers. So, again here's the Summer Time 10! (With one number checked off!)

1. Stay in bed to 10 o'clock every day

2. Do something for me every single day  

3. Create an organizer for weekly student self-assessments 

4. Finish the curriculum for Virtual Seminars

5. Finish Classroom Website

6.  Set up a Teachers Pay Teachers Page

7. Read dystopian novels for HS Reading 101 class

8.  Create a curriculum map that aligns with the new TN State Standards

9. Attend Gear Up Literacy Workshop

10. Paint the blank wall in my classroom

In addition to working on my blog, I had a surprise yesterday! The state of TN released the scores for the End of Course Exams - an 84 is proficient! This made me happy and even prouder of my scholars! My students this year gave me headaches on a daily basis, but in the end their (and my) hard work paid off. It's not official yet because I left my results at school, but over 65% of my students score proficient or advanced! They rocked that test!

That's all I have for now, but check out my TPT page!   

Summer Summer Summertime!!

Well, it is official! I have began my very first blog! I want to talk about my passion - education-, and summertime is the best time to start this adventure. It's the first day of summer vacation, and I must admit, I cannot be more excited! I am prepared to relax, relax, and relax!

However, I am also thinking about all of the lessons I want to plan, the blog I'm starting (if you're reading this you've found it), and the resources I want to create for Teachers Pay Teachers. For some teachers, summer is a time to do nothing, but for teachers who have a yearly goal to be better than the last, summer is a time to make improvement happen. 

This summer I wanted to make a check-list of all the things that need to be accomplished before August 1, so I decided that this was the perfect place to make a check-list! So this is The Summer Time 10: 

1. Stay in bed to 10 o'clock every day

2. Do something for me every single day  

3. Create an organizer for weekly student self-assessments 

4. Finish the curriculum for Virtual Seminars

5. Finish Classroom Website

6.  Set up a Teachers Pay Teachers Page

7. Read dystopian novels for HS Reading 101 class

8.  Create a curriculum map that aligns with the new TN State Standards

9. Attend Gear Up Literacy Workshop

10. Paint the blank wall in my classroom

Welp! Over the next two months, I hope to knock every single item off this list and write a little bit more about me and my position in education.