Category: Teacher Life

Batching Lessons Saved My Sanity: How I Plan 4 Weeks at Once

Let’s be real: planning one week at a time feels a lot like trying to cook dinner while your kitchen’s on fire. You’re dodging emails, managing behavior, and tweaking tomorrow’s lesson during lunch. For years, that was me, barely keeping up, always scrambling. Then I discovered batching. And I will never go back. What is…
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New Year, Still You: How to Reset Your Science Class Without Reinventing It

New year, new… everything? Nope. Not in my classroom. I don’t know who needs to hear this, but you don’t have to reinvent your entire teaching identity every time the calendar flips. The Pinterest-worthy vision boards and color-coded new routines? Cute, but not always necessary. Sometimes, the best “new year” move is simply pressing reset……
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Science Teacher Resolutions I’ll Actually Keep

Let’s be honest…teacher “resolutions” are usually more like wild fantasy novels than achievable goals. “I’ll grade everything the day it’s turned in!” “I’ll never get behind on emails!” “My lab tables will stay spotless all year!” Sure, and maybe unicorns will also deliver our copy paper on time. Instead of setting myself up for failure,…
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Batching Lessons Saved My Sanity: How I Plan 4 Weeks at Once