Today was my first official day of year number nine, and it’s Who Monday at Blog Hoppin’. Can you believe it’s already time for Teacher Week?! I’m joining my friends for a little fun… and I’m sharing my current back to school stats… plus a little blast from the past.
Honestly, I feel like this entire blog is basically a diary of my teaching life, so I have decided to take it back to my pre-blogging days. I could have easily titled this post “Meet Miss McVay” since it’s more about my past than my present because let’s face it, I am a social media addict, so you probably already know way too much about my classroom and my life. π So… anyway… now you can see the whole continuum of my teaching experience…minus my days at a behavior school…because who knows what happened to those photos. Sad face.
Let’s see what I could dig up from the archives, shall we?
This is a photo from student teaching in the spring of 2006. π I was working the drive-through window at McDonald’s for McTeacher’s night. I had the pleasure of working in the same second grade classroom for a full year, and I knew that teaching was everything I wanted at that point.
As you can see from another student teaching photo… I have always had an affinity for props. π
I used to teach first graders too… once upon a time. Here are some of the activities we did for CVC words.
I also taught summer school for a few years. This was part of my first grade group with their hilarious self-crafted reader’s theater masks. I totally forgot about this, but they are too stinkin’ cute!
Freckle Juice Characterization |
School-wide Election Project- Collaboration with Mrs. Hartwig’s Fourth Grade |
The First Annual Whatchamacallit Workshop |
An engineering challenge using index cards. |
A student initiated invention that came out of our unit on circuits and energy. |
Deb Hanson says
What a fun post!! It made me think about the photos I had from student teaching and those first few years, and reflect on how much I have changed since then!! We have several things in common according to your first poster – I am a fan of thrift shopping, but cannot fix a flat tire!
Renee G says
I can't fix a flat tire either! I love the photos, especially the Word parade, which I'm thinking about adding as a special day in my class.
: ) Renee
The Third Grade Learning Spot
Heather's Heart says
Amanda,
You are just precious! I can tell by looking at these pictures that you have always had a heart for teaching. I know I am blessed because God called you to be a teacher but I really know that each child you teach is doubly blessed. π
Love you oodles. π
Heather
Heather's Heart
Barbara says
I LOVE this post! Thank you, Amanda, for this heartfelt trip down memory lane. I agree with Heather that the children under your care are abundantly blessed!
Happy new year,
Barbara
Miss Stetson says
You are such an inspiration to dig through my old photos and look back at how much fun I have had throughout the years. Thank you for the wonderful post.
Happy New School Year,
Britney Stetson
http://missstetsonclassroom.blogspot.com
Emma Zayas says
Great blog! Keep sharing!