Monthly Advice–May 2

Teacher Appreciation Week is May 6-10. It’s just one week, but in reality the whole month of May is a great time to snag some deals as an educator.

May is hectic. It’s the end of the race and the race was long. In between grading those final papers, finishing report cards, filling out all other forms of paperwork, cleaning and packing your classroom, I say: treat yourself!

Teacher Appreciation is only one week, and National Teacher Appreciation Day (May 7) is just a day, but that love and appreciation offered and demonstrated actually extends through the whole month of May.

Availability is not guaranteed everywhere but take a look at these deals — find something each week to help you finish strong, or simply pamper yourself. Go to your local district website too, they often post regional and local deals.

So, my added May advice: find a teacher appreciation deal, and treat yourself.

Teacher Gallery

Spring unit(s): life cycle(s).

Most famous life cycle unit: caterpillar/butterfly.

Pictured here is an actual butterfly my class released one year–they stayed for just a moment so we could admire them in a more natural state . . . magical.

Things I never knew . . .

Installment #8:

Five things I never knew . . . until I became a teacher:

spring makes the end of recess hard, really hard
spring fever is real
spring cleaning is necessary
spring break cannot come soon enough
spring break is very late in the year . . . whenever it is–it’s late in the year, trust me

Teacher Humor

April 9th is my birthday. After hearing that my co-workers asked their students on their birthday to guess their age, I decided to do the same . . . here is one year’s guesses . . . 🤨😂

Monthly Advice–April

For the most part, this year, spring break is in April; therefore, I must advise you:

Enjoy your spring break.

Take more than a day, or a weekend, away from work. Enjoy more than a weekend’s worth of time off.

No lesson planning, no grading, no time in the classroom–absolutely nothing work related–for as much time as possible during this break. Take an actual break.

You have earned this time off, you have earned this break, so please, please make sure to enjoy spring break.