a slice of math

I haven't participated in the SOLSC for a very long time. I never could understand why or how anyone would stop once they got started, and then I stopped. Without getting into the why, I want to explore the fact that I want to try again. I want to reconnect with my slicer community and read and be inspired by your words and work. 

Today was a full day. All of my days as of late have been very full with my new course load for the school year. On top of my normal courses, I am once again being the Swiss Army Knife (as my admin has nicknamed me) in a new way: a math teacher. It's only one period, and the math is foundational, so I have perfect mastery of it, but I want to do well in all I do as a professional educator, so I have been rummaging around for great videos and activities and reaching out to my on campus mentor a couple times a week. Professional development just got even more crucial and complex, but I am excited for the opportunity to rise and develop my abilities. 

If any of you have tried and true suggestions for mathy websites and activities for grades 3-6 maths, send them my way! 

her name

My name was once something I didn't know, 

But since then, I discovered something, 

Something important, 

Something essential—

Myself. 

Knowing myself and loving her

Showed me that my name 

Has always been 

Love. 

writer life

nearly out of words

distilled inconsistency 

discovering depth

a slice of myself

I am dedicated and authentic. 

I wonder if I make a difference. 

I hear hope alighting on the dark night. 

I see joy amidst the deep. 

I want peace. 

I am dedicated and authentic. 

I pretend to be more than I am with hope of becoming that. 

I feel that I must question what I'm told. 

I touch happiness with kid gloves. 

I worry I won't reach my goals. 

I cry for my expectations. 

I am dedicated and authentic. 

I understand God's love for me—His pure charity. 

I say mistakes can be steps toward perfection when we rise from them. 

I dream of the day I am happy inside and out. 

I try to be my best self. 

I hope for good for all. 

I am dedicated and authentic. 

i am …

I am vivacious. 

I am smart, intelligent, intellectual. 

I am content only some days. 

I am faithful and hopeful like Pollyanna. 

I am a good writer. 

I am a dedicated teacher, mother, sister, aunt, daughter. 

I am driven to do right. 

I am authentic.