With the year ending soon, I wanted to take a moment to set some intentional spiritual goals for the new year. Instead of writing them down in a journal, I figured it would be better to write them down in this blog post to keep myself accountable and have others join in with me! So
Hey everyone, I'm Joy! I'm originally from Taiwan, and I'm a math/science teacher by day and comedian/screenwriter by night. I would also love to mention my much-younger part-Jewish "white devil" boy toy Alex who has a job too boring to mention, but I love him anyway. Despite our one-foot height difference and half-inch nose difference, we found happiness in Austin, TX.
At the beginning of every month, it's important to begin with God in order to get things right. We'll take a look at some important prayer points when praying for the month.
Discover a robust list of goals broken down by month. This article is an excellent resource for your next 30-day-challenge.
Knock knock, it’s me again! I think a new blog post is long over due. First off, I want to wish you a very Happy New Year. Twenty something days late, but better late than never, right? Sending positive wishes your way in this New Year and hoping for a prosperous year in all the
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In our darkest, most desperate moments, we tend to follow even the tiniest pinprick of light in hopes of a better tomorrow. It is at the lowest of our lows that we find the strength and the resourc…
by Paige Curtin Hey. Stuff like, sucks, right? Not to state the obvious, but it’s… really hard to be a person these days. Everyone’s burnt...
RAIN 1-page printable worksheet. This worksheet invites students to practice using the RAIN acronym in a distressing situation to encourage mindfulness and self-compassion. This worksheet is a nice supplement to my RAIN handout. 8.5"x11" digital download printable and fillable PDF Want more resources like this? Check out my full catalog of DBT worksheets and handouts here. Related Products: DBT Coping Skills Bundle Thank You! ❤️ I really appreciate your interest in this product! I love to design and create new things to support the emotional and behavioral health of kids and teens! It would mean so much to me if you left a kind review and rating after purchasing a product (or freebie!) Feel free to contact me with any questions! ⭐️ Follow Me to get updates on new products coming soon! I am trying to add new items each week! ⭐️ ⭐ How can I earn free products?⭐️ Once you have purchased this product, make sure to go back into “My Purchases” and leave feedback to earn TpT credits. TpT credits can be used toward future purchases from any seller!
Eckhart Tolle – A New Earth
"I hope it's a tool that can help you too."
If the titles of my blog posts are any indication of how well I can focus on one specific task- that doesn't look very good. I never can focus on one thing in these blog posts- hence the extremely long and random combinations in my titles :) My kiddos were WIRED this week! They definitely have spring fever. My. goodness. It probably didn't help that it was Dr. Seuss day on Monday and we had a spirit week the rest of the days. Something about Wacky Wednesday doesn't exactly scream "concentration." :) Don't get me wrong- I love spirit week because I can wear jeans or comfy clothes. Plus the kiddos deserved some fun distractions. BUT. It was a complete battle between spirit/fun and testing/instruction all week. I finally had a "come to jesus" talk with the class on Friday. I actually think it helped. Last year, if I had a talk like that with my firsties, I wasn't always sure it got through, but with third graders this year, it was actually a mutual discussion. We'll see, that might just be my Saturday-induced optimism talking.... :) Speaking of spring fever, I just finished my newest "Spring Fling" and "Happy Snails" clipart sets and posted them to my store! I have used a lot of pastel colors in my spring sets, but I made a new color scheme for these sets (and some other spring sets I plan on making) because I needed some extra energizing sets after this week! Check out these little splashes of spring color.... If you want to check out these sets in my store, you can click on the links below. Happy Snails: $2.00 Spring Fling: $4.00 Onto the other part of my random blog title......If there was one word that would be tattooed across my forehead lately, it would be "EVIDENCE." If I had a dollar for every time I said that word ("Where's your evidence?" "Find evidence to support your claim" "Support your answers with evidence" "Find the evidence in the text" "Do you have evidence for that?" ETC), I could retire. Surprisingly, it doesn't bother my kiddos at all and they FEED off of showing evidence. For this reason, the most precious half piece of paper in my classroom is this little beauty: I made up my own version of a "Showing Evidence" reference sheet because I needed it to include a few more evidence stems than the ones I was finding on TpT or pinterest. In our reading lessons, we are focusing on the kiddos using text AND visual cues, so I wanted some stems specific to each. Also, we have discussed how to talk about poetry, so I wanted one in there with "stanza." My students have been using these little reference strips in pretty much every subject! They even started pulling them out in math and changing some of the wording around to work with their conclusions based on graphs, charts and word problems. God bless them and their evidence-eager hearts! One of my kids suggested that I laminate them for each student so they can "take it to fourth grade with them." I told him that I would make a special "Showing Evidence in Fourth Grade" strip....printed in COLOR....and laminated for everyone in the class if they found evidence to answer every reading comp question on the DCAS (state test). I hope I will be needing to buy lots of color ink soon! If you think your kiddos could use these same strips, you can snatch them up below from google docs. I just print them out and cut them down the middle. And, per my student's suggestion, you could laminate them so they last forever and ever :) {Snatch it HERE} Don't forget to turn your clocks ahead before bed tonight. Nothing like LOSING and hour of sleep- but at least it is more EVIDENCE that spring is on it's way......sorry I couldn't resist :)
by Paige Curtin Hey. Stuff like, sucks, right? Not to state the obvious, but it’s… really hard to be a person these days. Everyone’s burnt...
