What's in my teaching bag :)

If you ever wondered what was in a teaching bag, well you are in luck :) This post is alllll about what is in my cute teaching bag! Most teachers are obsessed with bags, everyone has to carry one, and luckily we have tons of people that sell Thirtyone. They have cute things that you can get monogrammed, so that is where my bag came from.

The inside of my bag :)

This is my pink and black bag with lots of pockets and my initial.

One of my obsessions are obviously pens.... I LOVE PENS! Colorful ones of course... I have colorful pens everywhere..Ohmiword y'all you have to have colorful pens.

These are some of my favs!

I have to have an umbrella just in case...This one is of course covered in high heels :)

I have three planners, this one is my personal planner...although somehow school always creeps in there.

Three planners, if you think they won't get used, you are mistaken. I over plan..everything :)

Love more color..lots of notebooks :)

I make the yearbook at our school, so I have my yearbook stuff handy to work at home. I also have my cute folder that houses everything from scores, to grades, to notes and things I need to grade. 

Another notebook that I use for school meetings. My clipboard that houses my daily behavior and attendance.

For differentiation i use Word Journeys and Words Their Way to make spelling lists on the students individual level.


Because it is only the first few weeks of school, my bag isn't TOO full, but eventually I'll update you when its overflowing :)

What's in a Name?

When trying to decide what to name my teaching blog, I asked my family and friends, posted on facebook, and searched for hours, but nothing really stuck with me. I am pretty picky about names. I had my dog's name picked out years before I actually got him. I wanted something simple, but I also wanted it to reflect me.

Over the summer, I came across Cara's Blog. Her love for teaching really inspired me to work harder as a teacher and really love what I am doing. Cara really helped me want to get back into the classroom and make a difference. Don't get me wrong, I have always loved teaching, but every teacher goes through those moments where you get a little tired. After i found Cara's blog, I had all these new ideas that I wanted to try. It made me excited to get back in my classroom and even more excited to start my new blog!

Through other teaching blogs, I renewed my love for teaching. That is where the "teaching with love" came from in my blog name. If you know me, or have seen me teach, you know that one of my other loves are SHOES :) My first graders always remember my shoes. If they can remember what shoes you wore, they can remember what you taught them ,IF its interesting. (And my shoes are ALWAYS interesting)

With all of that rolled together, I came up with Teaching with Love...in Heels. I think its me. It may not be super cute, but it fits, and I am excited to start sharing with the world what my students accomplish. I am also excited to show other teachers and soon to be teachers that you can make learning fun for the students, but also for you!

Just in case anyone was wondering, these are the shoes i wore to Open House to meet all my newbies :)