What a fabulous link up to participate in!  I am amazed at how quickly June has gone by! Anyone else out there wishing that there was just a little bit more sunshine in Ohio? Summer hasn't been very enjoyable yet for 
this girlie!

I love to be creative and branch out!  I'm not afraid to try new ideas in my classroom!  I am so unorganized in my classroom!  That is my biggest goal for this coming school year.  I truly believe now that I won't be coaching anymore, I will have plenty of time to keep up with my room.  I taught kindergarten my first year and have been in first grade ever since.  I also am teaching with my best friend!  Which is the best!

I do seriously love to garden!  We have had so much rain that it has hurt my plants!  It even killed my favorite new plant!  I love feeding the birds and try to keep on the lookout to make sure our cats don't get any of them.  I have been trying to save a little chipmunk lately from our cat and have been successful! Hehe!  

I have honestly cried more since my daughter has graduated than I ever did when my oldest son graduated.  I just drove past the school last week and started bawling!  I am honestly scared to see how I will be when my youngest graduates.  I only have two more years and they will all have graduated!  The good thing is that he is going to play football this year!  I am hoping that it's a good season for him.  He should do well since he's 6'6!

Is anyone else addicted to HGTV?  Honestly we will watch House Hunters International all day long if we could!  

Have a FANTASTIC day!

Amy Jordan

CODING In Your Classroom

CODING ANYONE?

This past year we were very fortunate to have someone teach technology to our K-2 students.  At first, I couldn't really see 

how this would benefit our students.  I mean they are K-2 kiddos!  By the end of the school year, I was fortunate enough to 

watch this teacher in action and I was blown away!  You see in our school district, we must observe other teachers in our 

building throughout the school year and fill

out a form about what we saw, ideas we 

could use, questions we may have, etc.  I 

was so amazed and inspired by what I saw. 

 I didn't even realize how simple coding 

was.  Let me also tell you that I was 

really afraid that this could be a waste 

because the class I was observing had 

many behavior issues.  She used our  #wholebrainteaching techniques and once they settled down, they were off and running. 

 I mean it was so quiet.  If you would like to know more here a few places to visit:  

www.scratchjr.org

You can also learn more by visiting  www.edutopia.org

#coding #technologyinyourclassroom #iteachfirst

Happy Days All!!!!

Amy Jordan