"Three Great Teacher Blogs"

1. Think*Share*Teach
Here is a great blog for parents or teachers with 4th graders. I like this particular blog, because the author updates it frequently. There are great posts on Tuesday's called "Technology Tuesday's". In addition, she has some great visuals and ideas for organizing your classroom for the start of the new school year!

http://thinkshareteach.blogspot.com/

2. The Teaching Thief
I love this blog. Again, this is another 4th grade blog, but the author changes grade levels, so has a lot of information out there. What I like is the author says there are a lot of cleverly named blogs on the web,  but it's hard to tell what grade level they represent. Under her A+ tab she has links to great blogs by grade level. I think this a great idea to help keep organized.

http://theteachingthief.blogspot.com/

3. Owl-Ways Be Inspired
This is newer blog that is quite simple, but has a lot of information. It's put together collaboratively by several teachers. It has information for 2nd & Third grade teachers. I think a blog can be challenging to keep updated, but having several people participating in the maintenance is a great idea.  There are some great tips for getting organized and going digital. This will be a fun blog to follow throughout the school year!

http://owlwaysbeinspired.blogspot.com/

Check these blogs out when you have a chance.

"Welcome to my blog"

Greetings! My name is Laura Mevis. I am very excited to have the opportunity to pursue a second career and my true passion- teaching. I currently hold a Bachelor’s degree in Political Science and History, as well as several credits toward my MBA.  I spent 10 years working in the student financial aid industry assisting students and parents to understand the maze of the financial aid process.  This job required a lot of travel.  While I enjoyed the experiences of traveling, I needed to move on to the next phase of my life.  So, for the last twelve years, I have been a stay-at-home mom to three fabulous children.  I consider this my most important job yet.  

My favorite activity is volunteering and working at my children’s school. On school days, I can be found helping in the school library, assisting with classroom activities or working the daily lunch and recess duty. I have a true passion for education and being involved with my children every step of the way inspires me every day. I also love to scrapbook both traditionally and digitally. I have chronicled my children’s school years through the pictures I have taken of all their parties, field trips, musical concerts and sports activities. These are memories they will have for a lifetime. I am also an avid reader. I love reading with my kids, to my kids and reading for pleasure myself. Literature has always been an integral part of my life and it’s something I will carry with me into the classroom to share with my students.

I am a strong believer that each child has special gifts. My goal is to help each child discover his/her gifts and realize their full potential. I am extremely interested in curriculum differentiation and my goal as an educator is for every student to be appropriately challenged and develop a true love of learning.

Please visit my blog often as I embark on my educational journey to teacher licensure!