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About Me

Mom, wife, teacher, runner...that's me!
I'm the mother of 3 wonderful children...one a new music teacher, one in college, and one in high school. They are my joy!

I've been teaching for 22 years...12 years at the elementary level in 2nd, 4th, and 5th grades, and 10 years in the middle school, teaching 6th grade. I teach both math and language arts at this point, but also taught science for a few years.

I run as well as I can! It's my favorite exercise, but my body doesn't always seem to enjoy it:)

I started this blog relatively recently, and am finding more enthusiasm to write every day.....hopefully time will allow me to keep up with it!
My other 3 "children"...love them!






















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  1. I can't seem to download any of the problem of the weeks, after week 3. Do you have any suggestions? Thank you!

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  2. If you try this link you should be able to access all of them: https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B121a_SUYfUBcUxJaHRpMzJubFU&usp=sharing
    This link is on weeks 8 and 9. I'm not sure why you can't download the other weeks...when I try them, they work, so I don't know. I'm sorry! Hopefully this link works for you!

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