Being a teacher is hard in our world today. With websites like Pinterest and Teachers Pay Teachers, we are given the impression that all of our lessons should have a foldable and a craft and as much color as possible. We're "supposed to" take 15 field trips a year and teach our students about every culture in the world. And while we're at, we've got standardized tests to pass, as well. It can be pretty overwhelming.
One thing that I've learned both from student teaching and from exploring first-year teacher sites is that we don't have to do everything! Sure, our classrooms should be bright and appealing to our students, but we don't have to do every craft we so on Pinterest or buy every lesson on TPT. We don't have to have new, brilliant activities for every single lesson. As long as our students are engaged and they know that we love them, we are doing a good job!
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