New Vibes

I am loving the new look!! Huge thanks to Alexis at Laugh Eat Learn for taking my ideas and running with them!

Currently.. This is how I am feeling about the weekend being over...

It always goes too quickly!! I'll be back soon to share some fun happenings in our classroom!

Let me break the ice...

Hi there! My name is Rylee Brazeal. I'm coming up on my fourth year of teaching. I taught second grade for my first three years, but for my fourth year I am movin' on up to (gasp!) FOURTH grade!! I am teaching Reading and Writing this year and couldn't be more excited.. and nervous.. about it. Mostly excited!

The first thing I did when I found out I would be switching grade levels was start researching and blog stalking! I had found some pretty great second grade teachers to follow, but it didn't take me any time at all to find some upper elementary teachers to inspire me. I am new to blogging, but have been stalking blogs for what feels like forever!! I kept waiting for the "right time" to start a blog (is there really a "right time" for anything?) but the excuses were always there. I have been using mostly Instagram (follow me:@brazealr) to feed my teacher stalking obsession lately, but I still feel the nagging urge to start my very own blog. My reasons and hopes for starting a blog are simple:

• share and borrow from/with other educators
• collaborate instead of sitting on the sidelines (huge introvert here!)
• become a better writer so that I can become a better writing teacher
• reflect on what we are doing in the classroom

So, here we go!!