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!!