WOW! A lot
has happened this past year. I went on our blog to update a few things and
noticed that our last post was over a year ago. Having young kids people tell
me all the time “treasure every moment because before you know it a year goes
by, then 5, then 10 and all of a sudden they are married and have kids of their
own”. YIKEEEESSSS a year has gone by in a blink of an eye. So, to those that
have been following our humble little journey here are some updates.
· Kelly
got hitched this October and is loving life as a newlywed. She is currently the
Math Coordinator at one of our local BOCES.
· Diane
is currently a 3rd grade teacher at a local rural school. After the
crazy day of managing a classroom she goes home to her husband and 2 beautiful
kiddos (4 year old and a 14 month old).
· Michele
(that’s me!) I am the Instructional Coach at another local rural school in
Western, NY. I am also a proud wife and mommy to a 3 year old and 20 month old.
· Our
book: The Math GNOMe and Common Core Four: Creating the Math Common Core
Classroom has been picked up by a fabulous publishing company called Creative Teaching Press and is scheduled
to meet the masses by catalog in a few months. We are beyond excited. This has
been our humble little project for close to 3 years now and we are delighted by
the journey by which is has taken us.
Our intention has been to create resources and share
ideas for educators by educators. (Which we knew was very difficult to find -
which is what lead us to this project)
We want The Math GNOMe and Common Core Four to simply be
a theory of practice.
We hope and expect that teachers take this idea and make it their
own.
We look forward to creating a community in which we can
all share all our educational ideas as well as our adaptation experience of the
Math GNOMe & CC4.
We are inspired by
amazing educators we have come across (well-known and unknown) and present to
you framework, a starting point, and vision to create lifelong independent
learners both for teachers and students.
Welcome (back) to our Blog ~ The Work Wives
