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#TeacherTruth - An Interview with Hannah Leib
Welcome to our weekly series of #TeacherTruth Thursdays! Every Thursday, check back here for the latest interview with teachers from across the globe. This Thursday, I was able to interview Hannah Leib, first grade teacher at Geff Grade School in rural, southern Illinois. Hannah is a first year teacher (oh man, do I remember the struggle!) and she is known as Miss Leib to her kiddos, but as she says, "there’s always a day when I get 'Mom', 'Leiv, or 'Miss Leaf'".
5 Reasons I Love Teaching
But today I wanted to jump on the blog to share the love I have for teaching. Honestly, this time of year can get really tiring and downright depressing, so I'm challenging myself to reflect on why I love this job (even though seriously, it's so cold every morning I wake up, all I want to do is STAY UNDER THE COVERS FOREVER).
"Being Human" : A Lesson for Writer's Workshop
In between the first bout and the final found, Mrs. Deleon and I had the pleasure of sitting in on a writing workshop with one of our favorite Chicago poets, Adam Gottlieb. Adam is a former LTAB competitor and, quite possibly, Deleon's long lost hippie-child :-). He brought us a gorgeous poem from the duo Climbing Poetree called "Being Human". My brain is spinning with ideas for using this poem in class, but below is how Adam shared it with us.
