Welcome!

Hello!

My name is Rachael Aldrich, and I am currently a third grade teacher in Tennessee. Ever since I was in kindergarten I have always wanted to teach. I even remember being in high school and we had to teach a chapter in math class as a group project. No one could understand our chapter until I spoke up for my group and retaught it in a way that made sense. I enjoy the lightbulb moments that a student can have when you've been teaching a concept and they finally get it. I live for those lightbulb moments.

My degree in college was Teaching All Learners, hence the name. I guess I'm still technically a first-year teacher, but only for a couple more weeks. then it is summer vacation for me and I am super pumped. 

When I'm not teaching, thinking about teaching, searching Pinterest for teaching ideas, reading about best practices, etc., you might catch me home long enough to cuddle with my cats. My husband's name is Andrew and he is my best friend. I love the weekends because I feel like they're the only time I truly get to talk with him. 

So why a blog? I'm still very new to this community, but I feel like teachers are so tight-knit. I love this space on the Internet filled with teachers who share, create, and encourage one another. There are so many teacher bloggers that I admire who have gotten me through this first year. I want to give back as much as I can to this community of people who love and cherish children and share as many ideas as they can that have worked for them in hopes it will work for others. 

The only other things that you might need to know are my obsession with coffee, candy/sweets, family, my cats, and a well-organized life/home/classroom. Also, I have a severe love for my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. He is the center of my life and I want to please Him with everything I do in life because He is worthy of all the glory and honor and praise that I can muster and then some. To Him be the glory.

Have a great night!
Mrs. Aldrich