I actually graded a test the same day they took it. And it was not multiple choice. AND it is a quiz I absolutely HATE grading because it usually gives me a headache, but not this year! They understand how to do long division! YAY!!!!!!!
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wowsers
Posted in Reflective Teaching, tagged assessment, curriculum, education, grading tests, math, teaching on November 4, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Little Butt-in-skis
Posted in Reflective Teaching, Time Out!, tagged behavior, curriculum, education, following directions, kids, lesson plans, reading groups, substitute teachers, teaching on October 30, 2009 | 4 Comments »
All yesterday afternoon I was ticked off at my sub from Wednesday because she gave the kids the wrong book for reading groups and messed up my plans for the whole next week. (They were supposed to read the vocab reader, but she gave them the levelled readers, and they speed-read the whole thing instead [...]
Wiki this
Posted in Reflective Teaching, tagged computers, education, elementary education, elementary school, Internet, teaching, technology, Wiki on October 21, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Just made a Wiki for my class. People have been trying to explain it to me for years, but I just don’t get it. I understand WikiPedia, and how it’s unreliable because anyone can add info, accurate or not. I guess I just didn’t see how you would use something like that in the classroom [...]
StoryWorks by Scholastic
Posted in Library, Reflective Teaching, Test Prep, tagged teaching, elementary education, education, reading, curriculum, writing, poetry, Scholastic on September 26, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Last year I bit the bullet and ordered one of those monthly magazines with my own money. I bought the minimum of 10 subscriptions. (Or was it 10 to get a prize? I don’t remember. ) We already received Time For Kids – which I love! – but we had to share it, and [...]
Dropping like flies
Posted in Family Studies, Nurse's Office, Reflective Teaching, tagged allergies, asthma, education, germs, getting sick, health insurance, moving, parents, teaching on September 25, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I’ve had two students move already! CutiePie left in the middle of last week (she didn’t move far, just enough that she’s going to the school down the street) and another had his last day today. The girl was a major nudge, and I do not miss her at all. (She was the one who [...]
What a difference a year makes!
Posted in Family Studies, Reflective Teaching, Time Out!, tagged allergies, behavior, curriculum, discipline, education, elementary school, getting sick, kids, parents, teaching on September 22, 2009 | 4 Comments »
I think I already used this title before, but oh well, ‘cuz it works and perfectly describes two things that happened today.
#1 – Before lunch I started to get a headache. I couldn’t decide if it was allergies or not because it also felt like when I clench my teeth too much. Advil did [...]
settling in
Posted in Reflective Teaching, Time Out!, tagged behavior, discipline, education, procedures, routines, teaching on September 21, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Today felt more like a normal day. My lesson plans were complete. When they wanted to share too many stories I just powered through and kept us on track. I ate PB crackers for lunch and didn’t even get to sit down between the copies and conversation. (We will be so happy when the practice [...]
Read Alouds
Posted in Library, Philosophy 101, Reflective Teaching, tagged teaching, elementary education, education, Lois Lowry, reading, read-aloud, All About Sam, Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs on September 20, 2009 | 8 Comments »
I’ve been reading a book to my class called All About Sam by Lois Lowry. It is hysterical!! It follows a little boy, Sam, from birth. The thing is, he can already think and reason, but when he tries to speak it comes out, “WAAAHHHH!” It is SO much fun to read, and the kids [...]
Tired of reinventing the wheel
Posted in Faculty Lounge, Reflective Teaching, tagged curriculum, education, elementary education, IEP, modifications, planning, special education, teaching on September 20, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I’m supposed to be planning (well, I do have my book out and the headings are on!), but instead I am thinking about all the things my sped students couldn’t do last week, and all the things I thought of to help them, like:
* filling in part of the graphic organizers ahead of time
* putting [...]
disorganized & frustrated
Posted in Reflective Teaching, Time Out!, tagged behavior, curriculum, differentiation, discipline, disorganized, education, elementary school, frustration, organization, planning, procedures, routines, special education, teaching on September 17, 2009 | 7 Comments »
I feel so disorganized. The copies never end. There is so much paper to keep track of for the kids and for admin, I just can’t take it anymore. (Neither can the trees!) I can’t get in front of my planning.
And then I just can’t get into our schedule. It doesn’t help that we [...]
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