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My adventures as a young urban teacher

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A few tidbits
On yesterday, I went home within 30 minutes of the school day ending. I thought I’d go home and take a nap and dilly dally around the house. But I was bored out of my mind. I called all of my friends and they were all busy or didn’t answer Read More...
Fantastic
I had an absolute FANTASTIC first day back to school. Here are the highlights: When I got up this morning, I put on the outfit that I’d laid out last night. I hated it. So, I changed the bottoms, but b/c I’d gotten up extra early, it didn’t Read More...
Protected: Classroom Rules Video
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Classroom Finished
I finished my clasroom. I wanted to post comments with the pictures, but it too much work in wordpress. So, I just made a slide show. If you have any questions, ask. . . and I’ll try to provide further explanation. Read More...
Assignment Book
So tonight, while I was watching SYTYCD finale, I decided to make the page for my assignment book. The goal is to make the job easy for a student to do without a much training, but also comprehensive enough for those absent students. So I am begging for Read More...
Mood Swings
One minute, I am excited about the promise of a new year. Next minute, I am tense about the promise of new year. Another minute, I am grumpy about the promise of new year. Later, I’ m nervous about the promise of new year. Today, I experienced the Read More...
I am . . .
wiped. exhausted. fried. zapped. and feeling like a dead piece of meat. and grumpy. I left school at about 6:15 b/c I was so tired I wasn’t accomplishing anything. B/c I’m on that stinking Weight Watchers, I have to fix a healthy dinner. So, Read More...
Shopping & School Supplies
This picture is of the school supplies and decorations I’ve bought for the year. . . so far . I’m sure there will be more to come. Oh, and I found the rack that I was looking for a C*stcos for only $10. I’m so excited and I really that Read More...
Classroom Jobs
Many people have commented on my post discussing classroom jobs. I decided that students want to help. So, I will give them the opportunity help my classroom community. What I did was build the jobs around some of the classroom management issues that Read More...
Gearing up for Y4
I’m getting ready for school, so this is my musing post–thinking about my planning. . and trying to get some help. I’m going nuts right now .. . b/c a few months ago, April or May someone wrote a post about student responsibility for Read More...
Protected: The business of schools. . . and cities
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