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I’m hoping that this summer will be a period of growth for me, not only professionally but personally. At the beginning of the summer I set some goals. I though it was time to sit back and see where I am am accomplishing some of them. Rest. Take
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I’ve been away for a bit, but I’m back! Maybe, briefly. Due to standardized testing, I have a RARE few moments to type a post while at school. I’ve got cheer tryout stories, already, but I’ll share those in the future!
OKP asked
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I am so excited to answer the next two questions simply because the come from Frumteacher! She always asks me questions about my classroom practice-I’m no expert, btw. It’s all trial and error. . . .a lot of error. But her questions often
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On most days my desk looks like this: Well, on Friday morning, I decided I was tired of looking at that junk. So, while my students were busy with a guided reading (it was sort of a free day b/c there was a big program planned for later that day), I cleaned
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Tonight, I had sushi at a local resturant. While dining at the bar, the server stopped to chat with me about the book I was reading. I told her, “I guess I do a lot of reading b/c I’m a history teacher.” This excited her. She was only
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I have found a motivator for bellwork. I’ve struggled again and again with my afternoon classes to complete bellwork. It appears that the doesn’t matter that much. So, now I have started acknowledging students who are on task when the bellrings.
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Today’s post is about several things. I took pictures of teachers around my school to show how different teachers dress b/c it still bothers me–what that cheerleader said. I took a picture of me from the neck down. And I took the pictures
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I had my second evaluation of the school year during sixth period. It was awful. It is simply a bad time of the day for students. After lunch they are no good–learning wise–sitting still wise. And there are too many kids in the room; honestly,
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I realize that I’ve been venting A LOT lately. I’ve decided in honor of Christmas, I’m going to attempt to be positive at least until Christmas. I don’t want to be that evil person who never has anything to positive to say. So
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The graduate student working on her project is gone. My classroom is back to order. The students are silently working on a guided reading, so I decided to come back to my computer and check my email. When I sat down, I thought. . .this is a celebratory
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I feel like my posts are more infrequent. .. I just that I feel like I have so little time. I need to let go of a few things and hash out some solutions. So , here goes. . . I feel like I am grumpy all of the time. I think it has something to [...]
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I was visiting Leesepea’s blog today and she was sharing about the inconvience of having roving/floating teacher in the classroom. She is an awesome teacher and blogger, btw. I love reading her stuff. I am not angered or upset by anything she has
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Dear God, The worst ever thing that could ever happen to a teacher happened to me. And it’s my fault. You saw it. You know it was nothing intentional. It could have happened to anyone, but it happened to me. I’m afraid, Lord. I love my job. . . I love
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I am excited about today’s events because: My lessons went well even in that dreaded last class of the day. Students were actually involved in the discussion on culture. They seemed to understand the concepts and I pretty much accomplished everything
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