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Two ideas to jumpstart the beginning of the year! Pleasantville 2012-2013 Year Begins! – Jeopardy I got this idea from the facilitator of a workshop I participated in last week. This is how she started the class, different categories of course, and I Read More...
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We all do it. We might not be conscious of it all the time, but we do it. Whether it is race, gender, nationality, religion, etc…, we stereotype. Stereotyping in general is a bad thing, but when it is done in our classrooms, we are committing a grave Read More...
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Yes, it does, at least when it comes to class size. Recently Governor Romney visited Pennsylvania and made the remark, “a think tank type group went and looked at South Korea and Singapore and around the United States and said, gosh, in the schools the Read More...
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I attended a conference today called, ”Diversity Exchange:Learning from One Another.” The keynote speaker was supposed to be Reginald Weaver, former NEA president,but unfortunately he is ill. Merwyn Scott, did a good job standing in for Mr.Weaver at the Read More...
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I don’t know about you, but this is how I feel at the end of each day with my students, (see pic above), and that’s with a group that’s not too difficult! And now, they’re thinking of extending the school day? Well, I feel two ways about this, it depends Read More...
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I watched this video, and cracked up! I was trying to find articles about rigor and bumped into this video. It’s a bit long in making its point, but I get it. This poor teacher is being hounded by her principal, to “perform” , so that her students can Read More...
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My former principal only allowed us to take only two field trips a year. (If you’ve been teaching long enough,you know how he came to that decision. Can anyone say “state tests?”). No matter how much I begged, negotiated, or prompted, he wouldn’t give Read More...
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We are studying WWI, and I was sharing photographs, quotes, and information particular to Delaware during that era. The text touched on segregation, and we were sidetracked into a lively discussion. My students find segregation unfathomable, they can’t Read More...
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Have you ever heard the saying, “He/She treats me like a stepchild?” Of course, when it is used, it is not meant to be a compliment. It meant that the stepchild was ignored, while all the biological children were fawned over by the parents. I started Read More...
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My youngest son is no angel, not in any way, shape, or form. He had been getting in ”trouble” since preschool. I would go to pick him up and he would wave, and grin, at me from the timeout area. He didn’t know any better, he was just one of those kids Read More...
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I sat with my small group today and listened to my students, and smiled. They had finished sharing their writing prompt about an imagined device that would make their lives easier. I listened to stories about a teleporter , a robot, and a pen, that can Read More...
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The other day I posted a status on FB, “They are sucking the joy out of teaching!” You know who “they” are. I have taught for 27 years, and never have I felt this way. It’s not the new principal. It’s all the next “new” things that have been lobbed at Read More...
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And no, those four marks represent the word “H-E- Two sticks”, not the other word. Although I have to admit, I don’t know what word that teacher was thinking at that moment it happened. She was slapped. Slapped hard. By a first grader. Seriously? I remember Read More...
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Teachers don’t make much money, correct? It’s common knowledge that we are one of the hardest working professions, make very little money, and yet , we have a high level of “out-of-pocket” expenses. That’s why I (and probably every teacher I know), love Read More...
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It’s the little things. Monday was Open House. It went very well, I had a great turnout! Only three parents didn’t make it. I give credit for the huge turnout to the cute little invite I send home with magnet tape on the back and the words, “Stick this Read More...
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