January 2010 - Posts
This week, as part of ELA class, I've been reading aloud a story each day and having the kids complete a small literary element chart. Characters, Setting, Problem, Solution, and Summary. Today, I read them MY story from last year -- The Million Dollar
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I love to make kids cry. OK, I don't really, but I just HAD to write that first sentence. Occasionally, though, I do get a small sense of satisfaction when kids in my class cry. Because it tells me that something has finally mattered enough to them to
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10) Standing around, with nothing to do but watch kids quietly take a test, is practically another mini-Christmas. 9) Gives me a chance to see how students other than my own can do on difficult, tricked-up, culturally-biased questions. 8) My psychic ability
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