June 2007 - Posts
Every year seems to bring a new fad with the second graders. Two years ago, my kids "adopted" some type of elf toys that stores were selling. For some reason, one student started a rumor that there were elves living in the student closet in our classroom.
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About seven years ago, I taught a little boy who was just the best helper, was so respectful, and who laughed at all of my lame jokes. He was really one of the nicest kids you'd ever want to meet and, even though his family was going through a divorce,
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I was just thinking about some of my students from the past year, and I remembered a funny incident that happened in class. Gordan was the tallest boy in the class, very smart, and had a quirky personality to go along with his observant nature. One day
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While I was reading some other blogs about how kids have changed over the years, I was reminded of a boy in my class about four years ago. This boy had a lot of behavior problems, but his mom was offended and defensive whenever I had to contact her about
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One of our Social Studies standards is that students will be able to compare changes in the community over time. After watching a short video clip aand having a lengthy class discussion about changes in dress, transportation, roads, stores, schools, I
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After being a kindergarten teacher for ten years, I was a little nervous when I was "promoted" to second grade. I wasn't quite sure that I'd like it as much as I did the five and six year olds. I was happy to find out that my second graders were a lot
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