October 2008 - Posts
The funniest thing happened yesterday morning. I had come inside from my morning crosswalk duty, and I had stopped off to use the restroom before picking my kids up. I used a general bathroom, which is usually empty at that time of the morning, but on
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I got a new kid in my class last week who really can't read, and I'm still a little iffy on his math skills. The first day he was with me, we took a test, and looking at his answers made me really question his methods. The thing is, it's true when they
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So let me tell you this story about this CRAZY bus driver/TA we have at my school... Just kidding. Inside joke. :) I'm a little behind on my newspaper reading for the week, but one of the last stories I read in the Dallas Morning News suggested that the
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The good folks at education.com have moved my Mr. Teacher column to Thursday, beginning this week! So if you were wondering why it wasn't up on Tuesday, now you know! This week's column is titled, " Roughing It in the Woods ," and it's a summarization
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3rd day of dual language instruction with my new classes, and I don't think I called anybody by the wrong name today! This week's Carnival of Education is up and running over at The Infamous J's place . J starts things off with a poem about moles. Not
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You know, as a brand new English language arts teacher, I'm looking for all of the tips and guidance I can get on how to put my lessons together and what to do for my kids. So it sure would be nice if the vaunted Curriculum Planning Guides (CPGs) that
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That's right, it's like a brand new school year! OK, so I didn't have to worry or fret TOO much about moving to a new room or decorating it (though I'm sure that I'm supposed to have more up for my bilingual students now). But 40 brand new kids, along
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Just in time for Halloween, here are some new shirt designs in the ol' Spreadshirt shop ! Share this post: Email It | Bookmark It | Digg This | Reddit | Stumble It Add to favorites: Favorite Post | Favorite Blog | Favorite Author
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Just a quick example of exactly how UN-polically savvy I really am... Yesterday was an early release day, as well as being my last day with the kids I've taught for the past 8 weeks. Because of the schedule, there wasn't time to have every class sit in
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First of all, let me say thank you so very much to everyone who's been keeping me and all of the DISD teachers in your thoughts and prayers. I really appreciate all of the support and kind words that you've offered. Today was a day unlike any others.
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Ah, precious Tuesday... Enjoy it while you can, Dallas teachers. May I humbly suggest that you check out this week's Mr. Teacher column on education.com, titled " Benchmark This !!" It is of course all about the frustrations of district benchmark testing,
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Today around 3:15, I was in my room planning out next Thursday night's parent conference schedule with my partner, Ms. Jen Ed. An announcement came on over the loudspeaker. "The following people need to come to the office immediately..." Accompanied by
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This week's Mr. Teacher column over on education.com is titled " Yes, I am a veritable giant ." It refers to an oft-repeated phrase that I hear directed my way at the school. Check it out and feel free to add your own often heard comments... I looked
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Benchmark tests started today! Let the celebration begin!! Oh wait, we don't normally celebrate things we absolutely despise, now do we? Yes, I absolutely DESPISE the benchmark tests. Why? Well, let's see... They're usually not aligned with what we've
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For those of you living through or following the situation here in the Dallas ISD, you know things are looking pretty dire. To sum up the story in a nutshell, people who should know better apparently made a very 3rd grade error in their math while doing
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One of my kids asked me the other day, "When girl babies are born, are their ears already pierced?" I answered, "Yes, and on some of them, the belly button is pierced too." Just kidding, I didn't say that, but I found it a very interesting question. One
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