April 2009 - Posts
Well, I had hoped not to have to comment on it much, but it would seem that discussion of the swine flu is unavoidable. Especially since it's pretty much sitting on my porch step. It was one thing when it was a kid down in San Antonio. But then a kid
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This week's Carnival of Education is up and running over at Jason's Perspective , where he has graciously included my post TAKS Awareness along with the other midway rides. Apparently, I am a clown. What, do I make you laugh? Am I here for your AMUSEMENT?
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I don't know how upper grade teachers can stand it. TAKS is stressful enough to prepare for at the 3rd grade level, and our kids at least can get reading assistance on the math test! There has been a little bit of debate over exactly what that means,
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Here's one straight from the "They'll never do THAT again" files: Our mailboxes were stuffed with individual student pictures today. Every child had the full package in an envelope -- an 8 X 10, 2 5 X 8s, a sheet of wallet size, etc. Normally, the order
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Carol at Bellringers is hosting this week's Carnival of Education, the Loosey-Goosey Edition of the Carnival , and it looks like a REALLY good one, full of great posts. My post about unreasonableness is there, holding its own, compared to other posts
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Earlier this week, on my post about Practice the Way You Play , there was a very astute comment by Mary H . She asked, "How much credit do you give for right answer and how much credit do you give for showing work?" I briefly responded to this question
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The lesson/task/tip of Day # 7 in the Problogger 31 Day Challenge (yes, we're on Day #9, but I'm a little behind) was to give a little "link love" to another blogger. In other words, to link to and comment on a post from another site. Last night, as I
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Am I showing my age by titling my post with that old adage, "Practice like you play?" I mean, do kids nowadays just not GET that, or do they not HEAR it very often except from old fogies like me? I probably don't use those actual words too often in class.
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So Joel of So You Want to Teach got me hooked into Darren of Problogger's 31 Days to Build a Better Blog (aka: Who Wants to Be a Bloggy Idol?). Day 2, which I'm only slightly behind on, had a challenge to write a link post. My man Joel is of course the
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Over the past year or so, I've either heard or thought of a few terms that relate to my job as a teacher that don't necessarily apply to people outside of the education field. With that in mind, I thought it might be a good idea to start to jot these
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This is a Guest Post from Karen Schweitzer, a writer for about.com and OnlineSchools.org, who has submitted well-receieved posts to other FoLMeG sites So You Want To Teach and I Want to Teach Forever . Karen decided that my site would be most appropriate
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Today's after-school tutoring went a bit more smoothly than last week's (AND, I managed to clean the blood spot off my wall from where I had banged my head!), though there are still a few things that make my spine tingle... We have less than 4 weeks left
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