Showing posts with label back to school. Show all posts
Showing posts with label back to school. Show all posts
Wednesday, August 8, 2018

Teacher Talk

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Tomorrow - my twenty-ninth first day of school as a teacher.  Considering I took five years off, I started teaching thirty-three years ago. ...
Tuesday, August 19, 2014

Effective Classroom Management Gone Bad 8/19/14

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Back to school for teachers.  The meetings, the hugs, the surprise announcements of pregnancy and engagements.  The excitement/boredom combi...
Sunday, March 23, 2014

Let's Save the World, Teachers!! (Or at least finish the year!) 3/23/14

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I saw "Divergent" last night.  I really like the movies set in the dystopian future, especially ones based on YA novels that I hav...
Saturday, January 11, 2014

Where My Brain Goes During Staff Development 1/11/14

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It is the bane (or blessing, if you choose) of any teacher's existence:  having to sit through hours of staff development.  Usually occu...
Saturday, August 31, 2013

There's Me, then there's (me) - a Squirrel-Fur Story 8/31/13

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The first week of school is over.  The routine has set in.  The big kids have already learned some stuff (ha ha, gotcha!), and more and more...
Sunday, August 25, 2013

Being small is important, too! 8/25/13

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A kindergartner once gave me a picture he had drawn.  (Once?  A million times, probably, but I'm thinking of one in particular.) In this...
Monday, August 19, 2013

The First Day Blues 8/19/13

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First day blues.....I got 'em.  I prepared myself to go back to work, I did.  I wrote another piece to tell people how I feel, but pleas...
Monday, August 5, 2013

Getting The Back To School Letter (Wrong Papers, Wrong Walls, Wrong Stuff) 8/5/13

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It happened today.  That letter, or e-mail, in this day and time, that says "HEADS UP!  OUT OF THE POOL!!  YOU GO BACK TO SCHOOL IN A C...