Michelle on May 28 2009 | Filed under: The Kids, The Personal, The Teaching
I’ve almost cried once today. And I actually did cry before that. It’s been such a roller-coaster of a day.
The first thing that happened was that Sage was getting an award at school today (for music!) and I had to work. I did walk over to his school to drop off some goodies for [...]
Michelle on Apr 03 2009 | Filed under: The Teaching
If time permits, do head over to Room 107 and read my latest post, Crab Salad. It’s been a heck of a week!
I’d also love a Stumble, review, Facebook link, or whatever for that blog if you enjoy it!
Michelle on Mar 30 2009 | Filed under: The Fluff, The Teaching
“Learning for Dummies” is an amusing domain name (at least to me), but since I don’t write endlessly about standardized testing, it just doesn’t work. It gives the wrong impression. So instead, my teaching blog is now over here at Room 107. I feel better about it now.
If anyone is wondering, Tiki Martin is [...]
Michelle on Oct 15 2008 | Filed under: The Teaching
One of the things about teaching writing that can be very frustrating is that some students have dysgraphia, which can really hinder their writing speed. What this means, is that while other students have written a three page essay, your dysgraphic student is still sitting there with four lines on his paper. Dysgraphia is [...]
Michelle on Oct 06 2008 | Filed under: The Teaching
In our Geography books, we reached the Middle East today. I expected it to be a section, but no, it’s a chapter. One chapter in a book that has 36 of them. So we wonder why no one seems to have a clue about the Middle East, do we? Needless to say, I’m going to [...]
Michelle on Aug 20 2008 | Filed under: The Teaching
My bullshit tolerance is especially low today. I am supposed to be in an ESL training today, all day, to teach us methods to use with ESL kids (English as a second language learners) in the classroom.
It does not matter that I have a M.Ed. in Bilingual and ESL. It does not matter that [...]
Michelle on Apr 30 2008 | Filed under: The Personal, The Teaching
I’ll tell ya what, something that can really take the fun out of blogging is doing those paid posts. I’ve made almost $4000 at this point, which has helped considerably, but I miss my hobby! I’m not even sure where my camera is right now!
I suppose it doesn’t matter where my camera is, because [...]
Michelle on Apr 03 2008 | Filed under: The Teaching
I’ve been putting off signing my contract for a few days–I can’t say that I know why. Our secretary called me today and told me that she’d like it if I stayed and would I please turn it in.
So I asked a kiddo to take it down for me. I said, “Take it to [...]
Michelle on Feb 08 2008 | Filed under: The Teaching
So today, my intern brought sushi rolls to work. They were the real deal, not the California rolls I play around with. She had seen all of my kiddos try the wasabi sauce the other day, and today, she let them all try one of the rolls. I had one too. It was my first [...]
Michelle on Feb 08 2008 | Filed under: The Teaching
I’m getting three new kids on Monday. This is a relief, because I thought we were getting nine. The six other kids they were going to send were fighting. They decided to give them in-school suspension instead. I’m getting the kids who were caught smoking weed. You see, smoking weed is a much more dire [...]
