Archive for the 'The Teaching' Category

Emotional

If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!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 [...]

Self-Promotion

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!

I Changed My Mind

“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 [...]

Dysgraphia Doesn’t Have To Be Limiting

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 [...]

You Took My Chair!!

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 [...]

Beginning of School Rant

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 [...]

A Post With No Photos

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 [...]

Contract Complement

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 [...]

Sushi Yum

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 [...]

Tis the Season for Fighting and Smoking

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 [...]