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August 2008 - Posts
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I am thinking I am very cool right about now. The battery on my car died the first week in June and I have been driving my daughter's car since she is in Irac. But, she is coming home soon and will want her car back. It is the coolest car I have ever Read More...
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Do you remember when you were a kid and you got new clothes and shoes for school. Then there were the supplies and notebooks and books and... Well, when you are a teacher you get to re-live the thrill. Every year I get to buy at least one new outfit and Read More...
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My mother was very sick and they thought she was going to die. So, all 5 of us kids flew home to Kansas to say our good-byes. However, once she got to the hospital and they got fluids into her, she started getting better. Thank God! Then she started eating Read More...
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I have two students that absolutely don't pay attention. Everyone else in the class has their books out and on the correct page and these two clowns are sitting there staring at their desks. I literally have to tell them independently to get their book Read More...
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My feet hurt and my lower back aches and still I am happy. I love my class of ELL students. They are nice, so far, and sweet, and really get into the activities and learning assignments. I am having a ball and finding myself putting more effort into teaching Read More...
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One of my students told his last year's teacher that I yelled at him all day. I don't know what he was talking about. I did not yell one single time today. I suspect he has a sense of humor that I haven't discovered yet. I am going to have to check my Read More...
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Do you do Focus Walls? We have to. They come around and check them to make sure we have them up and current. A focus wall is where you put your objectives, vocabulary, and anything that you want the students to be able to see on a continuing basis. Last Read More...
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I am teaching an ELL classroom this year. Most of my students will be Spanish speaking but not all. I was told yesterday in a meeting that we are not supposed to post any other language except English in our classrooms. That is the purpose of the ELL Read More...
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Yes! I am done with in-service week. I have been in-serviced in the new Language! program for our ELL students. But that wasn't the end. We had to meet at 2:45 today and pick up our own books and supplies. Me, being not born yesterday, grabbed the teacher Read More...
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Well, I got everything set up (except the Focus Wall). Since I have in-service for the next two days and a meeting on Friday to get my new ELL curriculum and we have Meet the Teacher on Thursday Night, I had to have things in order by today. My room looks Read More...
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My oldest daughter is a really good cook. Actually both my daughters are fantastic cooks but the youngest one is in the Navy in the Persian Gulf at the moment. Anyway, Patti likes to plan out her menu for the week and then go shopping first at the farmers Read More...
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Today was our first official day back. Usually, we have a huge breakfast of bacon, ham, eggs, and homemade cinnamon buns and then speeches by people I don't want to listen to and then we divide up for inservices. They changed the format!!! The breakfast Read More...
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