Everything that my students and I have worked for comes to an end tomorrow at 9 am when they sit down in front of their computers and take their SOL test. I wasn’t worried about it until this morning but I have come to terms with it and understand that we have done everything that [...]
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Culmination of the Year …
Posted in emotions, proud, school, SOL's, students on May 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Birthday!!
Posted in birthday, Celtics, me, my team, Neve, princess, school, students, Tony, Williamsburg on May 4, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Today is my birthday and I had an AMAZING day. I love birthdays and it was one of my best ever. I had a great day at work starting with my kids all wishing me Happy Birthday and just being wonderful and typical 6th graders. My team got me a delicious cake complete with candles [...]
On top of the stacks seemed like the best place to teach …
Posted in learning, me, school, SOL's, students on April 29, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I enjoyed tutoring today very much. I hadn’t originally wanted to go because I was tired and what not but once there I enjoyed myself immensely. It wasn’t just my kids that I was working with today. All three of us had identified some of our kids that we wanted to push a little harder [...]
Quiet Lunch for a Change
Posted in lunch, me, quiet, school, weather on April 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I decided to eat lunch in my room today. To many this might not seem weird or abnormal but my classroom is at the other end of the school where I am void of all adult social interaction minus my language arts co-worker. I spend my day surrounded by 6th graders and have no chance [...]
Running through the motions
Posted in emotions, picture day, school, students, tired on April 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
One word describes how I feel right now – exhausted. My whole body is tired. My brain doesn’t want to work right and my body is begging me to take it back home and to let it sleep for a few more hours of good, quality sleep. Unfortunately, I can not do this because I [...]
Venting about the cold …
Posted in cold, emotions, school on April 17, 2009 | 1 Comment »
I’m sitting here in my classroom on this beautiful Friday morning and all I can think about is how I wish that my window (which is sealed shut because of my classrooms location) would open so that I could let some warm air in. All week I have done nothing but freeze in this room [...]
Too Tired
Posted in school, tired on April 14, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I’m too tired to come up with a topic to talk about tonight. First day back was draining and tomorrow is worse – grades due by 4 and I’m giving a test in 3 classes, have to update a students grade by hand, and a class of projects to grade – yes I’m a procrastinator [...]
Hour One
Posted in Game, school, Spring Break, students on April 14, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Today was the first day back after Spring Break. It honestly hasn’t been that bad but then again I have only seen one class and am now on my planning period. One thing that is apparent is that this is going to be one long nine weeks. The kids are already starting to push the [...]
