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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Review Sessions
Posted in Expectations, Review, SOL's, students, Testing on April 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I know that it is silly to have gotten back up out of my bed last night to check my student’s benchmark scores a. because it was 1 am, b. because it is Spring Break, and c. because the scores would have still been there this morning. However, once I remembered that the scores should [...]
