My last day of work was nearly a week ago, and the kids and my amazing team of coworkers were so sweet and wonderful. Thursday was our quarterly “Special Area Reward Day.” Every grading period we have a fun day for the classes and students who have behaved well in specials, so it was a … Continue reading »
Tag Archives: 3rd year teaching
Summertime (or not).
Each year at school, the 3rd, 4th, and 5th graders go on a field trip to see our local orchestra play, and each year the unit of lessons and resources from the sponsor, United Arts, are some of my favorite to teach. Even so, this unit can often be a reminder of how rarely I … Continue reading »
Don’t mind me…
…I’m just using my Neti pot. :-/ I didn’t even it make it two whole weeks of school without getting a cold. It was just a stupid little thing, but even the stupid little colds really mess up my already fussy sinuses and leave me with sinus pain for weeks after the worst of it … Continue reading »
Like I Never Left
Well, a full week of school has finished and we’re already well into week two. My already “lived-in” desk pretty much tells the whole story: The school year is in full swing. My school is up to almost 1000 students for our enrollment, which means realllllyyyy long Special Area rotations. I still haven’t seen all my … Continue reading »
Going Broke at the Target Dollar Spot
First off, thank you, thank you, thank you to Target for carrying even just a small amount of classroom and teaching supplies so that I don’t have to go to the other side of town to spend gobs of money on over-priced classroom materials or attempt to make them myself. Starting around mid-July, Target stocks classroom and … Continue reading »
Stuck
I’m usually a pretty decisive person, but sometimes, when I can’t see the proverbial forest for the trees, I get pretty stuck. One full week left before pre-planning — it’s time to make the most of it, for sure — but I am stuck. Continue reading »