The passage of time is marked by children getting older, seasons changing, and…Joyce’s Hodgepodge!! Link back up with her after posting your own answers. Before I get to mine, I must first sincerely apologize for not making the rounds last week. Yes, I played, sort-of, but time got away from me. Let’s just say that [...]
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When last I left this story, I was about to embark on my recounting of my second observation. In my district, Category 1 and 2 teachers must be observed twice during the school year. It’s part of the Individual Professional Development Program (IPDP) that is designed to calculate a bunch of pieces of data/assessments to [...]
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“O” Day… Otherwise known as Observation Day… A day that makes teachers scurry in anticipation of the powers-that-be coming into our classrooms to watch us work our magic. It’s a stressful time as teachers, old and new, scramble to plan WOW-inducing lesson plans. We prep our classrooms and prep our students (or bribe them with [...]
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Yesterday, Rooster, the Mr. and I went to see a movie with Dancing Girl and her dad. Our movie of choice? Act of Valor. I don’t know if you’ve seen the previews for it. I’m including the “official” movie trailer at the end of this post. Before I do, here are my thoughts about the [...]
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Today, Rooster and I returned home from our short road trip to Auburn’s E-Day. Auburn had set aside the day to showcase its vibrant and nationally-ranked engineering program, of which Rooster will be a part of come August. We took Rooster’s car so he could get practice making the four-hour drive, and what fun we [...]
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Joyce has got another bunch of questions for us. Join in! Make friends! 1. February 22nd is National Be Humble Day…what makes you proud? What keeps you humble? Well, this is certainly an interesting fact! I’ll have to share it with my students! So, what makes me proud? Well, that’s an easy one to answer. [...]
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On Sunday, I ran to Walmart. As I got out of my car, an older gentleman, who I later found out was from New York, told me that one of my brake lights was out. Hmmm… The Mr. had noticed it flickering the other day when he was driving behind me. The gentleman and I [...]
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The other day, I posted pictures of the tables I’ve placed in my classroom; however, those pictures don’t really show the changes that have happened in the decor of my room. First off, here’s my QAR (Question Answer Relationship) bulletin board… Although the last few letters of the word “Relationship” are uneven, I’m pleased with [...]
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I’ve been married twenty-two years. Over the course of those years, we’ve gone through a number of telephones. The first one we had was a beer can phone. Let’s just say that this wasn’t something that was in my hope chest. I think it’s in the attic. I’m feeling too lazy to climb those stairs [...]
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I should have known better than to write a post about how great my guided reading stations were going. Oh, how the proud are humbled. I think that’s in the Bible somewhere…maybe even a few times, eh? Though I’d worn my sassy, pink-sparkly shoes, I was about to be dethroned as the queen of my [...]
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