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Wednesday, December 9, 2009. The End Is In Sight! What a busy semester this has been. I know I have not blogged as much as I needed to, but to tell you the truth I just ran out of time! Thursday, December 3, 2009. I have enjoyed hunting season so far tremendously! I have been able to kill two bucks and have spent lots of time with my teenage son - PRICELESS! Friday, October 23, 2009.
Friday, December 11, 2009. That means benchmark is fast approaching! I guess that this will be an end to my blogging for now-I have enjoyed keeping up with you guys and thanks for sharing your classrooms and ideas with me. I hope that everyone has a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. Monday, December 7, 2009. Above are a few pictures of my class today as they watched the Magic School Bus studying the water cycle-they loved this! .
A special blog site for Literature Across the Curriculum. Saturday, December 26, 2009. Christmas just keeps on giving! Perhaps your family is something like ours - or perhaps not. Since the children have grown up and added spouses and children of their own, things are just not the same around our house. Here it is the day after Christmas and we are still waiting to have all of our kids show up so we can exchange gifts.
Saturday, December 5, 2009. One even brought in a cake in the shape of a book decorated with icing. This was a GREAT idea! Thursday, December 3, 2009. I was hoping that this horrible schedule of mine would be only for a year. Looks like it will carry on next year. Literacy AND Math for two different grades are killing me! Tuesday, December 1, 2009. How is everyone else? .
Tuesday, December 8, 2009. I wish I could show you my students. They really are a great group of kids. They are supposed to come give us some training on it, and I sure need it! The Countdown is on.
Wednesday, December 9, 2009. Well, this will be my last blog post for the semseter. I hope you all enjoy your Christmas holidays! Monday, November 30, 2009. Well, the turkeys are down and the Christmas tree is up. What a whirlwind! Thursday, November 19, 2009.
Tuesday, December 8, 2009. Now that I know what a blog is, I may use one in my own classroom to facilitate student communication and participation. Sunday, November 29, 2009.
Friday, December 11, 2009. That means benchmark is fast approaching! I guess that this will be an end to my blogging for now-I have enjoyed keeping up with you guys and thanks for sharing your classrooms and ideas with me. I hope that everyone has a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. Monday, December 7, 2009. Above are a few pictures of my class today as they watched the Magic School Bus studying the water cycle-they loved this! .
A special blog site for Literature Across the Curriculum. Saturday, December 26, 2009. Christmas just keeps on giving! Perhaps your family is something like ours - or perhaps not. Since the children have grown up and added spouses and children of their own, things are just not the same around our house. Here it is the day after Christmas and we are still waiting to have all of our kids show up so we can exchange gifts.
Sunday, December 6, 2009. I had my first conference with a parent on November 30. It concerned a students that has need a discipline. Monday, November 16, 2009. Sunday, October 25, 2009. Around the the World is a game which two students are given a math problem and whoever answers with the correct answer first wins. I like to play this game with the classroom split into two teams and the winning team is award a prize. Tuesday, October 13, 2009.
Sunday, December 6, 2009. Teaching language to 6 th. Graders can be a bit of a challenge. It is something that most kids do not have a passion for and often find it boring. One of my students asked me the other day why we had to have language. He thought that everyone should be able to write or talk anyway they wanted to. I explained to him that using proper English.
Tuesday, December 8, 2009. Sunday, December 6, 2009. Around here, people shoot guns into the air for Independence Day and New Years. Where does the bullet land though? A bullet that was shot in the air, comes back to the ground. Birthday, which is also the July 4 th. Michael world slowly begins to deteriorate.