…Or, Kids Really DO Say the Darndest Things! I’ve been creating this lovely little collection over the past few months. Mostly, it is my students making fun of me. : ) I know I haven’t had one in a while but, it’s a nice lighthearted change of pace from my sometimes heavy posts. Post about…
read more »In the teacher-world there is saying that October is the worst month. You’re just getting out of that “honey-mooning” phase, it’s the beginning of a new term, kids are restless, teachers are tired, and let’s face it: October is just plain LONG and meanwhile Thanksgiving and Christmas still seem a world away. So is it…
read more »This past week (although short) was crazy in Room 116. We are becoming designers and engineers and this week my students were designing and building their very own paper air planes. Basically, I spent the week frantically shuffling from group to group helping them interpret their research articles, asking them to revise their hypothesis over…
read more »School is back in session and I have to tell you, I am feeling excited about this year. Let’s run over a quick list of what has been completely awesome: 1. The Science Hall. We are incredible. We are a superb team. And you don’t have to just take my word for it! I have…
read more »After a disappointing past couple weeks, my first group of final exams are in (Seniors take their exams a week earlier than everyone else) and as the last question on both my Physics and Physical Science exams, I asked the students this: Write at least three paragraphs describing what you think is the most IMPORTANT…
read more »The title for today’s blog is what I do NOT want to happen. And so, I am working on my lesson plans today instead of going out and spending my Friday off doing more interesting and fun things. But it will be worth it when I can enjoy my Sunday birthday free of lesson planning…
read more »Today was…less than perfect. I mean, not terrible, but seriously not good either. BUT. One student of mine who consistently misses my first block class because he never gets to school on time came to me today and we had a really serious conversation about where he wants his life to go and how he will get…
read more »I know, I know….I haven’t posted since the hurricane. For me, when the going gets tough, the tough get…busy…too busy to blog in fact. Or too tired. But ANYWAY…here I am. With a full (and by full I mean extremely shortened due to the huge amount of time that has passed since I last posted)…
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