Today, I was talking to a popular sub @ my school who has the same teaching style I do. She’s tough! well, I was talking to her about my class’ behavior and she totally validated me. “Yeah, they”re a little rambunctious!” she said. “Ok,” I thought. She validated my thoughts on them…but in the wrong [...]
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I’m finishing up my fluency folders. I’m also finishing up my Action Plan for the WASC team. It’s not hard. It’s like I’m just writing a mini- IEP. It’s all coming together. Little by little! Hallelujah & Thank you Jesus!
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So, my husband & I drove down to La Jolla. It took 1.5 hours, but it was a nice, peaceful ride. The training, through The Rowland Foundation was phenomenal. I was treated to a speech by two well known speakers & proponents of phonics- Dr. Louisa Moats (Teaching Reading is Rocket Science) & Dr. Anita [...]
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Dear Readers, I’m a little miffed right now. Why? Well, I have training tomorrow. Seems like it’s going to be a pretty good training. However, I only agreed to attend the training, which is in LaJolla, CA, btw (about a 90 minute drive) because the flyer stated that food & lodging were included. “Sure,” I [...]
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Lately, I’ve been on a mission to rid myself, or rather, make more manageable, my procrastination problem. It had become a really big problem. It’s so bad that I have papers in my closet, at work, from last grading period that I haven’t returned to the students. Do you see my dilemma now? Well, as [...]
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Dear Readers, The girls, save one, have returned their permission slips and have begun seeing the Art Therapist. Since I got mad at them the week before last about all of their drama, they have been solving more of their own problems. Thank God for that because they were really stressing me out. Little girls [...]
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Dear Readers, I am so silly. I always forget what works for me. A couple of my students have been struggling. I’ve worked in Education for 10 years now. I should have pulled from my store of knowledge. But, sometimes we can become so overwhelmed that we forget (as I did) what works for us. [...]
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WOW!!!!!!! One of my students is not coming to school tomorrow because she’s going to Disneyland. REALLLLLLLLLLLYYYYYYYY!!!! This student is absent once a week. Should her parents really be upset when she gets her report card???????
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One of the problems with Binaca Blast is that she has a Learning Disability. I really had to work with her in order to build her comprehension. When I read this article on the Reading Rockets website, I felt validated because I’ve used most of these strategies with her. So, without further ado, here’s the [...]
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Well, I’ve hopefully discovered the solution for the drama queens & kings in my classrooms. Since I work at a Jesuit school, we have Ignatian volunteers. We have a school psychologist, a school nurse, and an Art Therapist. Permission slips have gone home for the students to be able to see them, but so far, [...]
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