this weekend i had my first non-teacher weekend.
i did very little for my job. we'll see how i feel during the week.
however, it was glorious.
it was the festival of nations this weekend in tower grove park, which is just down the road from my house. so i went with one of my roommates to check it out.
it was a really nice day and we saw some dancing, shopped, and ate!
then that night i hung out with non-teachers... ariel and some of her friends.
i need to make it a priority to not have teaching become my entire life.
today i read and watched some tv while i graded. i also did two days lesson plans, the end. all in all... good weekend.
i JUST finished the girl who played with fire... and last week i read the girl with the dragon tatoo: i recommend them both!
anyways, i'll let you know how my week goes after not doing as much planning as i have been:)
Sunday, August 29, 2010
Monday, August 23, 2010
differences
currently teaching: personal narratives
currently reading: the watsons go to birmingham--1963
so you know what the differences are between me and my kids?
1. on mondays i don't come back to school bouncing off the walls.
2. after lunch i want to nap, not run a mile. even in high school i remember just wanting to sleeeeeeeeeeeeep all afternoon. thank goodness there are only 2 periods after lunch!
that's all for now.
currently reading: the watsons go to birmingham--1963
so you know what the differences are between me and my kids?
1. on mondays i don't come back to school bouncing off the walls.
2. after lunch i want to nap, not run a mile. even in high school i remember just wanting to sleeeeeeeeeeeeep all afternoon. thank goodness there are only 2 periods after lunch!
that's all for now.
Thursday, August 19, 2010
Blog title
hey guys,
figured this would be easier to keep everyone updated on whats goin onnnnnnnn in my life here, instead of telling tons of people the same thing over and over again.
i'm sure you are wondering about the title. look it up on youtube. my students said they're going to teach me. i also promised them i'd show them my moves (haha) at the end of the semester. they promised not to laugh too hard.
in other news, for those of you who don't know, i'm teaching 7th graders and i'm teaching Communication Arts (aka english). there is actually kinda a lotta pressure cause it's a tested area for NCLB. it is also a change from what i thought i would be teaching (social studies).
however my kids (so far) are cute. the boys are all SMALL! but i think they are going to grow A LOT by the end of the year.
so. this is the setting. i teach at a school that is 7-12. i teach 7th graders comm arts and i am their advisor (which means that i also see them 1-3 other times during the day and teach them random things).
so that's that.
first week almost over.
i'll try to update this as much as i can!
figured this would be easier to keep everyone updated on whats goin onnnnnnnn in my life here, instead of telling tons of people the same thing over and over again.
i'm sure you are wondering about the title. look it up on youtube. my students said they're going to teach me. i also promised them i'd show them my moves (haha) at the end of the semester. they promised not to laugh too hard.
in other news, for those of you who don't know, i'm teaching 7th graders and i'm teaching Communication Arts (aka english). there is actually kinda a lotta pressure cause it's a tested area for NCLB. it is also a change from what i thought i would be teaching (social studies).
however my kids (so far) are cute. the boys are all SMALL! but i think they are going to grow A LOT by the end of the year.
so. this is the setting. i teach at a school that is 7-12. i teach 7th graders comm arts and i am their advisor (which means that i also see them 1-3 other times during the day and teach them random things).
so that's that.
first week almost over.
i'll try to update this as much as i can!
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