12/7 –boys cry about getting assigned detention. This one is partially sad though. I have one student who has been acting up ALOT lately, and I have been getting SO frustrated with him. He opened up a bit today though, saying that he was still failing 2 classes (mine and math) even though he’s doing…

12/4 Weekends are bleh. But Friday was an awesome day in my classroom. Not so great for the 7th grade. But, me, in my own little ELA world, didn’t catch this until after school…..and don’t tell, but I’m not too upset about that either. The lesson executed wonderfully. Students were engaged in the project exploration, which…

11/30/11 November is finally finito. It has been an experience, and I can’t say that I’m sad to see it go. The past two days of teaching have been lovely. All classes have had nothing but minimal behavior disruptions, and my lessons have been going really smoothly. We’re right in the middle of a project,…

11/28/11 I have an essay prompt to respond to – “What is the biggest disappointment you have faced in your career, and how did you respond to it?” Yesterday, I was wondering what I would write about. Today, that student I had been working with every day after school, the one who was suspended the…

11/27/11 My Thanksgiving week was full of family & friends and a whole lot of not doing much. It was great! I did manage to get all of my ppts created for this upcoming week. Ideally, I should also be able to make ALL of my copies on Monday. Whoa. That is huge for me…

11/16/11 I highly recommend Youtubing that theme song if you need a quick pick-me-up to make you feel like you can take over the world. A friend put that on my phone a long time ago, and waking up to it this morning was just what the doctor ordered. It was the first morning in…

11/15/11 Today was calm in my classes. The lesson was solid, students were mostly engaged, and time went by quickly. Granted, there was a fire drill, a parent conference where a dad raised his voice to our AP, a student who blatantly lied about teasing one of our student’s with disabilities, and I almost made…

11/14/11 Today, in my own world, life was good. My lesson was solid. The Mimeo pad allows me to float around my room and stand near my students who like to chit-chat. They enjoy watching ads and analyzing for marketing techniques. 5th period, the student I’ve been working with after school was TERRIBLE. I was…

11/12/11 Today, I was going to get up and grade b/c I need to have 6 grades by Monday morning and currently really only have 2. oops. But of course, I didn’t. And in an hour I’m going to lunch and then to watch some college football, something I’m surprisingly excited about, lol. School can…

11/10/11 Today began beautifully. My 1st and 2nd period classes took to the lesson even more interestingly than I had predicted. Then, during my conference, I got some new from a friend that unsettled me a little. I also got to host lunch detention today. Which went smoothly except for one student who acted up.…