February 2010 - Posts
But, I do. My February blahs are just about gone, I did hands-on lab activities in my worst classes, and, although they were NOT angels, I was able to move them forward nicely, without feeling the urge to annihilate the badly-behaved. Instead, they got
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R & R. Yeah, that's right, Rest & Relaxation. Not taking grading/planning/paperwork home with me, not running around doing errands, not cleaning house. I mean, sitting in a lounge chair with my right hand cradling a trashy novel, and my left hand wrapped
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I've been teaching for over 20 years, and, in that time, I've learned a lot (as we all have). I recently decided to work on writing an article for a science/teacher magazine. I'm going to post weekly about my progress (or lack of it), as a way of keeping
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I'm home today. I've not been feeling up-to-par for several days, and I thought a day home might be just the thing. I was right. Although I was so fatigued last night that I didn't even go to Ash Wednesday services (which I really love), today, when I
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I'm not feeling well today - not feverish, not coughing, just tired and "oocky". Because I have no confidence in getting better by tomorrow, I'm working on setting up my class for a day off: Write the sub plan, copy and attach worksheets to the plan Get
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This is something I am passionate about - the importance of doing labs in class. I know it's a lot of prep, and it takes an unbelievable amount of oversight, but, even with - shall we say - difficult students, it's critical to their understanding of science.
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Several teachers at my school, including me, have recently purchased either a mobile broadband connection, or bought a netbook. We did this for several reasons: The school network blocks many sites, including those that might be useful in education. JAVA
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I've been using the TeachersDomain site for a class I've been taking, and it's LOADED with resources - web pages, videos, interactive animations, etc., including some full unit lesson plans. If you join (it's free), and sign up for the group # 6553, there
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I've been using the TeachersDomain site for a class I've been taking, and it's LOADED with resources - web pages, videos, interactive animations, etc., including some full unit lesson plans. If you join (it's free), and sign up for the group # 6553, there
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I've been taking my vitamins lately, and, boy, has it made a difference! I'm reasonably caught up on grading (well, except for the last 4 days, when I was trying to put the grades into the computer - that's a WHOLE 'nother story), not falling asleep at
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All the excitement of the new group of kids is over, other than Presidents' Day and Easter Week, we don't have any vacations left, and they've just started requiring us to submit weekly lesson plans. Altogether, I'm tired and I'm ready for a few days
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All the excitement of the new group of kids is over, other than Presidents' Day and Easter Week, we don't have any vacations left, and they've just started requiring us to submit weekly lesson plans. Altogether, I'm tired and I'm ready for a few days...(
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