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The Difference 19 Sep 2011 | 07:54 am
I'm starting my 5th year of teaching, but it is the 1st time that I actually feel the positive affects of repeating a grade with very similar scope & sequence of units in subject areas! I cannot belie...
Summer Work 6 Jul 2011 | 10:15 am
Since I've been a full-time teacher, I have lived by the belief that summers are my time with a little time spent preparing for the next year. This summer, I have been doing a little of my time, but m...
4 Weeks Left 1 Jun 2011 | 08:45 am
Summer is nearly here. 4 weeks and counting for New York City schools. I know there are people wondering how my school year went since I changed to my new school last August. (Wow! I really have post...
A New Place 24 Aug 2010 | 01:58 am
When I first moved to New York City to teach in an inner city school, I was so unaware of what I was getting myself into. Unfortunately, but maybe also fortunately (in some crazy twist), I was placed ...
Six Weeks into the School Year 16 Oct 2009 | 11:28 am
We've been in school for six weeks, and I sadly haven't gotten a second to post. I'm doing a quick post between looking at data and waiting for dinner to be done. The year has actually been quite fant...
School is Starting 7 Sep 2009 | 06:44 am
We are days away from school starting... and to answer all of you wondering if I was indeed returning, the answer is yes. I am returning, and somehow, I've found myself extremely excited about it! I ...
A Year Done 14 Jul 2009 | 03:00 am
So I left you all right before Spring Break, the much needed break I know I enjoyed to its fullest, that I'm sure wasn't long enough. I returned to school telling myself there were Only 8 weeks left o...
Countdown of the Week 8 Apr 2009 | 12:05 pm
3 kids who don't bring back any homework, ever (or so it seems). 2 physical fights almost started yesterday (I hate violence). 1 more day until SPRING BREAK! (Hallelujah!) I. Need. It. I've been si...
Parent Teacher Conferences 24 Mar 2009 | 10:28 am
Sometimes I just don't know what to do with them... Conferences were last week. It wasn't too bad. More than anything it was exhausting. Two sessions that ran about 2 hours each, and twenty something ...
When You Hit Bottom... 14 Mar 2009 | 09:34 am
The only way to go is up. Yesterday was as close to the bottom as I'd ever like to go. Yesterday ranks up there on the list of as one of the worst days of my life, especially in my teaching career. I ...
