My sleep schedule is a desperate mess.(I went to bed at 6PM last night and woke up at 4AM this morning.. I’m not even kidding.) Good thing it is the last regular school day before we break and then resume with summer schedule. (I teach year-round.)
At least with summer schedule I’ll be able to find some semblance of a personal life again. Oh, free time, how I’ve missed you.
I’d do a happy dance today if I could just find the energy!
If we find ourselves unwilling to reflect on our practice and/or explain our rationale to parents, other teachers, or students, then we need to ask ourselves if we are giving our best to our colleagues and our students.
100% agreed!
Student #1: “I stuffed my face at the baseball game yesterday! I ate pizza and hot dogs and pop corn and.. “
Student #2: “Wow, did you take your blood pressure medicine?!”
… Still don’t believe that came from the mouth of a teenager! They say the darndest things.
On Friday, we were finishing up projects in which the students had to cut pieces of construction paper and form them into a circular shape. One of my students was really struggling, so I was sitting next to her, helping her work and chatting with her.. This was mid-conversation.
Me: Need to work on your motor skills, huh?
Student: I don’t even like cars.
Thoroughly enjoying all of my “tough guys” whining about having to dissect a frog in Science class. I should record them to replay next time they tell me how “hard” and “grown” they are. Hehehehee!
Student: I was raised with manners. I know how to treat a lady! I hold doors for her, pull her chair out for her, and I never call her the b-word to her face!
One of the things I have taken on this year is planning several (hopefully) engaging professional development sessions for fellow history teachers. My goal is to give my peers road-tested strategies they can feel confident using the very next day.
In the fall I led a PD on building …
This sounds awesome! Anyone else providing PD for co-workers?
I actually led my first PD this year on using positive reinforcement in the classroom. It was really fun to plan and I got great reviews from the PD surveys we have to take at the end of the day.
Really interested in all of the topics you are discussing, littlestwampum.
In honor of prom season, here is an animated illustration of how my evening will go:
Students:
Me:
Students:
Me:
After a few rounds, this:
I’m getting too old for this. ;]
![No day of teaching is complete without a little nonsense. ;]](http://24.media.tumblr.com/4f6ccd4d79a170a4443938992cadda98/tumblr_mmnnixxRpk1r7w46ro1_400.jpg)