Last week was rough. The students were having a hard time staying focused, assignments were coming in late, and I wasn’t feeling the greatest. Friday afternoon I asked some of my scholars to get out their planners. We’ve been working on keeping track of upcoming due dates, and I wanted to make sure they were…
Category: Reflection
Teach Students the Why
This weekend I spent a lot of time reflecting on what the students know and what they don’t know yet. On Friday they took a quiz and, along with a couple of assignments, I realized that I did not do an adequate job preparing them to read a non-fiction text. This was especially troubling, because…
Giving my students real-world application to their writing
This week I learned just how little I actually know about the political system and showcased my struggles with my students. To begin, we spent most of the week reviewing the STOP writing strategy (suspend judgment, take a side, organize ideas, plan more as you write) and the DARE writing strategy (develop a claim, add…
It’s time for some TweetUps!
TweetUps are a chance for students to put some positivity in the world, tell their classmates why they rock, and tell them they aren’t going unnoticed.
My response to #gratitudesnaps
It’s easy to get caught up in the minutiae of life and miss the bigger picture.
You're more than "just" a teacher…
If you know me at all, you would know that I don’t use profanity, ever since I was a little kid and got my mouth washed out with soap. I’m not a saint, I’ve said plenty of things in my head that shouldn’t be repeated, especially when the copier goes down, and I forgot my…
