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Rounds
At the Newton School, we believe in "rounds," like doctors in hospitals do, where we observe each other and ask questions. This is how we've pulled it off: Everyone gets to choose one other teacher they want to observe.… -
Pop song textbook reflection #2
Writing the summary paragraphs takes longer than a day...especially when kids have gotten behind, whether from their own slacking or my being absent half of last week and half the previous week with a pink-eyed, cold-rid… -
Pop song textbook reflection #1
Do not try to juggle with ongoing wiki assignment. Time constraints do not allow for taking a day out here and there to look extra things up in Spanish, write paragraphs on random topics, or figure out how to get it onl… -
I've learned
So far this semester, the lessons about where I am as a teacher have been numerous . I have discovered that semi-floating has not, in fact, made me organized, but has made me run in between the bull-pen (all-teacher off… -
Events so far -- Day 3
Pre-Spanish survey - No copier, so wrote questions on the little whiteboards to be answered the first day in 1st, 2nd, 3rd periods. - Secretary got one class worth of copies for me, so 6th answered on thei… -
I like, I wish, I will, I worry
I like......opening my e-mail to get parent responses on the million words or fewer assignment....my formula for the "Vocabulario y gramática" page 5 stem-changing section: 1. pick the right verb, 2. pick the right e… -
This week's count
Two days of rain: Umpteen leeks in the mobile unit roof. Two parent conferences: One impromptu and one to come, With one "difference of teaching philosophy" So far. Three days' notice for a pep rally Before nine weeks' … -
Quest for new assessment methods
I first became aware that there was a difference between quizzes and tests in Algebra I in the 7th grade. I knew this because the 9th graders in the class were always asking if the impending assessment was a quiz or a t… -
A list of things not so bad
Misplacing the CD containing the song I'd already copied lyrics for for today's starter; I had the presence of mind to bring my flash drive which contained the song, and there were excellent new computer speakers to be h… -
Progress report
I found myself baffled by the numbers after the first Spanish II test last week. While about 40% of my first period class found themselves in the 80-99% range (thus constituting the largest "clump" of grades in that cla…
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