This week my school gave our post-assessments. Each day we were on a modified testing schedule. The focus of the week for me was giving and grading post assessments so instruction was minimal. Here’s a look at my outfits this week: Day 129: March 6, 2017- Carly and One Size Leggings from Lula Roe Continue reading “Dressing and Educating: Days 129-133”
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Dressing and Educating: Days 115-119
Day 115: February 13, 2017 My classes began today with a debrief of last week’s Socratic Seminar in English. Students evaluated their own strengths and weaknesses and we discussed ways to improve as a class in the future. After the debrief session students began presenting their independent book projects. I received some of the bestContinue reading “Dressing and Educating: Days 115-119”
Dressing and Educating: Days 110-114
Day 110: February 6, 2017 I was having a fantastic Monday until 1:00pm. All of a sudden, I had chills and the onset of a fever. In English my students were reading and in Honors World History we were wrapping up Battles of World War I presentations so I was able to fly under theContinue reading “Dressing and Educating: Days 110-114”
Dressing and Educating: Days 105-109
Day 105: January 30, 2017 Today I amped up my grammar instruction. We moved from identifying subjects and predicates (an intermediate skill) to defining phrases and clauses. We took things beyond simple identification and discussed how subjects and predicates interact within sentence structure. In Honors World History we outlined the pre-war alliances and the failedContinue reading “Dressing and Educating: Days 105-109”
Dressing and Educating: Day 100!!
For the past 100 days of my school year I have shared with you outfit ideas for the classroom within a teacher’s budget. In celebration of 100 days down I want to revisit my top 5 outfits so far this year. 5- Gusta Two Pocket Top by Skies are Blue (Stitch Fix #8) 4- ElisaContinue reading “Dressing and Educating: Day 100!!”
Dressing and Educating: Days 96-99
Day 96: January 17.2017 After a long weekend of celebrating Martin Luther King Jr. Day I decided to take a pause in my usual curriculum to honor the man and the movement behind the holiday. In English class today we analyzed the famous “I Have a Dream” speech and my students were asked to writeContinue reading “Dressing and Educating: Days 96-99”
Dressing and Educating: Days 91-95
Day 91: January 9, 2017 My traditional classroom became an online one today as students used Google Classroom to complete and submit assignments. One goal I had for myself this year was to utilize and establish my Google Classroom. Whenever possible I am trading in paper assignments for ones that can be turned in electronically.Continue reading “Dressing and Educating: Days 91-95”
Dressing and Educating: Days 84-86
Day 84: December 19, 2016 I hit the home stretch toward Christmas break today. In English, we reviewed for our big test with a friendly game of Review Basketball. We recently finished the seventh chapter of Not a Drop to Drink by Mindy McGinnis and so their test prior to Christmas Vacation is over theContinue reading “Dressing and Educating: Days 84-86”
Dressing and Educating: Days 79-83
Day 79: December 12, 2016 I would be lying if I said I was happy to wake up early and go to school this morning. For over a week the weather men had been predicting a winter storm for Sunday night. I pulled out all the old wives’ tales and superstitions hoping for that firstContinue reading “Dressing and Educating: Days 79-83”
Dressing and Educating: Days 74-78
Day 74: December 5, 2016 Every quarter my school district expects the content areas to give a common assessment. This quarter in English our focus has been argument writing and so we decided to hone in on the skills needed to write a thesis statement and focus our assessment on that. Today we gave aContinue reading “Dressing and Educating: Days 74-78”
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