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”
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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”
Dressing and Educating: Days 69-73
Day 69: November 28, 2016 Monday after a long Thanksgiving break is rough. Not only was I physically exhausted long before usual, but today was also a tragic day for my city. At just after 9:30am a man of Somali descent crashed his vehicle into a crowd of pedestrians on the campus of Ohio StateContinue reading “Dressing and Educating: Days 69-73”
Dressing and Educating: Days 67-68
Day 67: November 21, 2016 As we draw near to Thanksgiving Break both of my classes were wrapping up major units of study. In English each of my students created an online presentation about a book that they have read independently over the last month and a half. During today and tomorrow they will eachContinue reading “Dressing and Educating: Days 67-68”
Dressing and Educating: Days 62-66
Day 62: November 14, 2016 Saturday I received my ninth Stitch Fix and in my beautiful box was this dress. I absolutely love the wrap style and fall colors. It was a perfect addition to my Monday dress collection. In classes today I started some new ideas. In English we read the short story “TheContinue reading “Dressing and Educating: Days 62-66”
Dressing and Educating: Days 57-61
Day 57: November 7, 2016 My week was off to a busy, but great start. I had missed the last day of the previous week so I entered my classroom to find stacks of ungraded work and several emails that needed to be addressed. As a teacher, it is easier to come to school thanContinue reading “Dressing and Educating: Days 57-61”
Teaching: Are We Releasing Too Soon?
“Why are these scores so low? I showed them how to do this!” Many of us have had reflective conversations with ourselves or colleagues drenched in comments similar to the one above. It’s frustrating to go through a process step-by-step with students only to turn them loose and receive a less than desirable assignment inContinue reading “Teaching: Are We Releasing Too Soon?”
Dressing and Educating: Days 47-51
Day 47: October 24, 2016 It’s always a little rough waking up early after a long break. This morning was a bit of a struggle, but once I was in my classroom it was back to the routine like time never passed. Today my English classes finished Of Mice and Men. It took a fewContinue reading “Dressing and Educating: Days 47-51”
Dressing and Educating: Days 45-46
Day 45: October 17, 2016 Nothing says, “Welcome to the Second Quarter” like a timed writing assignment in English class. I opened this short week with an online essay about the book my students just finished reading independently. I used Google Classroom as a platform for launching the essay. Students were given five prompt optionsContinue reading “Dressing and Educating: Days 45-46”
Dressing and Educating: Days 35-39
Day 35: October 3, 2016 My Monday dress game was strong today. I’ve been getting into the habit of wearing dresses on Mondays to help jump start my week. It’s hard not to feel productive when you are dressed up and professional. This dress above is from New Look in England. I paired it withContinue reading “Dressing and Educating: Days 35-39”
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