Quirky Quips & Sewing Snips
I really do love teaching. When I am in the classroom interacting with the students, life is good. Today’s writing prompt was: There are many exciting people in the world. Tell about one. I wrote the prompt on the board and then displayed a poster board with a non-example on [...]
Our school day is arranged in such a way that I have two 40 minute work periods per day without my students. For one 40 minute work period, I am free to grade papers, make photocopies and do whatever else needs doing. For the other 40 minute work period I [...]
It’s off to work I go. Bleh …. You know, when they pay you to stay home (vacation), it is awfully hard to muster the energy to return to work. Lately I’ve been up every morning an hour and a half before the alarm. This morning I almost slept clear [...]
The AP walked into my classroom yesterday morning. As my supervisor he does that often. Yesterday, being a half-day before the Holiday, I hadn’t expected to see him. The reading block had just ended and my students were preparing our classroom for the party. The AP took about seven steps [...]
Pansy Petite stops nervously beside my desk and eyes a precarious stack of papers. “Ms. A.,” she says primly, “Would you like me to clean your desk?” “Not really,” I answer. “I know it looks messy, but I actually know where everything is.” She stares at me skeptically for a [...]