Lady in a Small Town

Dear BMC,
Thank you so much for providing an experience of culture for the children of Windham County. Being able to accompany my First and Second Graders to Ferdinand the Bull was wonderful. Each of my students were enthralled with the concert. The narrator and conductor made it so easy to understand and […]

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I didn’t blog on day #2, I don’t even really remember it.  But here I am on day 3.  Our last built in snowday.
Oh yeah, and I just got a phone call telling me that school is canceled tomorrow.  We almost never get 2 days off in a row.  Unfortunately, that means we have to […]

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My students love this video. We watched it 3 times in their classroom the other day and twice in tech today.

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Last week we learned about Proper Nouns in Literacy. We play fun games when we learn Proper Nouns. Games that clearly do not teach them anything.
For example:
Me: I am going to name a common noun, a person, place or thing that is just regular. You need to give me an example […]

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I am so glad it is finally Friday. This was a very long week. My class has been kind of off the wall. We’ve had fluctuating attendance and disruptions. We are working our way slowly through the book, focusing on the story, retelling, spelling, and grammar. I am skipping several […]

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Had a meeting first thing this morning. I can’t go into, because I fear confidentiality issues, but lets just say, you can be organized, you can be working hard to get what you think your child needs, but you are still delusional.
What dad says, “So when in the process will he be normal?”
Honestly!
And that […]

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I had 3 parent conferences today, thus rounding out my 5. Of my 5 kids (the sixth one is too new to have a conference) I got 3 moms and 2 sets of parents. I realized that all 5 of them live with both of their biological parents, although I am not sure […]

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I crouched next to cutie-pie kindergartener to help her with her computer.  She was very thoughtful and quiet just staring at me trying to help her.  I looked back at her and said, “Darlin’ what are looking at so intently?”
“You,” she said.
“Why?”
“You are just so pretty.”
I wanted to take her home with me.
Random fact: Each […]

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I love my job. Really I do. And most of the time, I even like my coworkers. Actually, I don’t think there is even one staff member I would say I “don’t like” (anymore, there used to be one, but we have reached an agreement). But just like everywhere, I don’t […]

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So a big night for the Lord and Lady is going to big town across the river.  We had dinner at Olive Garden and then I spent a bunch of money at Michaels.  Now we are nearly falling asleep listening to Pottercast and using our laptops.  I was just about to head for bed when […]

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