Lady in a Small Town

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My first faculty meeting of the year. I am knitting and using my computer so I don’t talk too much. I tend to get myself in trouble when I speak up at meetings.

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Well, here it is, Sunday night.  I should be heading for bed, but instead I am up blogging and playing PackRat on Facebook.  I just gotta finish that set! Friday night we went out to dinner at Top of the Hill Grill.  They will be closing in the next few weeks for the winter, and [...]

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I just got my least favorite paycheck of the year.  The one containing the letter from my superintendent, welcoming us back to the new school year.  Just a reminder of how quickly the summer is going. 26 days and counting.

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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 enjoy. I [...]

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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 [...]

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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 of a [...]

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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 skills about comprehension, certain organizational [...]

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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! [...]

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