Lady in a Small Town

One of the best things about being a teacher is that you get two new year’s each year.  Two chances to start over; to set goals; to feel refreshed. In September my goals are usually school related.  Keep my classroom neat, keep up with my lesson plans, be a better teacher.  Sometimes they include eating [...]

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This one I adapted from a friend. For teachers, summer is like the weekend. June is like Friday.  You have to work part of it, but when you get home the freetime is stretched out in front you, almost endless. July is Saturday.  The whole day is yours, all that time to do stuff.  It’s [...]

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While the pencil with an attached eraser is really nice, I give my kids eraserless pencils and block erasers. And what is up with the name of the inventor? Hymen Lipman? Really? Dry erase boards I hate how my hands feel after using the chalkboard. White boards are so much fun to use in class. [...]

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via Miss Erin 59 words Touch Typing for free Touchtyping

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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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The talk yesterday was that we might have a delayed entry today. The weather wasn’t so bad here first thing. Schools all over our area were closed, but not in the Strathconn Valley. Big huge snow drops were falling, but everything was just wet. The trees still have snow from last week. By the time [...]

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I don’t remember the last time I took a sick day. Sometimes I take a half day for a doctor’s appointment, but I am not very often sick enough to miss school. I wasn’t sure I was going to stay home, but when I woke this morning at 6, I couldn’t move without coughing. I [...]

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