July 2012
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June 2012
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A while ago I made a post about a drawer I have in my high school classroom for various “needs.” tomesawayfromhome asked me to repost it for new teachers to consider, and I do so, gladly.
My pet peeve is kids leaving the room. I only have them for 50 minutes, and I try to minimize as many…
May 2012
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Amrap 400 m run
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April 2012
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6 and a half more weeks.
And year two of my teaching career will be complete. I have mostly feelings of relief. I cant wait for a break. My first teaching gig I got as a credentialed teacher was teaching credit recovery summer school. It was not that bad at all. The students didnt really want to be there but it wasnt bad. I didnt ever feel overwhelemed behaviorally. Thoug it was a great challenge to get 4 hours of lessons...
I just had a realization; the critical necessity of teacher preperation programs are to prepare teachers for what they need most help with: effective teaching strategies and classroom management.
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WTF 1
Student: Did you know when JFK was killed his brains spilled everywhere and his wife picked up the brain pieces?
Teacher: How do you know that?
Student: Derp. I saw tv or show something.
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9 More Weeks
Since the return from the conference, there has not been very many hilarious or entertaining things that happened at school. Except Friday, I had a good laugh at a student’s expense.
The activity I was directing was called “buoyant boats” where the students designed an effective boat that could hold the most amount of mass. The container I used had a leak somewhere and water leaked all over...
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March 2012
2 posts
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Ready to go back to work
I missed my students over the past 4 days and I honestly thought I wouldnt. I am quite excited because I was able to attend the National Science Teacher Association’s conference in Indianapolis Indiana. There, I learned many new things that I can take back to class and use on Monday. It was inspiring being at a place with other teachers, veterans and rookies alike. The nation’s best...
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12 More Weeks
We came back to school this week. Yes, our spring break is too early, but now we have 4 weeks to prepare for CST season. Oh joy.
Since this is the first post, I thought I would introduce the idea behind the blog. Here you can read about the things that I observe teaching science at a middle school in southern California. There will be hilarious and annoying things posted here and I hope the...
