1 good day, and i implemeneted centers which were glorious :)
also a few articles.. enough said
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/11/us/11kansascity.html?scp=1&sq=kansas%20city&st=cse
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100311/ap_on_re_us/us_closing_schools
http://www.democracynow.org/2010/3/11/headlines/kansas_city_announces_major_school_closures_layoffs
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5itXI7J7kJ7Eka6sEx9IofeKycRqgD9ECN9C80
Thursday, March 11, 2010
Saturday, February 27, 2010
doing my school's website
it's kinda tricky b/c even though i've done websites before this one has all kinds of crazy html codes and such but it's coming along! :)
take a look
http://www.kcmsd.net/schools/home2.asp?schoolid=58
take a look
http://www.kcmsd.net/schools/home2.asp?schoolid=58
Tuesday, February 23, 2010
1/2 way through 3rd quarter!
i can't believe it.... even though days and weeks are long... the time seems to go by so fast! hard o explain really...
but this week is going good so far! which is nice and welcome over last week. last week i got soo frustrated with the kids, and then i realized it was b/c we were both TIRED of work work work work work and needed more fun in the classroom- so this week we're sitll working REALLY HARD (get smart my kids would yell) but we're also including fun and some sillliness (like my leprachaun hat i put on when we do MAP prep)
yesterday was an interesting day. we had school.. when it hsoulda been a snow day caues the roads were soo bad. bu we had it, nad i had 10 out of 26 kids! which was great. i got to 1-on-1 tutor each kid, and really work with kids who really needed it.
AND i didn't get frustrated or annoyed once1 today i dind't either.. i just gotta really work on that and not take things personally! they aren't OUT to attack me, and if they are soo what, they're little kids!
just getting back into the groove of grad school and school and tutoring spanish after school 2 nights a week now, but handling it well soo far! and getting excited that even though it's SUPER cold the days are getting longer which means i can walk the puppy more :)
and getting excited to go to chicago in 2 weeks to visit wonderful friends!
but this week is going good so far! which is nice and welcome over last week. last week i got soo frustrated with the kids, and then i realized it was b/c we were both TIRED of work work work work work and needed more fun in the classroom- so this week we're sitll working REALLY HARD (get smart my kids would yell) but we're also including fun and some sillliness (like my leprachaun hat i put on when we do MAP prep)
yesterday was an interesting day. we had school.. when it hsoulda been a snow day caues the roads were soo bad. bu we had it, nad i had 10 out of 26 kids! which was great. i got to 1-on-1 tutor each kid, and really work with kids who really needed it.
AND i didn't get frustrated or annoyed once1 today i dind't either.. i just gotta really work on that and not take things personally! they aren't OUT to attack me, and if they are soo what, they're little kids!
just getting back into the groove of grad school and school and tutoring spanish after school 2 nights a week now, but handling it well soo far! and getting excited that even though it's SUPER cold the days are getting longer which means i can walk the puppy more :)
and getting excited to go to chicago in 2 weeks to visit wonderful friends!
Friday, February 5, 2010
what a wonderful day
well right now it's snowing like carzy outside... but of course we're still in school, so weird to me.. haha
but anyways it has been a wonderful mornign and i wanted to share.
first i gave a test and ALL MY LOW KIDS (consistently scoring low) kids scored 100% or at least A's! I was soo excited and so were they!
2nd two of my english speaking students answered their FIRST EVER QUESTSIONS in spanish.. i was very excited :) VERY VERY excited, it was simple, it was something i say everday but they said it IN SPANISH!!! WOOO HOOOO!
and it's friday, i really can't complain, hope the evening goes the same
what a welcome from the past few days of crazinesss, and yestyedays 8-7:30 parent teacher conferences (42 out of 50 paretns!) so exciting :)
but anyways it has been a wonderful mornign and i wanted to share.
first i gave a test and ALL MY LOW KIDS (consistently scoring low) kids scored 100% or at least A's! I was soo excited and so were they!
2nd two of my english speaking students answered their FIRST EVER QUESTSIONS in spanish.. i was very excited :) VERY VERY excited, it was simple, it was something i say everday but they said it IN SPANISH!!! WOOO HOOOO!
and it's friday, i really can't complain, hope the evening goes the same
what a welcome from the past few days of crazinesss, and yestyedays 8-7:30 parent teacher conferences (42 out of 50 paretns!) so exciting :)
Thursday, January 14, 2010
first week of new year
Soooo what a week.. all in all i'd say it actually went well.. Kids learned, kids paid attention, kids didn't talk too much, lessons went smoothly, was observed and all was good.
I mean i did have to call 911 one day b/c a girl thought it was a great idea to stick her finger in her desk in a little hole.. and let it get stuck. Only took, the principal, vice principal, art teacher, other third grade teacher, 2 custodians, vaseline, lotion, dishwashing liquid, 10 firefighters and a HUGE saw thingy to get her out.... haha no teaching went on THAT afternoon!
i did find some kinda scary news out today though. So thanks to president Bush all public schools are requiered to make no child left behind laws, which means basically that children are screwed, but every public school has to make something called AYP... what it stands for.. i don't really know, annoying yucky problems? awful yearly prognostics? i'm not really sure. But every school in KC has to take a test called hte MAP at the end of the year and score "proficient" to meet ayp. At the beginning of this year i was assured by my principal there was NO pressure for me and my other third grade teacher to make AYP b/c our kids were "too low to make it"
Fastforward to january.. principal meeting with me, other third grade teacher, principal, vice principal, and instructional coach... "So our only hope of making AYP this year is with third grade. They have made the most improvement throughout the year. They are the closest to getting AYP and if you really push kids a, b, c, d, e, f, and g you will make it.
WHICH A.
Is great.. our kids are learning! means something for us as teachers to see kids excel!
b. They only think some kids will excel and so we should forget about the rest
c. the next 3 months will consist of nothing but prepping my kids for a stupid standardized test taht in the long run will not teach them as much as my other plans would have
d. THE CLOSING OF MY SCHOOl rests on me and the other third grade teachers hands.....
e. DID I MENTION I"M A FIRST YEAR TEACHER!??
so that's a little overwhelming.. and honestly this public school system really goes against mine (and many people's) grain b/c it's teaching for a test.... which i'm going to try and not do the most i can.. while still doing, b/c if i don't... my kids wont have a school, and they will be sent to a much more dangerous /inconvenient school, and that would break my heart...
so that is all for now.. loong post, i do apologize.
I mean i did have to call 911 one day b/c a girl thought it was a great idea to stick her finger in her desk in a little hole.. and let it get stuck. Only took, the principal, vice principal, art teacher, other third grade teacher, 2 custodians, vaseline, lotion, dishwashing liquid, 10 firefighters and a HUGE saw thingy to get her out.... haha no teaching went on THAT afternoon!
i did find some kinda scary news out today though. So thanks to president Bush all public schools are requiered to make no child left behind laws, which means basically that children are screwed, but every public school has to make something called AYP... what it stands for.. i don't really know, annoying yucky problems? awful yearly prognostics? i'm not really sure. But every school in KC has to take a test called hte MAP at the end of the year and score "proficient" to meet ayp. At the beginning of this year i was assured by my principal there was NO pressure for me and my other third grade teacher to make AYP b/c our kids were "too low to make it"
Fastforward to january.. principal meeting with me, other third grade teacher, principal, vice principal, and instructional coach... "So our only hope of making AYP this year is with third grade. They have made the most improvement throughout the year. They are the closest to getting AYP and if you really push kids a, b, c, d, e, f, and g you will make it.
WHICH A.
Is great.. our kids are learning! means something for us as teachers to see kids excel!
b. They only think some kids will excel and so we should forget about the rest
c. the next 3 months will consist of nothing but prepping my kids for a stupid standardized test taht in the long run will not teach them as much as my other plans would have
d. THE CLOSING OF MY SCHOOl rests on me and the other third grade teachers hands.....
e. DID I MENTION I"M A FIRST YEAR TEACHER!??
so that's a little overwhelming.. and honestly this public school system really goes against mine (and many people's) grain b/c it's teaching for a test.... which i'm going to try and not do the most i can.. while still doing, b/c if i don't... my kids wont have a school, and they will be sent to a much more dangerous /inconvenient school, and that would break my heart...
so that is all for now.. loong post, i do apologize.
Tuesday, January 12, 2010
no time to teach
So it's the first week back since break (thanks to our 1 week snow week! Snow week 2010! :)
And yesterday went well! the kids remembered things, they knew their spanish, behaved well and things went smoothly.
This morning i find out taht i have to teach "Map Prep" AKA get those kids to get higher scores on a stupid fing test. I HAVE TO TEACH TWO 45 MINUTE BLOCKS. Which means out of the 4 hrs i actually have to teach my kids i will only have them for 2.5 hrs now... HOW IN THE WORLD AM I GOING TO TEACH THEM ANYTHING!?!?!? Not to mention map prep is in ENGLISH.... and i'm trying to teach my kids spanish.. HOW IN THE WORLD ARE THEY GOING TO LEARN SPANISH.... OOOOOO this district/countries education system REALLY frustrates me
And yesterday went well! the kids remembered things, they knew their spanish, behaved well and things went smoothly.
This morning i find out taht i have to teach "Map Prep" AKA get those kids to get higher scores on a stupid fing test. I HAVE TO TEACH TWO 45 MINUTE BLOCKS. Which means out of the 4 hrs i actually have to teach my kids i will only have them for 2.5 hrs now... HOW IN THE WORLD AM I GOING TO TEACH THEM ANYTHING!?!?!? Not to mention map prep is in ENGLISH.... and i'm trying to teach my kids spanish.. HOW IN THE WORLD ARE THEY GOING TO LEARN SPANISH.... OOOOOO this district/countries education system REALLY frustrates me
Monday, December 7, 2009
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