I haven’t posted a Caped Crusader of the Week in… oh… a gabillion weeks . But that’s okay because I just spent a month with twenty-one of the most amazing teachers ever to sit in one room at the San Diego Writing Project Summer Institute. I’ve met amazing teachers before (Lincoln Middle School–you rock for…
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Yup. I just spent an hour making an avatar. I am in full procrastination mode and it stops now! Right after I…
I took the plunge. I started a Twitter account and linked it to Wear the Cape. I thank SDAWP* and the National Writing Project for lighting a fire under my hiney and making me rethink my stance on Twittering (that it was evil and nasty and good-for-nuthin’). You can follow me by clicking to the…
On one hand I am sad I didn’t reach my goal of twenty posts by the end of the school year. For that I apologize. For those of you that know me, you know I have suffered an unreasonable and unnecessary amount of guilt over this. On the other, much sweeter and exciting hand, TOMORROW IS THE…
Long ago, in the olden days of yore, in January, I posted about a liar-pants issue in my classroom (here and here). Yesterday the same events started to unfold and ended a little differently. I thought you might be interested as you dither on and on about if she learned her lesson or not…* Phone-Borrower…
I’ve mentioned before that I use the television show NCIS for inspiration–especially my name and my classroom rules (current list here). One time I mentioned “calling a campfire,” but I didn’t really explain it. I will ‘splain. There is too much, I will sum up… There is a character on NCIS named Dinozzo. At one…
Recently I had to institute the offsides rule in my classroom. Granted, I don’t fully comprehend the rule, and, as I am wont to do, I have adjusted it to meet my needs. Life is so much easier when you can make things mean what you want them to mean. My lamby-pie that seeks attention…
In the midst of talking to the class about something vitally important (to me), I hear a low-level ruckus. I look up, see the cause of the ruckus, pause, ponder, and say… “So… Kiddo A… Whatcha doin’ in the trashcan, buddy?” He looked up, shrugged, and went back to his desk. Goal Progress: 4/20
In honor of Mother’s Day (today is Mother’s Day in Mexico, so I am NOT late), and the birthdays of two amazing mother-figures, I would like to dedicate this post to my Mama and my Aunt J. It’s true, I may have been born sassy. Without the proper care and role-modeling though, I would never…
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