My not-so-secret thoughts
This is my attempt at an online confessional – sort of a personal exercise to work out my own ideas about teaching and to discover that elusive “philosophy” they keep talking about. My philosophy of...
View Article“But SOLs are over!”
Friday was the first day for some of the 8th grade students to have English class after completing their writing SOL on Tuesday and Wednesday. They were surprised to find a writing assignment on the...
View ArticleTesting for teachers
I’ve been thinking a lot about this lately since I’m swimming in standardized tests for my teaching license. I took the VCLA reading and writing test this morning, which was fairly easy and...
View ArticleI passed the Praxis II !!!
Whew. What a relief. I thought for sure I was going to have to at least take it a second time. Many of the folks in the classroom with me were taking it for their second and third times. We were...
View ArticleHome stretch! An update
Well, it’s the home stretch for this semester at least. I’m taking two more classes this summer before heading into student teaching in the fall. This week I have plenty of assignments due (many of...
View ArticleStudent teaching starts next week!
The time has come. I start my student teaching experience officially on September 8th, but I’m spending some time next week getting to know my cooperating teacher and the school through staff meetings...
View ArticleStudent Teaching Week 1
I couldn’t think of a more exciting title for this post because, to tell you the truth, the first week of classes wasn’t very exciting. Trust me, I had a great time and I’m excited about getting to...
View ArticleI’d love to get to teaching, but…
I’m finishing up my third week of student teaching and we have yet to start studying literature thanks to an intense schedule of standardized tests, writing and reading assessments, and orientations...
View ArticleComing up for air at NCTE 2009
So, I had this grand idea that I would post weekly during my student teaching experience, but it looks like time (and mental energy) has gotten away from me to say the least. I’m in the eleventh week...
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