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Tag: teaching
Wednesday’s Words
I know this sounds a little extra fluffy, but we’re not in a world of reading, writing, and arithmetic being enough. We have students who’ve not been taught to be humans, and being a good reader does not make you a functional, successful, and relatable human. I don’t have the answers, but I can work with what I have.
Thursday Thanks & Apologies
So today, in addition to summarizing a chapter or two of our class texts, we will also be writing either a thank-you note or a letter of apology to our guest teachers.
Wonder-About Wednesday
Have you noticed the difference between wonder and wander is only one vowel, but (indirectly) they share the same meaning? One walks about the world, and one walks about the … Continue reading Wonder-About Wednesday
Friday Funnies
I’m running on fumes today, and with trick-or-treat being last night (and kids being loaded to the gills and backpacks with candy today), I am getting through in whatever way … Continue reading Friday Funnies
Thursday Thoughts
I debated whether or not to name this “Thursday Thoughts” or the ubiquitous and classic “Throwback Thursday”, and decided on the former because it’s my blog. I have a couple … Continue reading Thursday Thoughts
Wednesday’s Words
In my Monday post (and yesterday’s post as well), I mentioned that over the last few years, the number of synchronicities with seemingly-random words coming into my awareness and proliferating … Continue reading Wednesday’s Words
Tuesday Truths
I’ve often quipped that Tuesday is simply Monday’s ugly little sister. No one wakes up excited to see Monday, part 2, so I think I need to retire this retort. … Continue reading Tuesday Truths
Monday Musings
I enjoyed writing to the inspiration of Beetley Pete’s post so much yesterday (see it here) that I’ve decided to continue it in a tiny string of joys and see … Continue reading Monday Musings
I Am Not Ready
I finally mustered the bravery and courage this morning to look at the rosters of my upcoming school year, a symbolic moment of every August, that day I officially end … Continue reading I Am Not Ready
Upon Turning 50//Poem 2
Three sassy sixth grade girls Tightened their hijabs and stormed into the library At first Unhappily and unwillingly forced To spend time with me today Six days before the last … Continue reading Upon Turning 50//Poem 2
Back-to-School* Pandemic Poem #2
originally written 9.2.20 *remote six a.m. and coffeecoffeecoffee to seven or eight post meridian Eyes glossy and bloodshot from the night before learning not how to slay aliens and other … Continue reading Back-to-School* Pandemic Poem #2
Words Don’t Wait
Funny thing about writing–once you shift from seeing your days as minutes and hours to moments and emotions, you get no say in who, what, where, when, and why story … Continue reading Words Don’t Wait
Teacher Pandemic Poem #2
Our last class discussion
was devoted
to calming the fears
of eleven year olds
Teacher Pandemic Poem #1
The children you want to send to my classroom
in the fall
are not
the same children who left my classroom
in the winter.
Words by Beth 