The only class I had that I could work with was Algebra 2. We did elimination today and they did all right.
MMA had enough to do something but I don't think any of us were really in the mood so we will start again Monday.
Started working on finishing lesson plans for the rest of the next 6 weeks. Try to give myself an idea of what I oight to expect.
Other than that, that's all I have for now. Boring day. Laters.
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Friday, November 30, 2012
Thursday, November 29, 2012
11.28.12- tourney2D1
Alg2- got through another paper. Took 2 periods but we are getting through the paper. Hopefully even though we are slow, we will hit enough topics to help the kiddos do well.
Alg1- so these guys wanted to take the test today and then complained when I handed the test out. It's a good thing we will go over the test together when they are done b/c the majority of tests I've graded so far haven't been so great. Most just give up and don't make the connections they need to. Dare I say they are too lazy to just think? Harsh.
That was math for today. Kids left at noon so we watched Red October. At first they complained about that too but then they got involved bstarted asking questions and stuff. Pretty cool.
Things to do- schedule bball pics
Parent comm for the 6-weeks
Grading
Find calculator.
And other stuff when I remember it.
Laters.
Alg1- so these guys wanted to take the test today and then complained when I handed the test out. It's a good thing we will go over the test together when they are done b/c the majority of tests I've graded so far haven't been so great. Most just give up and don't make the connections they need to. Dare I say they are too lazy to just think? Harsh.
That was math for today. Kids left at noon so we watched Red October. At first they complained about that too but then they got involved bstarted asking questions and stuff. Pretty cool.
Things to do- schedule bball pics
Parent comm for the 6-weeks
Grading
Find calculator.
And other stuff when I remember it.
Laters.
Wednesday, November 28, 2012
11.28.12 - I got a dirty joke for ya...
A pig fell in the mud. Want a clean joke? We washed him off.
Great. Thanks sophomores for sharing that with me.
Alg2- had and ARD meeting so we worked on stuff during another period. For through it all right and they seemed ok. Keep on moving.
Alg1 - finished up our packet but are behind. Kids opted to skip the quiz and move right on to the rest. Fine with me.
MMA. Did a quiz. Tried to be better about implementing IEPs better. I think they were working hard to comply as well. Good day in there.
geo- sigh. I'm tiered of these guys. Well, today I am. Did some folding and constructions but it wasn't how I'd like. Maybe quiz Monday since I won't see them for the rest of the week due o bball tourneys. And I'm starting tot fall asleep (notice the poor spelling?) so I'm out. Laters.
Great. Thanks sophomores for sharing that with me.
Alg2- had and ARD meeting so we worked on stuff during another period. For through it all right and they seemed ok. Keep on moving.
Alg1 - finished up our packet but are behind. Kids opted to skip the quiz and move right on to the rest. Fine with me.
MMA. Did a quiz. Tried to be better about implementing IEPs better. I think they were working hard to comply as well. Good day in there.
geo- sigh. I'm tiered of these guys. Well, today I am. Did some folding and constructions but it wasn't how I'd like. Maybe quiz Monday since I won't see them for the rest of the week due o bball tourneys. And I'm starting tot fall asleep (notice the poor spelling?) so I'm out. Laters.
Tuesday, November 27, 2012
11.27.12- another day another $
I should be grading. Grading is like laundry. Just when you think you're done, you find another pile waiting for you.
Alg2- didn't get everything done but it went better than I thought. Gets us that much farther ahead. Learning how to skim off the fluff and get to the gist of things. Some days are better than others.
Alg 1- didn't get as far as I'd like but it's going faster than previous years. Nice kids, just not as personable as I'm used to. They kinda just sit there and then complain when one kid answers the questions. I'd tell him to wait for a minute but then the others just sit there and say "I don't get it" but complain if beaten to the answer. Gotta figure that one out.
MMA - got through another paper. They're focused for the most part but it might also be because one of the kids was mad at the others or me. I'm not sure which but he was talking to me so maybe not me. I might have said something about one of my kids not performing up to the best of his ability (in no uncertain terms) and he was better today so that he didn't prove me right. Might this be the motivation I've been looking for? Sucks I had to go that route.
Geo - had the kids for 15 minutes did some vocab and then they were off to a game. Gotta love basketball. Almost everyone in the school plays so the entire school is gone sometimes. Nice sometimes for a relaxing day but then I end up babysitting or something and we don't get much done. Blarg.
My head is starting to ache and I have grading. Woo. Grading. Laters.
Alg2- didn't get everything done but it went better than I thought. Gets us that much farther ahead. Learning how to skim off the fluff and get to the gist of things. Some days are better than others.
Alg 1- didn't get as far as I'd like but it's going faster than previous years. Nice kids, just not as personable as I'm used to. They kinda just sit there and then complain when one kid answers the questions. I'd tell him to wait for a minute but then the others just sit there and say "I don't get it" but complain if beaten to the answer. Gotta figure that one out.
MMA - got through another paper. They're focused for the most part but it might also be because one of the kids was mad at the others or me. I'm not sure which but he was talking to me so maybe not me. I might have said something about one of my kids not performing up to the best of his ability (in no uncertain terms) and he was better today so that he didn't prove me right. Might this be the motivation I've been looking for? Sucks I had to go that route.
Geo - had the kids for 15 minutes did some vocab and then they were off to a game. Gotta love basketball. Almost everyone in the school plays so the entire school is gone sometimes. Nice sometimes for a relaxing day but then I end up babysitting or something and we don't get much done. Blarg.
My head is starting to ache and I have grading. Woo. Grading. Laters.
Monday, November 26, 2012
11.26.12 - good googly-moogly
Where to start? Last week was Thanksgiving. It was nice to get away. I didn't touch any work until Sunday, which was probably a good idea seeing as I came across some "misused resources" aka, finding the Answer Key online and just writing down the answers without showing work on the homework due.
It was strange to find that. Initially I wanted to cry foul but in the end, it was decided that they had just "used their resources" and that from now on, i will just require ALL WORK to be shown. Ok.
Alg2 - they worked on their test. Moving onto Unit 4 tomorrow. Guess I should grade their test. hm.
Alg1 - worked on Linear Inequalities. Tomorrow we go over some practice problems or maybe we just keep booking towards the end of the unit. seeing as we are falling behind and we have bball tournaments this week and next, yeah. guess i'll just keep plowing through.
MMA - we did,,, oh yeah. we did increasing/decreasing intervals. super fast and easy. fast unit where we just review over vocab so far. kinda nice.
Geo - we had work to do but in lieu of the "resources" fiasco, they did a "homework quiz" where they redid the homework and they had to show all work. the principal offered to handle the discipline but i opted to handle it myself seeing as it would be a good way to let all the kids know that this was going to stop immediately. they did the quiz and all went well.
Parent Comm - emailed some people with the student planner notice. tomorrow i guess i will print out labels to mail the rest. turns out i dont have as many emails as i'd thought so i better make sure i have plenty printed up.
ARDs - have some coming up. need to make sure i have my paperwork turned in.
Yearbook- need to schedule bball pictures. SOON.
yep. ok. thats all for now. I didn't sleep in this past weekend so I could go hunting (more like nature observation time while sitting in camo) and I would like to try to "catch up". laters.
It was strange to find that. Initially I wanted to cry foul but in the end, it was decided that they had just "used their resources" and that from now on, i will just require ALL WORK to be shown. Ok.
Alg2 - they worked on their test. Moving onto Unit 4 tomorrow. Guess I should grade their test. hm.
Alg1 - worked on Linear Inequalities. Tomorrow we go over some practice problems or maybe we just keep booking towards the end of the unit. seeing as we are falling behind and we have bball tournaments this week and next, yeah. guess i'll just keep plowing through.
MMA - we did,,, oh yeah. we did increasing/decreasing intervals. super fast and easy. fast unit where we just review over vocab so far. kinda nice.
Geo - we had work to do but in lieu of the "resources" fiasco, they did a "homework quiz" where they redid the homework and they had to show all work. the principal offered to handle the discipline but i opted to handle it myself seeing as it would be a good way to let all the kids know that this was going to stop immediately. they did the quiz and all went well.
Parent Comm - emailed some people with the student planner notice. tomorrow i guess i will print out labels to mail the rest. turns out i dont have as many emails as i'd thought so i better make sure i have plenty printed up.
ARDs - have some coming up. need to make sure i have my paperwork turned in.
Yearbook- need to schedule bball pictures. SOON.
yep. ok. thats all for now. I didn't sleep in this past weekend so I could go hunting (more like nature observation time while sitting in camo) and I would like to try to "catch up". laters.
Monday, November 19, 2012
11.19.12 layouts
They're touching my layout. I know exactly where I want my stuff on my flag football layout... and they're messing with it. Now I have to go back and fix all the pictures they AREN'T supposed to put on that page. I want to shoot them for messing with my page. 104 pages in the yearbook and they chose to mess with MY layout pages. OH MY HELL. Go start a new page. FINISH YOUR DANG FALL FESTIVAL PAGE, but GET OFF MY PAGE.
Its like they read my mind because they just switched to their page. Which they suck at even though I tell them how to fix things. And I just chewed one of them out for putting herself down cause I'm sick of listening to them put themselves down and the whole "I can't do it". I don't care what you think you can or can't do, JUST TRY IT and then we can fix things from there but don't go telling me you can't do it when you haven't even made the effort. I need a break. Yep. Its time for summer RIGHT NOW. Thanksgiving isn't long enough. Christmas may not even cut it. I see this year as the make it or break it year and I just might break. Its a possibility. I'm going to try to keep it from happening but whew. Its either that or I'm going to go out and buy a whole closet full of brooms to fly around on (become a witch).
OK. today's run down. I guess i shouldn't complain so much b/c we got some work done. just tired of listening to kids talk is all.
ALG2 - Got 2 packets done today because we did one packet in class and then another in Review. They make me wonder if they get things but one seems to be ok. Now if only the other would stop doubting herself. She's the one I just chewed out. I get so tired of hearing about how she thinks she doesn't get it and then she doesn't try. Tomorrow is a quiz and I'll let them work on things then Wednesday is a Test.
ALG 1 - Worked on intercepts with them. Again, its just a chorus of "I don't get it". What is to get? its a rise over a run. it's where the parent function moved up a certain amount of units. what is to get? they can all do it. yet, they dont and they just complain. They wanted help today and I said no but told them it was because they were so eager to leave the classroom the other day and we had plenty of time to get things done but basketball was more important to them than getting their work done on time. meh. I don't feel too bad about that one.
MMA - went well since a certain person wasn't here for class today. Relations vs Functions so we are finally getting back into algebra stuff which is refreshing. I think they like the change as well but oops. forgot to go over the tests with them. maybe tomorrow. I have to stop forgetting to hand stuff back. I grade it, just forget to give it back. Need to get better.
GEO. - I spent last night finding places to condense. I think i got things to a point where they see the important stuff but we can keep moving. It worries me to leave out some of the exploration stuff though so I emailed a copy of it to the Region guy for him to look over. The idea is to make sure we hit all our testing standards. We got through our first paper today. Sent another home for them to think about since much of what that paper has is very much like the Unit test. Tried to convey this to them but of course they don't listen, then wonder why their grade is crap.
Which leads me to Yearbook, and you've already heard my gripe about that. I almost wish I could just have them help me sell ads and then I just do the layouts. I'm a pro at those now. haha. Reminder: need to make sure I get a thumb drive to my sports picture guy so I can finish the football stuff. and I should find something to grade so i can stay caught up. plus do my parent communication. laters.
Its like they read my mind because they just switched to their page. Which they suck at even though I tell them how to fix things. And I just chewed one of them out for putting herself down cause I'm sick of listening to them put themselves down and the whole "I can't do it". I don't care what you think you can or can't do, JUST TRY IT and then we can fix things from there but don't go telling me you can't do it when you haven't even made the effort. I need a break. Yep. Its time for summer RIGHT NOW. Thanksgiving isn't long enough. Christmas may not even cut it. I see this year as the make it or break it year and I just might break. Its a possibility. I'm going to try to keep it from happening but whew. Its either that or I'm going to go out and buy a whole closet full of brooms to fly around on (become a witch).
OK. today's run down. I guess i shouldn't complain so much b/c we got some work done. just tired of listening to kids talk is all.
ALG2 - Got 2 packets done today because we did one packet in class and then another in Review. They make me wonder if they get things but one seems to be ok. Now if only the other would stop doubting herself. She's the one I just chewed out. I get so tired of hearing about how she thinks she doesn't get it and then she doesn't try. Tomorrow is a quiz and I'll let them work on things then Wednesday is a Test.
ALG 1 - Worked on intercepts with them. Again, its just a chorus of "I don't get it". What is to get? its a rise over a run. it's where the parent function moved up a certain amount of units. what is to get? they can all do it. yet, they dont and they just complain. They wanted help today and I said no but told them it was because they were so eager to leave the classroom the other day and we had plenty of time to get things done but basketball was more important to them than getting their work done on time. meh. I don't feel too bad about that one.
MMA - went well since a certain person wasn't here for class today. Relations vs Functions so we are finally getting back into algebra stuff which is refreshing. I think they like the change as well but oops. forgot to go over the tests with them. maybe tomorrow. I have to stop forgetting to hand stuff back. I grade it, just forget to give it back. Need to get better.
GEO. - I spent last night finding places to condense. I think i got things to a point where they see the important stuff but we can keep moving. It worries me to leave out some of the exploration stuff though so I emailed a copy of it to the Region guy for him to look over. The idea is to make sure we hit all our testing standards. We got through our first paper today. Sent another home for them to think about since much of what that paper has is very much like the Unit test. Tried to convey this to them but of course they don't listen, then wonder why their grade is crap.
Which leads me to Yearbook, and you've already heard my gripe about that. I almost wish I could just have them help me sell ads and then I just do the layouts. I'm a pro at those now. haha. Reminder: need to make sure I get a thumb drive to my sports picture guy so I can finish the football stuff. and I should find something to grade so i can stay caught up. plus do my parent communication. laters.
Saturday, November 17, 2012
11.17.12- bball tourney part 1 day 2
I like how I just sort of gave up yesterday. Could it be that there was better food in the hospitality room? Quite possibly. It also felt like the longest day ever since I was up there all day. Got home around 9:30 pm. Oh man.
Alg2- yeah. Setting up hospitality room. We all agreed to do double time next week during 4th period. That should help us get where we need to be. I'm also interesting in seeing if they will actually do that.
Alg1- muhahahahahaha. They had a quiz and had to wait for everyone to finish before they left. I had one take the entire period and then some more. They came in asking to leave right away. Hahaha. No.
MMA- discussed a test they took. Couple finished it up. Had them sit for a minute or two as we planned out the next couple weeks then let them go. Will go over test next week when they're all graded.
Geo- they came in asking to leave as well. So I took the entire period to go over the test. Spent a few minutes talking to coach and listening to him talk to referees just to help pass the time and let the kids see what they'd done on the test. They finally settled down and focused when they realized they weren't going anywhere.
The guy from Region came out. Caught me off guard since I thought he was coming out next week. We talked about how classes were going, focusing on geometry. He wants me to go over the next unit and see where I can cut stuff. Do the same thing with any other classes where I'm behind as well. This year is a lesson in condensing. I came to the realization the my geo class is 40 minutes long. Last year it was the first period of the day. This year it's 40 minutes long near the end of the day. Why do they hate me? He also suggested trying to keep homework to a minimum. Next week is thanksgiving. Thank the Norse gods. Grades are due Monday and I'm behind and now I'm home. I tried to grade yesterday but had kids in my classroom all day. Argh. So easily distracted. And now I'm home. I'm ready to do home things. Like sleeping. And laundry.
Ok. Last thought. I have to do parent communication and I'm dragging heels. I hate formal communication. They're gonna be mad that I haven't. Argh. Oh and my lesson planner. I'd go to work but there's bball games. Oh and I'm not going to do the student planners anymore. They don't use them right and they can't even manage the easy A so I'm done with that.
And last but not least, I volunteered to help with the girls bball team. I am an idiot but I want to see what it's like to coach and see if that's something I could do as well i case I ever move. And I need to do art. And a ton of other crap. Maybe tomorrow ill map out my goals. And maybe monkeys will fly out of my butt. Laters.
Alg2- yeah. Setting up hospitality room. We all agreed to do double time next week during 4th period. That should help us get where we need to be. I'm also interesting in seeing if they will actually do that.
Alg1- muhahahahahaha. They had a quiz and had to wait for everyone to finish before they left. I had one take the entire period and then some more. They came in asking to leave right away. Hahaha. No.
MMA- discussed a test they took. Couple finished it up. Had them sit for a minute or two as we planned out the next couple weeks then let them go. Will go over test next week when they're all graded.
Geo- they came in asking to leave as well. So I took the entire period to go over the test. Spent a few minutes talking to coach and listening to him talk to referees just to help pass the time and let the kids see what they'd done on the test. They finally settled down and focused when they realized they weren't going anywhere.
The guy from Region came out. Caught me off guard since I thought he was coming out next week. We talked about how classes were going, focusing on geometry. He wants me to go over the next unit and see where I can cut stuff. Do the same thing with any other classes where I'm behind as well. This year is a lesson in condensing. I came to the realization the my geo class is 40 minutes long. Last year it was the first period of the day. This year it's 40 minutes long near the end of the day. Why do they hate me? He also suggested trying to keep homework to a minimum. Next week is thanksgiving. Thank the Norse gods. Grades are due Monday and I'm behind and now I'm home. I tried to grade yesterday but had kids in my classroom all day. Argh. So easily distracted. And now I'm home. I'm ready to do home things. Like sleeping. And laundry.
Ok. Last thought. I have to do parent communication and I'm dragging heels. I hate formal communication. They're gonna be mad that I haven't. Argh. Oh and my lesson planner. I'd go to work but there's bball games. Oh and I'm not going to do the student planners anymore. They don't use them right and they can't even manage the easy A so I'm done with that.
And last but not least, I volunteered to help with the girls bball team. I am an idiot but I want to see what it's like to coach and see if that's something I could do as well i case I ever move. And I need to do art. And a ton of other crap. Maybe tomorrow ill map out my goals. And maybe monkeys will fly out of my butt. Laters.
Thursday, November 15, 2012
11.15.12 - bball tourneys W1P1
They never say thank you.
Today began the wonderful 3 week event of bball tournaments. Lives, school, work, all get disrupted for some friendly competition. Woo.
Alg2- due to my helping set things up for the coaches/referees room, I got jack squat done except braiding hair. Another day down the drain. The kids don't mind. I do.
Alg1- they are not my favorites right now (not that they ever are, but they have grown on me a little bit). They wanted to watch the games so I said fine, we just need to get through our packet so I will go fast and this has been a two-day packet in the past. While I'm happy to say that we blazed through that sucker in 40 minutes, this was not fast enough for them and they tried to blow me off when it came to helping them get started with practice problems. Then as they dashed out the door, they didn't bother to say thank you or anything for allowing them to go early. So tomorrow they will have a quiz and another packet plus I will not offer help on practice problems. I will do my best to waste time as they do EVERY day. It is a privilege, not a right to go out and watch games. Turds.
MMA - they had a test. They took their test. When done, they asked to go to the game. I said sure, since you're done. They said thank you and headed out the door. Asked if there was anything else they needed to do before they left. Bless them.
Geo- had a test in there as well. They took a while to settle down so I waited to hand out their test. They also wanted to watch games but last year a couple kids went to watch games and they didn't finish their work. So they had to stay this time and i did my best to make sure they didn't get to leave early (totally worked today). They thought a 14 question test would be a breeze. Muhahaha. It was a very involved 14 questions. Hahaha!
Yearbook- marked my kids absent since they didn't check in. Saw them as I was leaving school. Oh well. Maybe you ought to check in every now and then. I sure as heck will not be looking for you.
Tomorrow will be busy. Have lots to do and not much time, blargh. I already wrote this post (but it got deleted due to a wrong button so this is my 2nd time doing this). I am bored and tired so I'm out. Laters.
Today began the wonderful 3 week event of bball tournaments. Lives, school, work, all get disrupted for some friendly competition. Woo.
Alg2- due to my helping set things up for the coaches/referees room, I got jack squat done except braiding hair. Another day down the drain. The kids don't mind. I do.
Alg1- they are not my favorites right now (not that they ever are, but they have grown on me a little bit). They wanted to watch the games so I said fine, we just need to get through our packet so I will go fast and this has been a two-day packet in the past. While I'm happy to say that we blazed through that sucker in 40 minutes, this was not fast enough for them and they tried to blow me off when it came to helping them get started with practice problems. Then as they dashed out the door, they didn't bother to say thank you or anything for allowing them to go early. So tomorrow they will have a quiz and another packet plus I will not offer help on practice problems. I will do my best to waste time as they do EVERY day. It is a privilege, not a right to go out and watch games. Turds.
MMA - they had a test. They took their test. When done, they asked to go to the game. I said sure, since you're done. They said thank you and headed out the door. Asked if there was anything else they needed to do before they left. Bless them.
Geo- had a test in there as well. They took a while to settle down so I waited to hand out their test. They also wanted to watch games but last year a couple kids went to watch games and they didn't finish their work. So they had to stay this time and i did my best to make sure they didn't get to leave early (totally worked today). They thought a 14 question test would be a breeze. Muhahaha. It was a very involved 14 questions. Hahaha!
Yearbook- marked my kids absent since they didn't check in. Saw them as I was leaving school. Oh well. Maybe you ought to check in every now and then. I sure as heck will not be looking for you.
Tomorrow will be busy. Have lots to do and not much time, blargh. I already wrote this post (but it got deleted due to a wrong button so this is my 2nd time doing this). I am bored and tired so I'm out. Laters.
Wednesday, November 14, 2012
11.14.12 - your mom
my day is full of "your mom" jokes/comebacks. its gotten to the point that even I have slipped into the "your mom" retort. what's the answer to number 5? "your mom." Do you know when the tournament begins? "no, but i bet your mom does." *big sigh* i'd like to think that at one time or another my sense of humor was above this but apparently my sense of humor has become lazy.
enough about that, lets get down to today's summary.
alg 2 - got through another paper. woo! we are yet another day behind but at least we are making some sort of progress. almost to the end of this unit and then we will begin another. need to get to quadratics at least. i ought to check my old lesson planners to see where i used to be. oh yeah. forgot. turned those in. hm. maybe i still have my old pics of the assignment board.
alg1 - got yesterday's missing kids caught up. did the fastest but most thorough summary you've ever seen and we are still on track for this week. go figure. i could see where they wanted to slack off and i think they were mad b/c i turned the lights on during their computer class. you know, i just dont care. its probably a horrible attitude to take but i honestly don't care. there is work to be done, i am not going to sit around and let you goof off. i know better now.
MMA - i had them read a descriptive statistics report i wrote back when I was doing my masters. i admitted it was boring stuff but they glanced over it and then we talked about why i wrote the paper, what was all involved and how the stuff we had studied was included in the report. it went from boring to a little more interesting for them. plus they thought they had sidetracked me by asking about my old job, etc. but really, they didn't. HAAAAAAAAA!!!!!! we test the next two days and then start a new unit monday. woo! on-time!
Geo - they took a quiz and did their best to crack jokes. it was very much a relaxed atmosphere but at least their quiz is done. most did all right. at least they are sort of seeing what we are doing. and then theres others that dont see anything at all. i can sympathize with them as i am barely starting to understand the relationships but dang. some they miss are really obvious. tomorrow they test and then we can hopefully move on to bigger and better things. at this rate, they are now farther ahead (in terms of units) than Alg 2.
One poor student made the mistake of calling Mrs Love instead of my real name. It was an honest mistake, I'm sure. All the other boys teased him about it and well, it made me laugh a little only because I know he didn't mean to. Silly kids.
One last thing I wanted to note for myself -
MMA - on time
Alg1 - at least on the right unit.
Geometry - about ready to start the right unit.
Alg 2 - still working towards the right unit. 3 days away if i had genius kids. more like 4 for my still brilliant but not genius kids.
time to pack up and leave. tomorrow starts our Bball tournament season and its the time of school all us teachers dread. laters!
enough about that, lets get down to today's summary.
alg 2 - got through another paper. woo! we are yet another day behind but at least we are making some sort of progress. almost to the end of this unit and then we will begin another. need to get to quadratics at least. i ought to check my old lesson planners to see where i used to be. oh yeah. forgot. turned those in. hm. maybe i still have my old pics of the assignment board.
alg1 - got yesterday's missing kids caught up. did the fastest but most thorough summary you've ever seen and we are still on track for this week. go figure. i could see where they wanted to slack off and i think they were mad b/c i turned the lights on during their computer class. you know, i just dont care. its probably a horrible attitude to take but i honestly don't care. there is work to be done, i am not going to sit around and let you goof off. i know better now.
MMA - i had them read a descriptive statistics report i wrote back when I was doing my masters. i admitted it was boring stuff but they glanced over it and then we talked about why i wrote the paper, what was all involved and how the stuff we had studied was included in the report. it went from boring to a little more interesting for them. plus they thought they had sidetracked me by asking about my old job, etc. but really, they didn't. HAAAAAAAAA!!!!!! we test the next two days and then start a new unit monday. woo! on-time!
Geo - they took a quiz and did their best to crack jokes. it was very much a relaxed atmosphere but at least their quiz is done. most did all right. at least they are sort of seeing what we are doing. and then theres others that dont see anything at all. i can sympathize with them as i am barely starting to understand the relationships but dang. some they miss are really obvious. tomorrow they test and then we can hopefully move on to bigger and better things. at this rate, they are now farther ahead (in terms of units) than Alg 2.
One poor student made the mistake of calling Mrs Love instead of my real name. It was an honest mistake, I'm sure. All the other boys teased him about it and well, it made me laugh a little only because I know he didn't mean to. Silly kids.
One last thing I wanted to note for myself -
MMA - on time
Alg1 - at least on the right unit.
Geometry - about ready to start the right unit.
Alg 2 - still working towards the right unit. 3 days away if i had genius kids. more like 4 for my still brilliant but not genius kids.
time to pack up and leave. tomorrow starts our Bball tournament season and its the time of school all us teachers dread. laters!
Monday, November 12, 2012
11.12.12 - the blog, the blog, what? what? the blog.
Monday Monday Monday. Can't stand that day, but i survived. There aren't many developments to update with except that the higher authorities "are looking into it". There are days when I wonder if just addressing the situation would be a better way of dealing with the problem but then again, we need to back up our accusation with facts and evidences. Until then, I have to play like I don't know, although I did ask Coach about it and he basically told me I was dealing with an individual that was far more capable of bad things than he let on and that I ought to be more precarious. Duly noted.
Alg2 - Did equivalent equations with calculator today. If my kids can get the steps down then it should help them on the test. I was going through my calendar and for a moment thought we were almost on schedule. Then I came to the awful conclusion that we are actually a unit behind. Bummer. I will have to share the news tomorrow and hopefully we can come up with a solution to our time crunch. Might as well mention that one to the Region guy too.
Alg1 - Went over the test. made some bad calls on grading and I have a feeling that some of the students "fixed" their answers while we were going over the test, then acted like they had the "correct" answer the whole time. Not cool. I've never dealt with a crowd such as this before. Usually the kids were very forward about changes they made or things like that but this was very interesting to see how they had changed things to make me question my grading. I ought to make copies of their tests from here on out so I CMA. Moved on to linear characteristics and what not. nice to be moving into something a little more interesting. at least to me.
MMA - eh. one kid was finishing a test, tomorrow most of them will be out for FFA stuff so why bother starting something new? plus i have to grade the tests, etc. eh. Meh. ready to move on with our lives.
Geometry - went through converse theorems about angle pairs and parallel lines. some kids get it, the rest are just shaking their heads and putting crap on the paper. ready to move on there as well. Testing this week and then we will move on to triangles. Yay! something different!!!
but anyway. need to catch up on grades because its almost the end of the six weeks. I need to call parents and I'm not excited about this. I need to send out an email or letter too. Things to add to my list of things to do. Maybe tomorrow I can get some of that done? I hope so! Now it is time to pay bills and then grade more papers. Food. i should eat food at some point. oh and ive thought about taking up swimming again for some physical wellness. i'd really like to but the time. who has more time they can give me? all right. I'm out. laters.
Alg2 - Did equivalent equations with calculator today. If my kids can get the steps down then it should help them on the test. I was going through my calendar and for a moment thought we were almost on schedule. Then I came to the awful conclusion that we are actually a unit behind. Bummer. I will have to share the news tomorrow and hopefully we can come up with a solution to our time crunch. Might as well mention that one to the Region guy too.
Alg1 - Went over the test. made some bad calls on grading and I have a feeling that some of the students "fixed" their answers while we were going over the test, then acted like they had the "correct" answer the whole time. Not cool. I've never dealt with a crowd such as this before. Usually the kids were very forward about changes they made or things like that but this was very interesting to see how they had changed things to make me question my grading. I ought to make copies of their tests from here on out so I CMA. Moved on to linear characteristics and what not. nice to be moving into something a little more interesting. at least to me.
MMA - eh. one kid was finishing a test, tomorrow most of them will be out for FFA stuff so why bother starting something new? plus i have to grade the tests, etc. eh. Meh. ready to move on with our lives.
Geometry - went through converse theorems about angle pairs and parallel lines. some kids get it, the rest are just shaking their heads and putting crap on the paper. ready to move on there as well. Testing this week and then we will move on to triangles. Yay! something different!!!
but anyway. need to catch up on grades because its almost the end of the six weeks. I need to call parents and I'm not excited about this. I need to send out an email or letter too. Things to add to my list of things to do. Maybe tomorrow I can get some of that done? I hope so! Now it is time to pay bills and then grade more papers. Food. i should eat food at some point. oh and ive thought about taking up swimming again for some physical wellness. i'd really like to but the time. who has more time they can give me? all right. I'm out. laters.
Saturday, November 10, 2012
11/10/12- p.s.
My boys won their homecoming game by a lot. It was impressive to see them pull together to win the last game of the season.
The homecoming royalty looked beautiful and pics went well.
Got to talk with some old students and one came up and gave me a super huge hug that make me feel missed. Sometimes we need that. To feel we are missed. Anyway. Wanted to try to have a positive entry. :) the end.
The homecoming royalty looked beautiful and pics went well.
Got to talk with some old students and one came up and gave me a super huge hug that make me feel missed. Sometimes we need that. To feel we are missed. Anyway. Wanted to try to have a positive entry. :) the end.
Friday, November 9, 2012
11.9.12 the day after
Alg2 - ahh. So slow. They are dragging chin and acting like they don't know what we are talking about. Gave them a take home quiz due Monday. Let them work on it in STAAR class but some might not get it done. Wish they were more confident already. Tired of waiting for them to decide to work. Guess it's time to stay witchy.
Alg1- test time. Most seemed to do well. Haven't finished grading all but they seem ok. Starting new unit Monday. Woo! Only 9 days behind in there. Which is a first for me.
MMA - didn't have class due to Thanksgiving lunch at other campus. Nice break for us. Start new unit Monday in there and that will just be a quick run through so we can at least say we did it. The only class I'm on time with and I didn't have to skip. I figure.
Geo. dude. This class pisses me off or I piss myself off. 2 kids didn't come back from lunch, 3 took off to do Unscheduled FFA crap. They came in with a dang note asking me to excuse them. It's the 3rd time so I'm gonna have to talk to them on Monday to get this figured out cos I think it's b.s. the ONE class I need them there b/c we are behind PLUS this is the class the Feds look at and it's the class that counts towards AYP. Yes. Will have to talk Monday. So I just moved forward and those who were there made 100 and those who weren't will have to find a way to make it up since it was their choice to go and their teacher didn't bother to say anything a head of time.
Ok. So that's all for now. Need sleep. Busy weekend and I have much grading to do plus my book study. Laters.
Alg1- test time. Most seemed to do well. Haven't finished grading all but they seem ok. Starting new unit Monday. Woo! Only 9 days behind in there. Which is a first for me.
MMA - didn't have class due to Thanksgiving lunch at other campus. Nice break for us. Start new unit Monday in there and that will just be a quick run through so we can at least say we did it. The only class I'm on time with and I didn't have to skip. I figure.
Geo. dude. This class pisses me off or I piss myself off. 2 kids didn't come back from lunch, 3 took off to do Unscheduled FFA crap. They came in with a dang note asking me to excuse them. It's the 3rd time so I'm gonna have to talk to them on Monday to get this figured out cos I think it's b.s. the ONE class I need them there b/c we are behind PLUS this is the class the Feds look at and it's the class that counts towards AYP. Yes. Will have to talk Monday. So I just moved forward and those who were there made 100 and those who weren't will have to find a way to make it up since it was their choice to go and their teacher didn't bother to say anything a head of time.
Ok. So that's all for now. Need sleep. Busy weekend and I have much grading to do plus my book study. Laters.
Thursday, November 8, 2012
11.8.12 - homecoming
Its Homecoming today. On a Thursday. Everyone is excited and they did not want to work today. Tomorrow should be interesting since we will still have school but no one will want to work. Oh well. Do our best as usual.
Busy day for after school stuff. Need to update my lesson plans and hand those in (since Ive fallen behind) then grading and all that admin stuff then theres the HC game that I need to take pictures for but will most likely get someone else to take pictures. Argh. Glad its almost the weekend but the hubs is laid up just a tad so that should be interesting as well. I'm happy football is over for my own kids. Ok. enough about that. lets talk about the other stuff.
Yesterday things went well. Alg 2 yesterday wasn't great but we got things done. Today we worked towards finishing things up but ended up talking about classic novels so while it wasn't all math, it was educationally related. Tomorrow need to finish up the packet and move on.
Alg 1 - I had those kids for 2 periods today so they worked on catching up and then they took a quiz but not everyone finished. Tomorrow is the test though so I guess they'll have to finish that at a later period. Ready to move on though.
MMA - finishing up the test we started yesterday. some kids got right through it, the rest needed to take their time. Going to breeze through the next unit though since its not all TAKS related. That will get us caught up to where we need to be in regards to lesson time. That will be my own class that is on time for the 1st 2 six weeks. Big SIGH.
Geometry - I could tell they didnt want to work but I got them to. Another part of the lesson done so we can keep moving on. Almost done with this unit and I'm pretty stoked about that. I have a feeling that even though I'm behind, I'll still get more done than last year. Plus I've got someone coming out from Region to help me get back on track. Until then, we just keep moving on.
Well, ok. I feel a mess but am slowly working to try to make things better. Makes me wonder if I'll ever have my crap together.
OH SNAP. I just remembered that I used this foldable for Algebra 1 "solving equations and inequalities." I'll try to throw in the link so you can use it too.
Solving Linear Equations and Inequalities Foldable
Its from a teacher in TN and I just found her on the teacherspayteachers.com. It was a free download and most of my students really liked doing this foldable. Ok. yeah. that's all i have for now. gotta work on lesson plans and what not. laters.
Busy day for after school stuff. Need to update my lesson plans and hand those in (since Ive fallen behind) then grading and all that admin stuff then theres the HC game that I need to take pictures for but will most likely get someone else to take pictures. Argh. Glad its almost the weekend but the hubs is laid up just a tad so that should be interesting as well. I'm happy football is over for my own kids. Ok. enough about that. lets talk about the other stuff.
Yesterday things went well. Alg 2 yesterday wasn't great but we got things done. Today we worked towards finishing things up but ended up talking about classic novels so while it wasn't all math, it was educationally related. Tomorrow need to finish up the packet and move on.
Alg 1 - I had those kids for 2 periods today so they worked on catching up and then they took a quiz but not everyone finished. Tomorrow is the test though so I guess they'll have to finish that at a later period. Ready to move on though.
MMA - finishing up the test we started yesterday. some kids got right through it, the rest needed to take their time. Going to breeze through the next unit though since its not all TAKS related. That will get us caught up to where we need to be in regards to lesson time. That will be my own class that is on time for the 1st 2 six weeks. Big SIGH.
Geometry - I could tell they didnt want to work but I got them to. Another part of the lesson done so we can keep moving on. Almost done with this unit and I'm pretty stoked about that. I have a feeling that even though I'm behind, I'll still get more done than last year. Plus I've got someone coming out from Region to help me get back on track. Until then, we just keep moving on.
Well, ok. I feel a mess but am slowly working to try to make things better. Makes me wonder if I'll ever have my crap together.
OH SNAP. I just remembered that I used this foldable for Algebra 1 "solving equations and inequalities." I'll try to throw in the link so you can use it too.
Solving Linear Equations and Inequalities Foldable
Its from a teacher in TN and I just found her on the teacherspayteachers.com. It was a free download and most of my students really liked doing this foldable. Ok. yeah. that's all i have for now. gotta work on lesson plans and what not. laters.
Tuesday, November 6, 2012
11.6.12
It's getting tougher to remember to do this. Maybe it's due to the cold I've been fighting, maybe it's all becoming a blur. The good news is I found a workshop that pays money. Good for Christmas funds. My hubs offered to send me to AZ to see family but I am hoping that can wait until summer. We shall see. Feel like the money is all that matters but this is just a momentary thing. Any little bit helps and it's not the only reason I do the grants.
Anyway, Alg 2- dude. Not my favorite day. But we got through it. Inequalities are ok. Would rather just solve. Just keep going.
Alg1 - went by pretty quick and we got through it all like we needed to. Found a cool foldable for solving equations. Kids like doing those. Will keep doing more tomorrow.
MMA- snuck a quiz in there and really, I feel like the curriculum is a joke but we keep plugging along until we get to something cool.
Geo- the test did not go well. Grades crashed and moms were contacting me. Luckily we went over the material from the test so they could see where it all went wrong. Bumped grades back up... For now. Teaching about angles and transversals/parallel relationships. Just pushing through the best and as well as I can. Makes me nervous.
Yearbook... Eh. Fall layout. Tired of looking at those students, not their fault. Just tired of them.
And that's all for now. I think there's a book study I need to work on so I can get paid. Laters.
Anyway, Alg 2- dude. Not my favorite day. But we got through it. Inequalities are ok. Would rather just solve. Just keep going.
Alg1 - went by pretty quick and we got through it all like we needed to. Found a cool foldable for solving equations. Kids like doing those. Will keep doing more tomorrow.
MMA- snuck a quiz in there and really, I feel like the curriculum is a joke but we keep plugging along until we get to something cool.
Geo- the test did not go well. Grades crashed and moms were contacting me. Luckily we went over the material from the test so they could see where it all went wrong. Bumped grades back up... For now. Teaching about angles and transversals/parallel relationships. Just pushing through the best and as well as I can. Makes me nervous.
Yearbook... Eh. Fall layout. Tired of looking at those students, not their fault. Just tired of them.
And that's all for now. I think there's a book study I need to work on so I can get paid. Laters.
Monday, November 5, 2012
11.5.12
a quick one (hopefully) before I hit the hay.
Algebra 2 - it was ok. talked about correlations and linear trend lines. nothing spectacular and two of my kids didn't turn in their homework even though they've had since Wednesday to turn it in. They get one more day and then i'm done with it. I'm starting to get swamped again (since i dont have to stay as long at school) and yeah. just done.
Algebra 1 - told them we would journal today but really needed to move forward. so we did both. which works out ok for me because I just found an even better foldable than what i was going to use. now i just need to figure out foldables for the rest of the stuff we've gone over.
MMA - that one kid is driving me nuts. love him to death but am about done with his "your mom" jokes. finishing correlations and graphs. its the only class i'm on schedule with and that was a fantastic discovery today. i knew we were close but didn't realize we were THAT on schedule. can't let them know though or they'll start goofing off.
geometry- everyday is an interesting situation. got through what we needed to today with time to spare and time to finish up tests. got those graded and due to lack of drawing/showing work, most kids did not do well on the test. we will go over it tomorrow for 1/2 points back but i don't know that it will do much for them.
oh yeah. and then there's the parent communication i need to be doing. i talk to some parents but not all. argh. i should take a hint from Coach and send out a nice, short, letter/email. oh and i have a school website now. not the one i created but something district based. its boring but good enough. and now i'm starting to doze off from my cough medicine. time to get some sleep. have to shower at the Y tomorrow (again) since we had a gas leak over the weekend. YIKES!!! hopefully the plumber can get that fixed soon. :) laters.
Algebra 2 - it was ok. talked about correlations and linear trend lines. nothing spectacular and two of my kids didn't turn in their homework even though they've had since Wednesday to turn it in. They get one more day and then i'm done with it. I'm starting to get swamped again (since i dont have to stay as long at school) and yeah. just done.
Algebra 1 - told them we would journal today but really needed to move forward. so we did both. which works out ok for me because I just found an even better foldable than what i was going to use. now i just need to figure out foldables for the rest of the stuff we've gone over.
MMA - that one kid is driving me nuts. love him to death but am about done with his "your mom" jokes. finishing correlations and graphs. its the only class i'm on schedule with and that was a fantastic discovery today. i knew we were close but didn't realize we were THAT on schedule. can't let them know though or they'll start goofing off.
geometry- everyday is an interesting situation. got through what we needed to today with time to spare and time to finish up tests. got those graded and due to lack of drawing/showing work, most kids did not do well on the test. we will go over it tomorrow for 1/2 points back but i don't know that it will do much for them.
oh yeah. and then there's the parent communication i need to be doing. i talk to some parents but not all. argh. i should take a hint from Coach and send out a nice, short, letter/email. oh and i have a school website now. not the one i created but something district based. its boring but good enough. and now i'm starting to doze off from my cough medicine. time to get some sleep. have to shower at the Y tomorrow (again) since we had a gas leak over the weekend. YIKES!!! hopefully the plumber can get that fixed soon. :) laters.
Friday, November 2, 2012
11.2.12
I'm happy to be home. Another week under my belt and another week closer to summer.
It's been a strange week not only for me but for my husband as well. The military is not what it used to be and leadership in certain areas is lacking. It is my hope that we will see some changes in this upcoming elections for the better. We are proud to have him serve our country and he would love nothing better than to stay in but only time and this election will tell.
It is also my hope that we elect people who will make the right choices for our children's education.
In the meantime...
Alg2 was a bust. One kid was busy with cheer leading, the other two missed class. Try again Monday.
Alg1- did consecutive integers and they seemed to pick it up all right. We're practicing word problem stuff so hopefully they pick it up and figure out how to do it on their own. A certain kid in that class was shredding an eraser of mine and throwing it at people. So I laid into him for destroying my property and asked him why he thought it was a good idea and if he realized how I felt since he was destroying something of mine. That he should be able to sympathize seeing as his stuff was messed with as well that it was disrespectful. That kid needs to be held accountable for what he does but my guess is someone higher up will just make excuses, as usual.
MMA - graphs for bivariate info. Boring but needs to be done. Ok. Boring to them, fine for me. A certain kid was obnoxious today. Asked him to leave, he agreed to keep his mouth shut but it seems like he's been talking crap cos he got this snide look on his face that he directed toward someone else. *sigh* kids.
Geometry- had a unit test today. Kids came in and got straight to work. They stayed focused and on task... And then the principal came by wanting to talk to the kids. He said he'd talk to them later but the kids told him he might as well talk since they were now distracted. And then he cussed them out for being disrespectful and back talking and all that fun stuff. To make matters worse, one of the kids started back talking right then and yeah. They got back to work when he left but you could tell they weren't happy. They didn't need that. None of us need the troubles we've had lately.
It's not really fair or good management to not be around for extended periods of time and then to drop back in and expect everything to be perfect. Then when it's not, you berate your staff and students. I know they're busy but it difficult to work for people who act like our concerns don't matter and when our concerns cause problems, all hell breaks loose. It's just poor management and frustrating. We worry that it will get worse before it gets better. Not just for us but for the kids as well. In the meantime, we keep on keeping on and try to do better but I tell ya, it's causing great concern amongst the ranks. I understand they are trying to do better but it feels like they are going about it all wrong.
But you know what? It's the weekend so I'm done with that for now. Laters.
It's been a strange week not only for me but for my husband as well. The military is not what it used to be and leadership in certain areas is lacking. It is my hope that we will see some changes in this upcoming elections for the better. We are proud to have him serve our country and he would love nothing better than to stay in but only time and this election will tell.
It is also my hope that we elect people who will make the right choices for our children's education.
In the meantime...
Alg2 was a bust. One kid was busy with cheer leading, the other two missed class. Try again Monday.
Alg1- did consecutive integers and they seemed to pick it up all right. We're practicing word problem stuff so hopefully they pick it up and figure out how to do it on their own. A certain kid in that class was shredding an eraser of mine and throwing it at people. So I laid into him for destroying my property and asked him why he thought it was a good idea and if he realized how I felt since he was destroying something of mine. That he should be able to sympathize seeing as his stuff was messed with as well that it was disrespectful. That kid needs to be held accountable for what he does but my guess is someone higher up will just make excuses, as usual.
MMA - graphs for bivariate info. Boring but needs to be done. Ok. Boring to them, fine for me. A certain kid was obnoxious today. Asked him to leave, he agreed to keep his mouth shut but it seems like he's been talking crap cos he got this snide look on his face that he directed toward someone else. *sigh* kids.
Geometry- had a unit test today. Kids came in and got straight to work. They stayed focused and on task... And then the principal came by wanting to talk to the kids. He said he'd talk to them later but the kids told him he might as well talk since they were now distracted. And then he cussed them out for being disrespectful and back talking and all that fun stuff. To make matters worse, one of the kids started back talking right then and yeah. They got back to work when he left but you could tell they weren't happy. They didn't need that. None of us need the troubles we've had lately.
It's not really fair or good management to not be around for extended periods of time and then to drop back in and expect everything to be perfect. Then when it's not, you berate your staff and students. I know they're busy but it difficult to work for people who act like our concerns don't matter and when our concerns cause problems, all hell breaks loose. It's just poor management and frustrating. We worry that it will get worse before it gets better. Not just for us but for the kids as well. In the meantime, we keep on keeping on and try to do better but I tell ya, it's causing great concern amongst the ranks. I understand they are trying to do better but it feels like they are going about it all wrong.
But you know what? It's the weekend so I'm done with that for now. Laters.
Thursday, November 1, 2012
11.1.12
Yesterday was the meeting. Went over "at-risk" stuff then got lectured about not "getting work done" even though most of us make sure the kids are busy every moment of the day. *sigh*
Classes were ok yesterday. They've been better, they've been worse. Today the kids went to the metroplex to see some plays so the school was quiet. Wish they would be gone tomorrow too since they will not want to work tomorrow. Too bad for them, I already have other plans.
Met with a yearbook representative. I really don't want to change companies but its ok to see what my options are. Speaking of options, I should see what IS available just out of curiosity. Laters.
Classes were ok yesterday. They've been better, they've been worse. Today the kids went to the metroplex to see some plays so the school was quiet. Wish they would be gone tomorrow too since they will not want to work tomorrow. Too bad for them, I already have other plans.
Met with a yearbook representative. I really don't want to change companies but its ok to see what my options are. Speaking of options, I should see what IS available just out of curiosity. Laters.
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