Well. It was a LONG school year for me. And now it is over. I am apparently continuing in the program, and have a student teaching assignment lined up for next year! I will meet with my mentor teacher next week. The end result of the actual teaching in the school I was doing my […]
Category: school
Autumn Arrives
The “first significant snow” in the mountains. A lot of rain down near Puget Sound. The leaves on the trees, that were so bright this past week, that covered the ground with a warm quilt of color, will soon turn brown and the light will filter through the bare branches. Except for the evergreens, which […]
What I’ve been up to…
Kids. More stuff with kids. LOTS of stuff with kids, and a welcome break from incessant studying. I officially finished my studies at Evergreen for the quarter on Wednesday evening when I showed up for an evaluation conference that was canceled at the last minute. Handed in my paperwork and gratefully went home early. I […]
Science Fair Success!!!
There were many wonderful (and a few weird) science projects this year at the local school. Our participant received the third place award for his grade level… Here are two pics of the project “in situ” — the second one shows it next to the first-place winner for their grade, a good experiment with plants! […]
Picture of Me, video of the younger stidkid
This was the weekend of the school play. As usual, the younger stidkid participated, and as usual, he put his all into his part… And I dressed up. This is a new blouse, new skirt and little ankle boots worn first time for the occasion. Now if only the rest of the house looked as […]
Did I mention the snow?
Here are some pictures from the last couple weeks, sorry that a couple may be a little blurry. These start with the younger stidkid waiting for his class to perform at the band concert on the 9th, then the snow on Sunday and the orchestra concert at a downtown church (both kids performed), and a […]
FINITO!!!
I am done. The presentation has been given and was well received, though a bit simple for college-age folks — it was intended for the 8th graders I work with. My paper is written (not up to standards, but done well enough — it was optional anyway). My portfolio is pulled together and ready to […]
Supporting our Youth
I LOVE the way WITS (Writers in the Schools), based in Houston, Texas, supports and promotes literacy and writing. I periodically visit this blog that has a poem written by a child each day. There is so much talent, so much sharing that goes on! It makes my mama/teacher/writer/human heart glad. Today only (Nov 25) […]
The infectious nature of microbes
I am doing a project for this quarter, checking to see what-all grows in my home compost. Today the younger stidkid helped me out, taking photographs for me of the various spread plates I have going from a dilution series I started earlier this month. He also helped count the colony forming units (CFUs) for […]
6th Grade Language Arts
Well, this wasn’t just “my” project, but I had a hand in it, and I feel good about both the planning process and the execution of the unit. I am quite proud that I worked outside my comfort zone in many areas this year, but this particular project was both the most challenging and the […]