Tag Archives: school

February 13, 2011
Popping power– also tagged ,

I always forget how much I love popcorn and my wonderful popcorn maker, but then I get the stir crazy out for a batch and I am very quickly reminded.  The roommate tends to give me grief for my popcorn maker, since it is slightly bulky and one of the only unitaskers in our kitchen. [...]

June 17, 2010
One Year Down!– also tagged ,

My first year of teaching has officially been survived!  It was an interesting year to say the least.  I will miss my students and I will certainly remember them forever.  My situation this year was tough, but looking back, it really was a blessing.  Teaching part time really gave me time to focus on my [...]

May 6, 2010
Caterpillars– also tagged , ,

A funny thing happened today with my students.  They decided we needed to start learning in terms of caterpillars. Over the past week we have been working on arithmetic and geometric sequences, or in simple terms: patterns.  For those who need a quick math refresher, a student’s problem would look like this: 2, 4, 6, [...]

February 22, 2010
Inspiration– also tagged ,

Last Friday was quite a day.  Extremely discouraging day at school.  One of those times when students walk out of class, won’t stop talking, refuse to do anything useful in class or let anyone else do anything productive, and half of the class is forced to stay after class 10 minutes into lunch to get [...]