After An Educator's Journey
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Once upon a time, I taught 2nd, 3rd, and 4th graders. Now I’m retired and working on new ventures.
Tag: Teaching Life
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In the last week I’ve administered three district-mandated tests to my third grade students. Everyone is collecting data! There have been 2 benchmarks – one each in reading and math — and a newly mandated math unit test. We’ve administered our individualized reading assessments from Fountas/Pinnell. Having completed the MCAS barely 2 weeks earlier, my…
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This is the time of year when you really need to have “chops” as a teacher. Once the weather becomes fairly reasonable here in New England and the spring sports begin, my students seem to think they are done for the year. Unfortunately, the academic year has six more weeks to go. Each week has…
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I love the picture that is the banner for this website. Somehow, this image symbolizes how it often feels when learning or trying something new — like blogging. Clearly there is a pathway that can/should be followed, but often that pathway is partially obscured. The way is not always clear; there can be expected and…
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So, I am getting close(r) to the end of my teaching career — I’m old enough to be looking wistfully as my colleagues begin to retire, but not ready to admit I should be quitting. I was looking around at the disheveled mess in my room – especially the book libraries – and began thinking…
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