My classroom was made available to me Th afternoon. The 38 student desks and chairs that I will need are now in the room. Space for walking is limited. Literally, I have about 2' maneuvering space between the student desks and the walls. That's tight. Once I have my sixth graders in there, movement will be limited. I will have a single ( Read more... )

I have to design three electives for the sixth grade.  Each elective will run ten weeks and meet daily for 50 minutes.  That's a lot to create lesson plans for!

There is a fourth elective that I'll have to teach:  AVID (http://www.avidonline.org/.)    Basically, it entails coaching students ( Read more... )

I'm done with my TAHG unit in American history!
I like it.

Very strange morning. I received a call at 7 am from one of my students' parents. I've known Cristina for a long time and we have gotten to be friends. Well, she called to warn me about what was going down at school. Apparently, a man with suicidal inclinations had holed himself up in the hotel/apt. complex across the street from my school. He ( Read more... )