1.When letting students coordinate after school rehearsals for a parade, send home permission slips at least 3 times, once being in the mail ( Read more... )

Theatre Extra credit:

Play analysis:

Read a short play and answer these questions.

1. 
   Title of play (Tale of the Mouse)
   
2. 
   Name of author (Anita Gustafson)
   
3. 
   place of first production or publishing house (Pioneer Drama Service, Inc. Denver Colorado)
   
4. 
   description of setting, time and place (an African villiage)
   
5. 
   description of characters ( Read more... )

it's a short story due to lack of time ( Read more... )

Day 1 of middle school theatre. I have two sections of acting, two sections of speech/debate and one section of girl's movement. Not dance, movement. One section of theatre and one section of speech are looking like day care classes with unruly students. It's a little early to tell, but we'll see how it turns out.

I spent a good ( Read more... )

 
Back at the Islamic Academy for kindergarden.  Sigh.  Gotta go with it cuz Dakota Electric says so.

I do have to admit, these students are soo much better behaved than the kids at other schools.

Oh, yesterday I was at a charter school in Mpls by Lake  & Haha.  I was a sub social studies teacher for an ROTC program.  Mostly I was goofing around on ( Read more... )

 
Ok, back to the Muslim school.  I find I miss this school, students and staff alike.  The students are so sweet!  I didn’t think I would say that about any other group than my high school kids, yet, there it is.

Today so far has been really good.  I definitely am not particularly fond of K or 1st.  These are really great kids.  I am lucky to be ( Read more... )

Today I was with middle school kids teaching science at a charter school in Minneapolis on Lake & Haha. The joys of genetics. It's amazing how they completely over thought the Panchette square (I can never remember the name of that box).

I really must start out with how greatful I am to have students not doing the pee-pee dance ( Read more... )

What a lucky girl I am to have such a great job!

Today was all about improv games. We played:

Bench Blob

Bus Stop

Foreign Film

Bibbity

Bean Bags

Tomorrow's plan is for each class to do some cleaning & organising of materials then help put them all away and clean the room. When we finish with each task, we spend the remainder of ( Read more... )

I love my job! Ilove my job soooo much!

That is “I love my job! I love my job sooo much!” translated from dingbats.

In my last class, one of my students gave me a glitter shower. I now have glitter EVERYWHERE! People were staring. Oh well, at least they were staring at colourful shiny things instead of my third eye or horns!
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Teaching or Adventures in Non-purism of Any Form

So far, almost every bit of purist in me has been forcibly purged, sometimes violently.  Take today:  I am teaching at SMM and we are making props.  I am operating under the assumption I am working with prop and costume MANUFACTURE from cheap, found objects like newspapers, grocery bags, tempera ( Read more... )