Saved by the bell! My language arts mentor set up presentation on Chile so the student could be more acquainted with what they were reading for warm-ups. It consisted of a picture walk while she explained the pictures. She used a lot of vocabulary words (previous and cross subject). I thought it was fantastic! Her presentation took the majority of ( Read more... )

It feels as though it’s been a busy week even though I had the majority of it off. However, I do know that I spent most of the week resting because I was still sick. I’m feeling a lot better now. Tomorrow I get my test results back and I’ll be trying to set up practicum hours for my new class ( Read more... )

My new class requires that I be in a Language Arts setting! BOOYA! I love language arts~! So really, all I have left is Language Arts, Social Studies, and Math and Science (they go together). I’m excited for two reasons. One, I get to work with two of my friends! We scheduled our classes together so there will be little to no stress for me. It’s ( Read more... )

My final is all turned in. I have three classes and student teaching left! YAY! I am so excited. In other exciting news, Cherri finished my rainbow scarf! It looks amazing. I can’t wait to wear it. The only thing from stopping me from wearing it now is sickness, which I don’t want all over my awesome scarf ( Read more... )

I plan on passing this basic skills test on Friday. Even if I don’t want to sub it would be good experience and mean I can pay of loans and have some spending money. It won’t be a fantastic sum. It will probably be very trying, but the experience will be well worth it. One of my friends started subbing. She said it was hard! She said she wasn’t ( Read more... )

Fun fact, kindergarten is not mandatory for my state! That boggles my mind. There is so much that students learn in kindergarten, I can’t imagine what it would be like to skip it. This is, by the way, not all kinder-bias. As much as I love the kindergarten there are some very unique challenges that come with it. The consensus is that kindergarten ( Read more... )

Scraps still likes to hide quite a bit, but he’s very friendly otherwise. He’s annoyed, I think, because Artemis refuses to play with him. In fact, all the cats are kinda like “New go, GTFO.” So he tries and tries but they just won’t play with him. I figure Diana or Tsuchi will eventually warm up to him. The cats aren’t hiding as much as they were ( Read more... )

Considering changing the layout for Rayjah and revamping some sections. I want to do more with it. So I need to figure it out. I’m thinking of making and Alvin (from Tales of Xillia) layout. We’ll see how that goes, since I was also contemplating a Harvest Moon layout ( Read more... )

Scraps is a doodle bug! I swear he does whatever he wants whenever he wants. It’s been such an odd change to have a puppy again! I feel quite old chasing him around, and I don’t know if that’s because I’m genuinely old or because I have never had any stamina. But fifteen years ago it seemed to be much easier. He got me up half an hour early this ( Read more... )

[Cherri, feel free to skip this paragraph] I do not know that I well ever be ready for a new dog. I’m trying not to be childish and dreadful about it. The idea, however, does not sit well with me at all. I feel quite ill over it, to be honest. I am trying to allow the idea of change to inspire growth. I feel it is extremely difficult though because ( Read more... )