Various...s
The dregs of an early spring cold slowly going away...bleh.
Prepping kids for the giant state TEST they take each year. High stakes testing and all that, so a lot of reviewing of the basics in language arts class and me reminding them that if they are bilingual English/Spanish, that might be an advantage with regards to knowing Latin roots of unfamiliar words. Sigh. And still no word yet on our jobs, of course. The district will drag that out.
Kind of having fun with the dance piece I'm drumming and singing for in a few weeks. The director asked me to do some things onstage that involve interacting with the characters, and I haven't done anything like that in a long time. There are some very enthusiastic and creative people involved in this thing, and it's sweet watching the three young women with Down Syndrome who are in one of the groups - they're so caring and so silly.
Well, off to finish my coffee and get ready for school...
Prepping kids for the giant state TEST they take each year. High stakes testing and all that, so a lot of reviewing of the basics in language arts class and me reminding them that if they are bilingual English/Spanish, that might be an advantage with regards to knowing Latin roots of unfamiliar words. Sigh. And still no word yet on our jobs, of course. The district will drag that out.
Kind of having fun with the dance piece I'm drumming and singing for in a few weeks. The director asked me to do some things onstage that involve interacting with the characters, and I haven't done anything like that in a long time. There are some very enthusiastic and creative people involved in this thing, and it's sweet watching the three young women with Down Syndrome who are in one of the groups - they're so caring and so silly.
Well, off to finish my coffee and get ready for school...