I come in to school today, tired and a little cranky (stayed up to watch the whole game last night...waaaay past my bedtime), turned on my computer, and found this email from a parent:

Hi Ms. [shel99 ( Read more... )

That's what's posted in huge letters outside of the French classroom, and I just walked past one of the Spanish classes yelling baseball cheers in Spanish at the top of their lungs. Hee! I'd be happier if it were the Tigers (les tigres?) but the Sox are my next favorite team so I can handle it. Basso is torn -- having grown up in Colorado but ( Read more... )

Talking about the scientific method, going over the types of variable. We've talked about independent variables and dependent variables.

Me: Okay, now can anyone tell me what the third type of variable is?
Cute student: Codependent variable?

I wanted to post about the first day of school, but I'm so tired I can't think straight, so it'll wait. It went fine, my students seem like a good bunch of kids (and one of them looks exactly like cocoasushigrrl's sister did at age 13, which is a bit uncanny), and I think it'll be an interesting year. More on that later ( Read more... )

Reviewing for their weather & climate final test today, a student started telling me about the "ear of a hurricane." Hee!

...of why I do this job. Two emails that I received today are going to sustain me through the end of the year madness:

Email from one of the special ed teachers who runs the homework club:

I am here after school with the METCO HW club, and [student] is watching the weather video online, and she is so cute! She just told me that she has learned ( Read more... )

I've been teaching my 7th graders about evolution ( Read more... )

Eighth grader:
"My favorite body part is probably the inner ear."

In a summary of a current events article about glaciers melting due to global warming:

"My parents clearly named me Noah for a reason. Maybe I should get started on that ark just in case the world floods with glacial water."

It's not even my birthday yet, and I've already gotten a bouquet of cookies and a cake. Here's the problem. I know I'm weird, but I don't really like most sweets. I just don't have a sweet tooth. Sure, I have a few weaknesses when it comes to sweet stuff, but the traditional cakes, cookies, brownies don't really do much for me. Plus, they're ( Read more... )