Yesterday was the last day of school for Trey, which means that now he’s a third grader. *GULP* We have entered the year of the TAKS test and passed the halfway point for elementary school. But before all that, it was time to celebrate the end of second grade. We did so in fine fashion,… Continue reading Beach-y Keen
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Discussions on teaching and the education profession. Everything from teaching strategies, to classroom management, to news stories, to personal experiences and anecdotes.
Welcome back to reality
Our whirlwind trip to Chucktown, SC, is over and we are once again back in Texas, safe and sound. I don’t have time for a full recap, but I will endeavor to hit the highlights – and, as usual, pictures and details of our trip will be forthcoming. And now, in no particular order, I… Continue reading Welcome back to reality
Watercolor Ponies
There are watercolour ponies on my refrigerator door and the shape of something I don’t really recognize… Drawn with careful little fingers and put proudly on display, A reminder to us all of how time flies. * * * * * * * * * Oh, the pleasure of watching the children growing is mixed… Continue reading Watercolor Ponies
Pigs and Pancakes and Parties, oh my!
Yesterday, I had the insanity privilege of being a chaperone on Trey’s school field trip. The second grade traveled to the Rosewood Center for Family Arts to see the national touring performance of “If You Give a Pig a Party”, a play adapted from the Laura Joffe Numeroff book of the same name. Being the… Continue reading Pigs and Pancakes and Parties, oh my!
My nephew, the genius
We received an email from my brother Dan a few weeks ago sharing some wonderful news with us: Taylor is a National Merit Scholar Semi-Finalist! Woot! I am so proud of him…I just HAD to share this picture of my nephew in one of his finer moments: Yeah, Taylor, keepin’ it cool. A great mind… Continue reading My nephew, the genius
Fun with similes!
Ah, similes. No, not those silly little emoticons you put in emails. Those are smileys. I’m talking about similes. Those darned vocabularological comparisons you had to study in high school for no other reason than to pass the SAT, get into a good school, and prepare you for a profession in which the only simile… Continue reading Fun with similes!
The First Week
I didn’t have my blog up and running in time to document the first day of school for either of my children, so I’m doing an end-of-Trey’s-first week blog instead! The Texas legislature finally had the hoo-hah to enforce a policy they passed years ago – that no school in Texas would start prior to… Continue reading The First Week