Quirky Quips & Sewing Snips
Jay: Ms. A., I don’t like your hair color. You should change it. Me: Jay, I don’t like your nose. You should change it. Whole Class: Ooooh! Jay: That wasn’t very nice! Me: Really? Jay: I guess I wasn’t very nice, either, huh? Never mind. Your hair’s okay I guess. [...]
Life in a second language learner’s classroom:  We are having a fund raiser spaghetti dinner at the school tonight. The teachers are to be the wait-staff. One of my students asked, “What’s wait-staff?” I said, “You know, cooks, waiters, dishwashers — the folks that do the work so all [...]
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Tomorrow we are having a multicultural fair at school and many of my students did not have the projects they were creating in Mrs. B’s class ready for display. When it came time for lunch recess those kids were not free to go. Despite the fact that they and Mrs. [...]
I only accept writing papers after one-on-one conferences. Each student receives personalized and individual writing instruction — if they show up at their scheduled conferences. They are held during class time, but some kids show up with unfinished papers, and we don’t conference until their work is done. The student’s [...]