Tellin’ It Like It Is
Jake, ADHD in blurred living color, paused long enough to write a haiku renku. I’m always moving. Trouble seems to play with me. I’m doing my best. [...]
18 Days and Counting
A burst of laughter caught my attention and I glanced up from my one-on-one writing conference with Jim. Across the room Jake was goofing off. I snapped his name and ordered him to take his pencil from his nostril before he hurt himself. He said, “Yes, Miss,” and complied. A [...]
Progress Report
The week before progress reports were due to go home, I gave my students a heads up, and printed out their missing assignments. I said, “Get them in or else.” The “or else” came yesterday. Today at the 5th grade team meeting we found we’d all had pretty much the [...]
The Root of My Stupidity
Okay, confession time, this is what took me to the point of inattentiveness which led to the disasters in yesterday’s post — all of you will know instantly what I didn’t grasp until long after I ran my mouth: Fifth grade has compartmentalized and we are running the last semester [...]
Cinquain
Directions for writing a cinquain: 1st line: 1 noun 2nd line: 2 describing words 3rd line: 3 verbs 4th line: short descriptive phrase 5th line 1 noun, synonym of the first noun. I modeled the lesson using the first and last name of the school janitor, a favored staff member. [...]