Archive for June, 2010

Fri
25
Jun

The summer off???

7:46 am

I don’t think so.  Maybe after you’ve been teaching for a few years you can actually take the summer off, but not this year.  I am working on putting this notebook thing together and it is a lot of work.  I am putting together notebooks for both chemistry and pre-algebra so they are slightly different.  [...]

Sun
20
Jun

So, how are things going?

6:58 am

Good and bad.  Good in that I’m getting things ready for next year.  I know exactly what I want with the notebook.  I’m working out all the details so I’ll be ready to fly when the time comes.  I’m also working on lesson plans – I finally found a format that I like (which I [...]

Sat
12
Jun

Working things out

7:15 am

I’ve been working on next year.  I’m definitely doing an interactive notebook for both classes and to organize, I’m putting one together myself and keeping a file of original handouts that I’ll need to make for class.  I’ve also gotten a really cool book that has some great activities for connecting math and science.  It’s [...]

Fri
11
Jun

Let the games begin

7:56 am

So the school year ended with a kick-ass party at the Hale Koa hotel.  That  is one awesome thing about the school I work for, they like to have parties and they like to have alcohol.  It was a good time… The Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday of this week were “teacher work days.”  These were [...]