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105
It’s now day 3 of me trying to come up with a great title for my blogs. I just searched for “linguistic terms” in the Google machine in hopes that I can finally find something to use. Honestly, numbers alone are boring. I have done something like this before when I discovered the hidden secret Continue reading
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104
Well, I still haven’t thought of a good title for my posts, but I also realized that I am probably not even at the number 104. This was a simple miscalculation between the posts that I have written and the posts that I have posted. In the past, I have tended toward having ideas an Continue reading
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102
I started today thinking a lot about how teachers are expecting students to be able to participate, without modifying the way they teach. I see a lot of teachers who are modifying and adapting the assessments, but I am wondering what they are modifying for materials and teaching methods. How are they assuring that those Continue reading
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101
Apparently, my school district is blocking blogger now. I shouldn’t say it’s my school district. It’s the automated software that is blocking it. Oh well, I’ll just take my blogs down as a note in Keep and transfer it when I get home. It’s kind of ironic that this post is labeled 101. 101 being Continue reading
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Happy Halloween
Modeling, modeling, modeling. I know. I am getting repetitive. But I don’t care. One thing that I see as being most helpful in almost any situation is modeling. Think about it. If you want to fix your car but don’t know what to do, you go to YouTube. You may even find yourself watching several Continue reading
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Progress
Today is definitely a day to celebrate some progress with my own wellbeing. I won’t go into too much detail but I was able to control my impulsivity and not share information that is best kept to myself. I’m pretty proud of myself. This is not where I would have been just 3 years ago. Continue reading
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Genre Analysis for Writing
Have you ever been in a grad school program reading about communicative competency and various pedagogies to employ when you realized you forgot an important part of this when giving out a massive writing project? No? Well, I just did. This last chapter I was reading from a course on language and culture was focusing Continue reading
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Teaching is a Craft
I really hate admitting this. The more time I spend in the classroom, the more I have begun to think of teaching as a craft. I could even compare it to something like wood or metalworking. You can be taught all the things you need to know about wood grains and densities, tools, and cuts, Continue reading
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Keeping Organized
I have been struggling with the ADHD spiral for the past few weeks. I spent most of the day in a great mood but for some reason, whenever I get to my fourth block of classes, I feel like a total mess. I am not quite sure why I have this feeling. Actually, that’s a Continue reading
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Lessons Learned
We have officially been on a block schedule for a month now. It is absolutely exhausting and rewarding at the same time. This is my first year back in my own classroom after a small hiatus co-teaching social studies. Every day is an experiment where I learn new things here and there and try to Continue reading
The Life Argotic 