I’m heading back from California today. It was a great, but tiring, 6 days away. I managed to stay relatively unplugged while I was gone- shocking! I did some work in the mornings while everyone else was still sleeping since my body is still on Central time. I did some pinning from my phone here and there, and checked in on email as they came in. It was nice to get away, relax, and not
Um, hi. Remember me? Yeah, you know how on my last fourteen way spread out posts I said I was going to get better at blogging again? Remember how I apologized for being random because it’d been so long since I’d blogged. Yeah, I’m just going to give in and say that it ain’t gonna happen this year. Nope! There are many things on my plate right now, some of which I’ll share with you
A couple months ago I got an email with information on a relatively new, FREE fluency program called HELPS. The program is detailed in DEPTH on their website but I’ll share with you how I use it. (Click the picture to check out the site) You have to register on the site for free. Easy peasy. Then you get access to the materials. The program is currently only suitable for one-on-one work with students (as
I’m pretty sure I don’t know what happened to my life since I last posted on Monday. I worked, I remember that. But, uh, where has the rest of the time gone? I don’t think I spent an evening at home. And I was busy all weekend this weekend too. I haven’t done laundry yet. I haven’t gotten things together for my evaluation tomorrow (eek!). I need to get some data together for a presentation
None of us want to admit it, but test prep is a crucial part of many of our jobs. We have to introduce kids to the format of the test before they get to the test. We have to teach them how to respond to the sort of questions the test will ask them. And we have to teach them to read and answer thoroughly and completely. I don’t know about you, but most of
