Kelly, I just read your comment. Some of the kids actually do ask if they need to answer it. Especially if I give a riddle, then they ask if they get bonus for the right answer. Uh, no.

I have begun adding jokes to my tests in an attempt to make them slightly more enjoyable for kids. Actually, I usually pick lame-o jokes that are slightly related to school and then laugh when I see kids' reactions when they read them ( Read more... )

THat's the last time I believe the weather report as given by a groundhog! We didn't have winter all January. Along comes Mr. Groundhog, says spring is just around the corner, no waiting for it this year. Then along comes winter. With a vengeance. At least Oakville seems oddly exempt from any snow. We finally have about a millimetre covering ( Read more... )

I got my hair cut last night. It was going to be just a trim, but then I got an inch cut off, and the front cut differently. It actually looks really good! I like it. But then this afternoon it started raining and my hair got incredibly frizzy while I was running from my car to the school ( Read more... )

The subject of my entry is in French. You just might first read it as English ( Read more... )

For the last ten minutes of school, I took my class outside and we just played soccer and football. It was so relaxing! If we weren't incredibly behind in curriculum (and if it weren't so cold!) we would really do it more often!

Negotiating contracts is not all that fun. It must be nice to have a job where you just work there and you can get fired if you suck, but it's not like they reconsider every year whether or not to hire you again. Of course, this isn't the status quo for teachers, just for teachers with a one year contract. I may end up teaching the grade 6 class ( Read more... )

This weekend was a weekend of nostalgia. There's nothing quite like spending time in the home of your childhood. However, if you can't do this, perhaps it's a close second to spend time in your grandma's house, especially if she lived 1 minute down the road from you and you spent tons of time with her, and it turns out your family even lived in ( Read more... )

Back hurts. No sleep ( Read more... )

This morning we did a reenactment of a government session in the 1830s before the rebellion of Upper Canada. We totally stacked the deck against most of the kids and made them look horrible. Predictably, one of the very upset students began screaming and was literally carried out by a teacher. He's in my other history class, and I was gratified ( Read more... )