tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30797071532559278052024-03-05T15:18:57.233-08:00Misadventures of an English TeacherKr!st!nhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06455806081641406873noreply@blogger.comBlogger69125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3079707153255927805.post-27445341527182850782014-08-20T21:20:00.000-07:002014-08-20T21:20:08.536-07:00On Ch-changesThe new school year started after a whirlwind summer. I had a lot of Professional Development scheduled over the summer: Common Core, AVID, and Professional Learning Communities (PLC). I also spent a great deal of my free days over at my friend Jeanne's house, learning how to quilt. Typing that sentence instantly aged me about 15 years. I had a bunch of old t-shirts and wanted to make a t-shirt quilt, so I'd always have the memories. So, I learned, and it came out awesomely.<br />
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The PLC conference was in Seattle, which is my favorite city in the country. I have always dreamed of living there, but never really had the guts to pick up and move. After being there this summer, and realizing how at home I felt (I am not someone who enjoys being in unfamiliar places), I knew it was time to make it a reality. My bestie Erick also loves the PNW, so in the spring, we're going to start applying for jobs and we hope to move next summer. I have family there and I'm excited about this new chapter of my life. The only truly hard part will be being so far away from my parents and brothers and my two adorable nephews. My brother Matt and his fiancé, KJ had a baby boy this summer. He was born 8 weeks premature and is still in the NICU, but he should be coming home soon! His name s Gavin and he's adorable.</div>
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Baby Gavin Ryan, about two weeks old!</div>
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<br />Kr!st!nhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06455806081641406873noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3079707153255927805.post-40934125603792492272014-06-23T22:33:00.000-07:002014-06-23T22:33:03.716-07:00On DC/NYCOver Spring Break, I went to Washington DC for 4 days and NYC for about a day and a half with 16 eighth graders from my school, and 22 eighth graders from two other local middle schools. We were up before 6am every day, and did not return to the hotel until about 9:30 each night. To say we were exhausted at the end of each day is an understatement. But, we saw amazing things, had a lot of fun, (some) experienced snow for the first time, and we walked a total of 42.42 miles in total. I live tweeted the experience, which you can see below!. It was strong in the beginning, but then in the middle I had no time, and then at the end I tweeted more. You can clearly see as we were getting closer to leaving, I was getting annoyed with things that were not annoying me in the beginning of the trip haha. All in all, it was something I'll never forget. I am so glad I was afforded the opportunity to go and it was great to be able to bond even more with some of my incredible students.<br />
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Kr!st!nhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06455806081641406873noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3079707153255927805.post-81730117902202249792014-06-16T20:03:00.002-07:002014-06-16T20:11:29.503-07:00On Getting Back on the HorseI haven't blogged in a <i>really</i> long time. The last half of the year was <i>insane</i>. I had things I wanted to blog about and didn't have the time to give it the attention it deserved, so I put it off. Then more and more things happened that I wanted to blog about and I started to feel buried by all of these blog posts I hadn't written. I decided to just take one thing at a time and decide not to care if it isn't in chronological order. So, here we go...<br />
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It's summer break, but I haven't really started yet. School got out on June 6th and I haven't stopped working. I've had Common Core workshops and now I'm in an AVID Critical Reading workshop. However, after tomorrow, I will be officially on break! Whatever that means. I'm still going to spend the summer writing lessons, reading novels for class, and figuring out Unit Plans. And writing grants so I can get much needed things for my classroom. A teacher's work is never done. Speaking of which, I came across <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/carla-friesen/bc-classrooms-photos-teachers-strike_b_5490243.html?utm_hp_ref=fb&src=sp&comm_ref=false" target="_blank">this cool article</a> on Facebook and it could not be more on point.<br />
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The point of this post was not to talk about summer. The point was to talk about the class gift I gave to my 8th grade AVID students. I wish I could have done this for every single one of my students, but it would have taken me more time and cost more money than I had. So, I did this for the 8th grade AVID kids because we <strike>were</strike> are an #AVIDfamily.<br />
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I printed out a list of every single kid in the class and made enough copies so that everyone in the class had one. They were tasked to think long and hard about everyone in our #AVID family and write down two words/phrases to describe each person. I collected the lists and then typed each student's words into a site similar to <a href="http://www.wordle.com/" target="_blank">Wordle</a>, but compatible with Mac. (For those of you who don't know, Wordle is a word-cloud generator. ) The words that appear most frequently, are shown the biggest. So, in order to get the kid's name to appear really large in the middle, I had to type their name and then copy and paste it a few zillion times.<br />
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I printed each word cloud in color and framed it. (8.5x11 frames at the Dollar Tree! Holla!). On the last day, I handed them out. The kids were genuinely touched and appreciative of their gifts, but I felt that it in no way showed my gratitude for everything they had given me that year. It was truly the best year of my teaching career and I will never forget that #AVIDfamily and all of the memories we shared.<br />
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Here is what the word clouds looked like:<br />
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I did not realize that the kid in front (who I have in Leadership class) snuck into the front, holding up his yearbook. Lol.<br />
Also, if you need proof that my 8th grade AVID kids are the best on the planet, check out this <a href="http://youtu.be/DMwcrnQK8iQ" target="_blank">AVID Recruitment Video</a> they made.Kr!st!nhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06455806081641406873noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3079707153255927805.post-13685734444896436652014-02-19T10:37:00.001-08:002014-02-19T10:37:49.750-08:00On Valentine's DayI know people hate on V-Day and I do hate being single on this mushy holiday, but I also am a very nostalgic person and like giving those little valentines to my friends at work. There's something fun about taking a day to do something a little extra for those you love, be they significant other, family, or friend. This year I was blessed by goodies from some very thoughtful students. <div><br></div><div>Every year, I say I'm going to give valentines to every single one of my kids. At 150+ students, this is no small undertaking. I usually get busy or put it off until it's too late and it doesn't get done. This year, I made it happen! And I even attached candy to them!</div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNzUg47k6V-pb86TZgRvdz5XiIdrcwAa1TaFyzC3gA8EmE_78GXZTL83aCXtwIC16Dxth7LV6kktPGybnmYxHaZHktEZeQ77Y_jzXlxXCDGuxR50DcGRg2FQ94M1O8VFpt1CslXisG7dqq/s640/blogger-image--1554062203.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNzUg47k6V-pb86TZgRvdz5XiIdrcwAa1TaFyzC3gA8EmE_78GXZTL83aCXtwIC16Dxth7LV6kktPGybnmYxHaZHktEZeQ77Y_jzXlxXCDGuxR50DcGRg2FQ94M1O8VFpt1CslXisG7dqq/s640/blogger-image--1554062203.jpg"></a></div>Thank God for Target's dollar spot!</div><div><br></div><div>We also had a dance that evening. Here's a cute pic of G and I:</div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5VLPhzNOHuU82oX-Kmf_kPMfSq-cW3nCt9j-Qe0_IUHBhuhv4lrntl2vqyufkiMNHJTKSr3xT7RL95X1Q_U_JLO0ptcPdy2C_ip-5MbhiinqyWKld94B_mtjsUYFSmujtLGgClwHOGKmk/s640/blogger-image--1693923153.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5VLPhzNOHuU82oX-Kmf_kPMfSq-cW3nCt9j-Qe0_IUHBhuhv4lrntl2vqyufkiMNHJTKSr3xT7RL95X1Q_U_JLO0ptcPdy2C_ip-5MbhiinqyWKld94B_mtjsUYFSmujtLGgClwHOGKmk/s640/blogger-image--1693923153.jpg"></a></div><br></div>Kr!st!nhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06455806081641406873noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3079707153255927805.post-43752805437539087932014-02-13T14:16:00.001-08:002014-02-13T14:16:18.324-08:00Things you might overhear in my classroomStudent: Ms. Theobald, did you Rickroll your students yesterday? <span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">We could hear it through the walls 5th period. </span><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Me: Yes. Yes I did. </span></div>Kr!st!nhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06455806081641406873noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3079707153255927805.post-39590990852476482032014-01-25T12:42:00.000-08:002014-01-25T12:42:03.968-08:00Sh!t My Students SayDuring Leadership, we were talking about the activities for the upcoming rally. We always have a competition between grade levels, where we play part of a song, then turn it off, and the class has to finish it. We joked about giving the 6th graders something really silly like "Head, Shoulders, Knees, and Toes." <br />
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Then Ruben says, "I always mess up that song. It's the knees and toes part that gets me."Kr!st!nhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06455806081641406873noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3079707153255927805.post-16334410841900026172014-01-15T20:35:00.000-08:002014-01-16T20:40:55.806-08:00People I Can't StandI feel like this type of post may turn into a regular thing---like Sh!t My Kids Say. Because there are a lot of people I can't stand. Today, I'll be talking about teachers who can't handle issues in their classroom on their <i>own</i>, so they blame someone else.<br />
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In my 8th Grade Honors English class, we are reading <i>To Kill A Mockingbird</i>. Approximately 7 of those kids have to go to the high school 1st period to take Geometry, and then come to school. So, those kids are <i>super</i> smart. At least I think they are. I didn't take Geometry until I was a junior in high school! Anyway, that's beside the point.<br />
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Tonight, I received an email from my principal that told me to talk to my students about reading <i>To Kill A Mockingbird </i>during other classes. Attached to the email was the the forwarded message from the Geometry teacher. She said something along the lines of giving a final warning today and that if she sees kids reading it in class, she would confiscate it. She was tired of kids reading and making notes during <i>her</i> time.<br />
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I had a snarky reply ready, but it's not my principal that I'm irritated with. I'm irritated with the Geometry teacher. Don't "tell on me" to my boss about something that <i>you</i> can't handle in <i>your</i> own classroom! Deal with it yourself. Take their books for the period and give them back at the end of class. Confiscating their <i>To Kill A Mockingbird</i> books would be the equivalent of me confiscating their Geometry books. We aren't using our textbook right now. <i>Those are their textbooks!</i> This is the second time this year that I've had to "talk" to my students about something because another teacher couldn't handle their own shit and complained about myself or my own class. The first time it was because a teacher complained that I let my kids snack in class (they always cleaned up after themselves) and it was "causing a problem" in their class. Which, to me, means that they couldn't handle the situation on their own. I have 5 preps (meaning I teach five SEPARATE kinds of classes---5 separate lesson plans each day), I'm the department chair, a support provider (mentor teacher) for a newer teacher, on the positive behavior reinforcement team, am the only teacher who goes to the kids' sports games. I'm a good teacher. Leave me alone and let me do my job!Kr!st!nhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06455806081641406873noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3079707153255927805.post-66881391411839736632014-01-13T12:51:00.001-08:002014-01-13T12:51:43.994-08:00On the state of educationOne of my students came back from the bathroom and very excitedly announced, "They actually had soap!" She then smelled her hands 4 or 5 times. It was adorable, but also really tragic when we can't consistently provide soap in our schools' bathrooms. Kr!st!nhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06455806081641406873noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3079707153255927805.post-26592117971438302092014-01-10T15:29:00.001-08:002014-01-10T16:13:55.674-08:00On leaving your phone unattendedThis is what happens when you leave your phone unattended during Leadership class:<br />
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In other news, derby started up again this week. Oh boy, did it start. I had so much to do for work that I didn't make it to practice on Wednesday, so last night was my first practice back--Travel Team practice.. 6-9pm. And at the end of all that, we did this body-weight workout. I happen to have a LOT of body weight. Needless to say, I am having a hard time moving today. So sore.Kr!st!nhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06455806081641406873noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3079707153255927805.post-31222539461947185372014-01-07T20:36:00.001-08:002014-01-07T20:36:25.478-08:00On New Years and New StartsThe second semester started today and I didn't waste any time jumping into content. I don't like to ease them into it. I like to pretend that no time has gone by at all! Also, I might just be a <i>little </i>excited to be teaching <i>To Kill A Mockingbird</i> this year! It's always been a high school book. Even I read it in 9th grade. But, after talking to a friend who teaches at the high school, she said that the high school teachers decided it should be an 8th grade book. No one told the middle schools, so I spent Winter Break re-reading and planning to teach TKAM to my advanced class. Unfortunately, my school only has 24 copies and I need 35, so I'm banking on the idea that one of the high schools will let us borrow some copies and I've already started having my students take notes on the historical context. We will spend some time studying the Scottsboro Trials and hopefully by next week, we'll have enough books.<br />
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My other 8th grade class is reading <i>The Outsiders. </i> This is for 2 reasons: 1) We won't have enough copies of TKAM for both classes and I was already planning on doing <i>The Outsiders</i> anyway. 2) They're immature and I don't want to deal with them not being able to handle all of the n-word dropping in that book because I know the first time a kid giggles about it, I will freak out at him/her. I know that sounds horrible, but these kids don't really experience racism, so they often perpetuate it in the form of a joke. We are lucky to live in a beautiful place that is <i>extremely</i> diverse. These kids are used to it because it's all they know, and so we don't really have race issues here. All of the kids crack jokes about each others' races and their own race and everyone laughs because no one means it maliciously. It is because of this that I am afraid they won't know how to take the TKAM seriously. And I refuse to drag them through it because it is a beautiful book and I don't want them to ruin it for me. Selfish, I know. <br />
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<i>The Outsiders</i> will be more interesting to them anyway. One of my students asked if they needed their textbooks today and I told her they wouldn't for a while. She said, "You mean, we're reading a real book?! Yes!" They hate the textbook just as much as I do :)<br />
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Maybe it's only funny to me, but I think this kid is absolutely hilarious.Kr!st!nhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06455806081641406873noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3079707153255927805.post-26587415928526133812013-12-02T21:04:00.000-08:002013-12-02T21:04:56.751-08:00On the past...<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.727272033691406px; line-height: 15.454545021057129px;">One of my students bought an old copy of LIFE magazine featuring Anne Frank (we happen to be reading The Diary of Anne Frank right now). The article was really interesting, but what was more interesting were the ads from back when cigarettes didn't have Surgeon Generals Warnings. And, oh yeah, we needed to teach our "chubby girls" that they better have a good personality to fall back on!</span><br />
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New Found Glory and Alkaline Trio played at the Warfield in San Francisco and I went with Christine, Siobhan, and Siobhan's friend Wallace. I've listened to NFG since high school. So, about half my life, and they're my favorite band. I've seen them 7 or 8 times and they never disappoint. This was my second time seeing AK3 and they're awesome as well.<br />
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Christine and I had GA floor tickets, but Siobhan didn't buy her tickets until way later, so she and Wallace were upstairs in the balcony. Christine and I found ourselves in the crowd close to the front, but off to the side so we weren't in danger of a circle pit forming around us. This was red flag number one. Ten years ago, I wouldn't have cared. <br />
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NFG was amazing and they still have so much energy, but being so close allowed me to notice how much they had aged. They're all in their 30's now. Some are married, some have kids. Some of their hairlines are are not where they once were. Of course they're older, but it seemed to be obvious. <br />
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Being in the crowd on the floor was enjoyable through NFG's set, but my back started to hurt toward the end. We all met up in the hallway between acts and when it was time for us to go back out to the crowd for Alkaline Trio, the idea of standing in a crowd for another 60-90 minutes seemed daunting. I texted Siobhan to ask if there were any empty seats by them and the two next to them happened to be empty. So, Christine and I went up and sat with them and truly enjoyed watching AK3 from the comfort of a chair. Realizing that even though you feel young mentally, your body is not what it once was, is a harsh reality everyone faces. There were many people younger than us at the show. I realized I'd been seeing shows at the Warfield since 2003. That's 10 years. I can't even remember all of the bands I've seen there. Yellowcard, The Starting Line, Taking Back Sunday, Fall Out Boy (before they were popular), Matchbook Romance, etc. I hope I am still seeing shows there 10 years from now.<br />
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This week, we made birthday cards for homeless youth. </div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7QLuYr2L5krPyY3sjvoJcyIBTT0nlCF0bEhXN1q7LChbriJrEn8w-iahAuf69yvZwcDYsGwGZYaAvekkKDvYv2aoldHP91nRhyphenhyphenlhT1OYcuS6YL7dWkDHBfCfRQ0g5xvhUSP2XcJdQ_8el/s640/blogger-image--2013049399.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7QLuYr2L5krPyY3sjvoJcyIBTT0nlCF0bEhXN1q7LChbriJrEn8w-iahAuf69yvZwcDYsGwGZYaAvekkKDvYv2aoldHP91nRhyphenhyphenlhT1OYcuS6YL7dWkDHBfCfRQ0g5xvhUSP2XcJdQ_8el/s640/blogger-image--2013049399.jpg"></a></div>I'm excited about all of the good we are doing. 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I drove down to Huntington Beach to visit Lesley and since her husband was working that night and her mother-in-law was watching her kids, we had a real girls' night. Well, the way WE do girls' night, which involved dinner out (during which we did nothing but over-analyze Sons of Anarchy), and then drinking and watching funny YouTube videos and old episodes of Sons of Anarchy. We got up and were at Zumba by 9 am. Her hubby and kids came home and we all went to brunch. It was so wonderful to see her and the rest of their family. I love them and have missed them so much. <div> The rest of my time has been spent obsessing over my adorable nephew. </div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaw5L5QWWc6EW7NRYLFeMjyFlgbOAWmPcNKWGLu3zqwJSyu3YwWNm43MWvwmcqg7ABSA5F6YcmUI-YNXG9RqWbAxCEOsZYNYF3Hq2oR55eB0-S32AUFOUXPgxFyFvvnqd1AG7UpYZBwQAf/s640/blogger-image-1366069333.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaw5L5QWWc6EW7NRYLFeMjyFlgbOAWmPcNKWGLu3zqwJSyu3YwWNm43MWvwmcqg7ABSA5F6YcmUI-YNXG9RqWbAxCEOsZYNYF3Hq2oR55eB0-S32AUFOUXPgxFyFvvnqd1AG7UpYZBwQAf/s640/blogger-image-1366069333.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">I drive back tomorrow, just in time for practice. We have an away game in Fresno this weekend, so I'll have to get the rest of my rest (ha!) in before Saturday. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Really high up on my list of things to do is is clean my room and donate old shoes and clothes. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">I've been checking my EdModo site periodically and am so proud that my AVID kids continue to post the #avidawesome year things they are doing. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">This break will have gone by too fast. I need to get organized for 2nd quarter!</div><br></div>Kr!st!nhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06455806081641406873noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3079707153255927805.post-70590007669130483292013-10-03T20:44:00.001-07:002013-10-03T20:44:35.658-07:00On TeamworkLast night, we had a team dinner for my home team, the <a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Babes-of-Wrath/132767016794025" target="_blank">Babes of Wrath</a>. We've recently had quite a few changes to our roster, so it was nice to get everyone together and hang out. Our captain ran us through a couple of party mixer type games. One of them happened to be called "Protect Your Egg." In a nutshell: teams get a bag full of random supplies (each bag contains the same supplies) and using <b>only</b> those supplies, you must construct something that will keep an egg from breaking when it is dropped <b>onto</b> your construction from atop a ladder (approximately 15 feet). 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It wasn't 5 minutes into construction with my team that I knew this would be a great team work project for my AVID classes. So, I pulled it together and we did it today. Here are some great photos from today.<br />
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Watching the kids do this was so much fun. It was cool to see the very different ideas they all came up with. Some of them came up with things that my team didn't think of last night and made me feel really stupid. (Why didn't we blow the bag up like a balloon for cushioning???). 1 more day until we get a (VERY WELL DESERVED) week off for Fall Break. I can't wait to visit my nephew! I'm also going to see Lesley for the first time since she moved. Bring it on, Fall!</div>
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Kr!st!nhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06455806081641406873noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3079707153255927805.post-34211856764033739792013-10-02T17:25:00.001-07:002013-10-02T17:25:38.376-07:00On paying it forwardI blogged a couple of days ago about something <a href="http://whatarewesupposedtobedoing.blogspot.com/2013/09/on.html" target="_blank">exciting</a> that is happening in my AVID classes and I am enthused to be able to share it here now.<br />
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You may or may not know that my students and I are huge fans of <a href="http://kidpresident.com/" target="_blank">Kid President</a>. I have used a few of his videos in my classroom. I recently saw his <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GQOcEDD5hR8" target="_blank">Awesome Year Challenge</a> video and knew that I wanted to bring that concept to my AVID kids to start and possibly extend it to my Leadership class. I decided to make it into a year-long project. Kid Prez gives us 25 things we can do to make the year awesome for someone else. Some of them are not very practical (mail someone a corn dog), but some are effortless (smile, high five someone, free hugs). I made a chart with some of my favorite of Kid Prez's ideas and left spaces for my students to come up with their own.<br />
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On Tuesday, when they came into class, I told them I had an exciting project for our class. I showed them the Awesome Year Challenge video, and then I presented the chart I had made. I told them we would be keeping track of the good we were doing for others. It would not be for a grade and there was no pressure. Doing things for others should not be done for a reward. I encouraged them to go outside of their comfort zones. Smiling/high-fiving/hugging your bff doesn't count (unless they're having a really bad day and need a pick-me-up). I also made sure to point out that not everyone was okay with physical contact and that you shouldn't go around hugging strangers without their permission. I hung up the chart and some stickers next to it. Whenever they did something to make someone else's year awesome, they should put a sticker on the box. Our goal is to make so many awesome years that we cover the whole poster.<br />
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I then gave them time to discuss other things we could add with the people around them. And while they were doing that, I gave them--cupcakes for no reason!<br />
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We brainstormed our own things to add to the chart. After my 8th grade AVID class yesterday, the chart looked like this:</div>
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And undoubtedly, kids in my other classes want to get involved too. I invited them to add their own stickers for doing nice things. After 24 hours, our chart looks like this:<br />
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Anyone who tweets or instagrams about our project is using the hashtag #AVIDawesomeyear. We are having a great time. My heart is full. My students are awesome. I can't wait to see what this looks like at the end of the year!</div>
<br />Kr!st!nhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06455806081641406873noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3079707153255927805.post-38230993735682181112013-09-30T23:09:00.001-07:002013-09-30T23:09:40.265-07:00On...<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXS83SY0-LF1k0KrlvgxYf8ePncfAKohShXpLHoPkHxLFQH7_qVqmWevBOcWey2zbeC6tII8JDnb0iH2bzZ9XIr2e4Fo6cyeqfKanftmCdNM7H0GW_ppyp_G4234OG6JhhL_PfWIm_qUi1/s640/blogger-image--1180304095.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXS83SY0-LF1k0KrlvgxYf8ePncfAKohShXpLHoPkHxLFQH7_qVqmWevBOcWey2zbeC6tII8JDnb0iH2bzZ9XIr2e4Fo6cyeqfKanftmCdNM7H0GW_ppyp_G4234OG6JhhL_PfWIm_qUi1/s640/blogger-image--1180304095.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Exciting things are going to be happening in my AVID classroom. I can't wait to post all about it here, but my students don't know about it yet, so for now you'll just have to guess. </div>Kr!st!nhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06455806081641406873noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3079707153255927805.post-43814356827124857232013-09-25T20:50:00.002-07:002013-09-25T20:51:51.886-07:00On technology<div>
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I am not ashamed to admit that I'm pretty on top of current pop culture. I rarely hear my students talking about something and think, <i>what is that?</i> while smiling like I get it. (Exception being Twerking and Kik--both of which I now know all about, though I wish I knew nothing of twerking and could unsee Miley Cyrus's infamous twerking at the VMA's). <br />
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The point of this tangent on technology is that I use it in my classroom as much as possible. I'm always looking for new ways to use it, new apps, new devices. I would <i style="font-weight: bold;">kill</i> for an interactive whiteboard and a set of student clickers. <br />
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I was introduced to <a href="http://www.edmodo.com/" target="_blank">Edmodo</a> about 4 years ago and at the time, it was kind of lame and not very user friendly. However, I randomly thought of it the other day and decided to check it out again. It looked a lot more appealing. <br />
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Edmodo is like facebook for classes. A teacher creates an account and sets up groups--I chose to have one group for each of my classes. Edmodo creates a Group Code for each group, which the students will need in order to sign up. A student cannot create an account without a group to join. They don't even need to input an email address, but they can if they want to receive email alerts.<br />
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With Edmodo, kids can post things, upload files, add files to their "Backpack," which is a place to store work electronically that they can access again. As a teacher, you can send alerts, take polls, create quizzes and close them on a certain day so that students must take them by a certain time, upload assignments and documents, etc. There are even apps that you can add to the site. I added a flashcards app and created a stack using their vocab words. I shared this with them and now they have an online study tool--in addition to the cards they make in class. There's also a (free!) app for iPhone and Android. It's not the best, but it's functional.<br />
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It has been a slow process getting my AVID kids and my 8th grade grade-level English class to all get on the site, but my honors 8th graders are obsessed with it. They post silly pun-ny jokes and hashtag everything ironically. I'm having a blast using it with them. I have already used it to post homework, give them a quiz, have them all respond to a discussion question, and even post a grammatically incorrect sentence to see who would find the errors. My 7th grade AVID class has been using it to ask each other homework questions. As the teacher, you have the ability to delete anything they post, and you can even change the settings so that you have to approve <i>every</i> post before it goes up, but #Ain'tNobodyGotTimeForThat. :)<br />
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Some of my kids are not allowed to have Facebook pages, so this is the only social networking they get to do. And so they blow it up. They will come into the room and say, "Ms. T, check the edmodo site! Someone posted the most ridiculous joke."<br />
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