An archived stack of papers: 'Support Class'

Two In One

In a stack of papers called Unorganized.

  • Oct
  • 21
  • 2008

Referrals are not my preferred method. I’ve written maybe twenty referrals in my entire teaching career. I feel like it’s a cop out, like I’m passing the buck for discipline that I should really be the one to take care of. I wrote out two referrals today, an action that just doubled the amount of referrals I’ve written so far this year (and the third I’ve written... read more

Results

In a stack of papers called Instruction.

  • Oct
  • 14
  • 2008

The votes are in and they picked a caption for yesterday’s photo. It was among the best and, after we edited it a bit, I think it’ll be one of the strongest sentences in the finished script. It’s a shame the author was absent today ’cause I’m sure she would have gotten a kick out of it and it couldn’t have hurt my cred with her (or her cousin). ... read more

We’ve Begun

In a stack of papers called Instruction.

  • Oct
  • 13
  • 2008

My Support class… What can I say? I’m nervous about what they are doing to me. I’m worried about what I’m doing to them. I’m afraid of what they’ll do to a sub in my absence. But I can’t let any of those things stop me from doing what needs to be done. So, after only the briefest conversation about this with my friend and (what I consider) a failed attempt to... read more

What A Mess?

In a stack of papers called Instruction.

  • Oct
  • 04
  • 2008

Monday – We wrapped up some apostrophe work from the previous week. We then talked about the Picture Write and verbally started a sample. Students threw out some interesting turns of phrase, but... read more

About That Support Class…

In a stack of papers called Instruction.

  • Sep
  • 24
  • 2008

I told a protesting kid today, in very brief passing down his aisle, “No, that is not a complete sentence. It doesn’t have a subject.” He fixed the error on his own by writing “Man gets out” instead of “Gets out.” While most contain things that need to be fixed in a re-write tomorrow, just about every student finished writing their paragraph (except the... read more

Notes From Day One

In a stack of papers called Instruction.

  • Aug
  • 26
  • 2008

I’ll answer my “How-Was-It” questions from last year later. This time ’round, I want that to be a review of the entire first week instead of just the first day. At first glance, I’m doing pretty well. I’d love to hear how... read more

Day One

In a stack of papers called Instruction.

  • Aug
  • 23
  • 2008

Syllabus? On Day One!? Are you nuts??

Seriously, consider ditching that dry bit of talk. Push it off as much as you possibly can. The students only need to know certain things right now and chances are that info isn’t on your syllabus. It can wait until later. For now, you have a stage to set and what you do today will impact the rest of the school year. Not irreversibly, but this is... read more