Recent Posts Tagged With 'testing'

• My Torture Chamber

  Posted on Sunday April 26th, 2009 at 08:10 in school, teaching, testing, quejas complaints, desilusiones

  I apologize to my loyal readers for not posting regularly in the past couple of weeks. I've been doing mean things to kids, all in the name of TESTING. Here is a violent run-down of what's been keeping me occupied:Squeezing in more math skillsCrammi...

• Feelin' good and cozy about tests

  Posted on Thursday January 22nd, 2009 at 05:19 in school, teaching, testing, quejas complaints

  Today and tomorrow, my school will be in "testing mode". Instead of teaching reading and writing during the customary uninterrupted Literacy Block from 10:30 -12:00, we will all have a "simulation test". This test is actually a district benchmark m...

• The language of learning and teaching

  Posted on Saturday November 15th, 2008 at 15:05 in school, teaching, language, testing

  This field has its own "language", which often includes confusing acronyms and expressions that may vary from district to district. Several years ago, I came across this list and have shared it several times while mentoring new teachers. I've even br...

• Four more days

  Posted on Wednesday June 18th, 2008 at 20:40 in teaching, testing, quejas complaints

  I am totally inundated. I still have 4th marking period assessments to correct, data sheets to complete, recommendations to write up, standardized test scores to examine and save to a spreadsheet, and cumulative folders to check and sign off on. All ...

• Pointing fingers

  Posted on Sunday April 20th, 2008 at 23:07 in teaching, testing, ells

  The kids from DR and Mexico were in for itthey didn’t know how cold it would gettheir lips were soon outlined in chapped redand cracked when they tried to utter sounds and syllablesit was all I could do to make it as painless as possiblegiving cari...