Lots of talk about possible national exams for NCLB….
Here in Minnesota our kids take state tests in 10th and 11th grade (plus the elementary and middle school tests) to meet the NCLB requirements. The 10th grade tests are the Reading and Writing exams and in the 11th grade they take the Mathematics exam. The Minnesota [...]
Monthly Archives: November 2005
State Testing and NCLB
09 November 2005 – 07:13
Students Moving
09 November 2005 – 04:55
Today a few of my rougher students were talking about moving…particularly how much they hated it. These three students can’t form a complete sentence without swearing despite my efforts (“no swearing”, “hey, that’s enough”, “you are making my ears bleed”). Two of them are especially mean to two females in the class, but those two [...]
a message from special ed
02 November 2005 – 01:02
I just got an email from the case manager/teacher of one of my special education students. I suppose that I won’t ask the teacher to pull her out of my class to teach her grammar. She couldn’t even capitalize the kid’s name.
HiHow is ***** doing in your class what is her grade are there any [...]
Halloween
01 November 2005 – 04:43
Today I wore a costume to school, and had a trick or treat bag.
For fun, I stood at my door and said trick or treat to each kid as they came in. Almost every student peered into the bag thinking there was something for them. I’d tell them that I was the one wearing the [...]
