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August 28, 2007
Beginning Anew
This school year has started off very well in my opinion. The enforcement of the student dress code was met by some trepidation by many of the students but it really has been a positive. The young gentlemen look different but gone are the super long t-shirts that looked a lot like dresses to me. It will take some getting used to for the students but all in all it has been a very positive change.
The students in my English 9 classes have been learning how I like things done in class. We have organized our notebooks and learned how to work our classroom server and computers. Tomorrow we will be taking some photographs for our autobiographical poems. These short poems should be completed this evening so that we can get them typed up and printed out before this week is over. This assignment allows me to better get to know the students and allows them to use the available classroom technology first hand.
We also began our Introduction of the Vocabulary we will be working on this semester. Being able to break down words into their individual pieces and parts as well as from the context of how they are written will serve the students well on standardized testing and with numerous informational reading challenges in life.
To say I am pleased with the beginning of the year is an understatement. Being out of the classroom last year makes returning to the “trenches” even more exciting. I look forward to a great year!
Posted by hlperson at August 28, 2007 01:22 PM