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Hey everyone!!

It's been a long time since I've been on this board! Things have been busy, busy! WE became guardians to my nephew last year, and after a year of learning a new normal, I think I'm finally getting the hang of this "mom" thing.

Anyway, I LOVE my school, but my school district seems like it is going crazy. We have a new motto -- literacy, education, graduation -- and the goal is 100% graduation. Personally, I think that's a great goal, and I know we can get there. However, I think there are lots of people who have different ideas on how to get there. We have new people at the top (superintendent is the same -- but his assistants are all new), and they are all still trying to learn their new jobs. So, some things are very different and some things are being added, and as always, some things are being re-invented -- but they weren't ever really broken.

So, here's the newest thing -- the specials teachers -- PE, Music, and Art, are being asked to at...See More
Mrs. H Kit, I think this is becoming more and more common. My suggestion would be to put together some information about how music supports literacy. For example, kindergarteners learn that print goes left to right across the page. So does music! Nursery rhymes and song lyrics are words that students are reading. Research shows that early exposure to lang...See More
Sep 15, 2014
c Hey Kit! Haven't seen you in a while!

At our school, every specials teacher has a half hour of our day where we have to teach interventions for either reading or math. Therefore we get the lowest students and are supposed to make the greatest gains. I am teaching three fifth graders who are reading at a first grade level.
Sep 15, 2014
bec At my school, we were just told our kids weren't getting enough PE to meet state requirements, so now every Friday the two music teachers get to teach PE!
Sep 15, 2014
julia On 9/15/14, c wrote: > Hey Kit! Haven't seen you in a while! > > At our school, every specials teacher has a half hour of our > day where we have to teach interventions for either reading > or math. Therefore we get the lowest students and are > supposed to make the greatest gains. I am teaching three > fifth graders who are re...See More
Oct 4, 2014


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