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FIRST DAY whew :)

August 23, 2021

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Okay, the COVID numbers were … not good but not accelerating as fast, at least? But oy, SO MANY HUMANS HERE!!! Yes, masked up (some double layered). I just hope…. It was also good for the soul to see “the helpers.” (LOL no, I didn’t see any of the admins but they might have been […]

The gaslighting is strong with this one

August 16, 2021

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So! The “welcome back” meeting is done. Consistent with this admin, the way to address important issues is to bring in consultants and make committees — which those of us who’ve been here for a while have experienced as tying up folks in meetings and then basically ignoring things inconsistent with their business model of […]

Almost goin’ back…

August 13, 2021

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This week hasn’t been a total “sat in front of the screens all day” week but it is a pretty insidious draw. Twice I successfully used Pomodoro to tell me when I had to GET UP 😛 Four other times I Just Got Up… YES, I’ve been keeping score. The Learning Commons meeting Tuesday wasn’t […]

Today I uploaded…

August 4, 2021

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(Okay, yesterday.) Somebody on the LINCS list is starting a numeracy program that will have 1:1 tutoring to prep for one of the tests adults have to take for stuff. I remembered Marilyn Burns’ math reading inventory, and that I’d made my own based on those ideas and Kate Garnett’s “things they should know before […]

Monday!

August 2, 2021

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2 folks came by — one to share summer success (Math and Phlebotomy)…. and the other my afternoon non-enrolled lady working on reading and typing skills. Reasonably productive in the morning and YES I successfully uploaded A New Thing To Share on my painfully outdated website: an outlining/ main idea exercise added to my Main […]

rabbit rabbit

August 1, 2021

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Okay, it’s 2:00 p.m. and no, that wasn’t the first thing I uttered so – no lucky charm! National Council for Teachers of Mathematics shared this document: “ Continuing the Journey: Mathematicas Learning 2021 and Beyond. It urges us to focus on scaffolding and support and grade level material as opposed to remediation. I could […]