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Limitless Possibilities
My creative writing class is in the middle of NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month) with a goal per student of writing 20,000 words or more. For Junior High School students that is an amazing...
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New Year’s Resolutions for Teens
I will return back to the classroom in a few days after the Christmas break and this will be the very first devotion I want to do with my students. I will ask them: How many of you have made New...
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Mid-Term Mania
The school where I teach will be immersed in sweat and tears with students taking their mid-term exams. Sometimes I wonder who is more stressed out about exam week, the students or the teachers who...
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Friday Funnies – Having Survived Mid-terms!
Mid-term exams are done for another year and students and teachers have all survived…for the most part! The student’s job is done, they have regurgitated all they know about subject content onto...
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A Lost Art
For the past couple of years I have been teaching at a Christian school. I can honestly say it is a rewarding and challenging experience and I have been accumulating a storehouse of stories about my...
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Writing Letters and Envelopes – Another Lost Art
The past two weeks I have been teaching lessons on how to address an envelope and the proper formatting of a business letter. A task I thought might be covered in two lessons has taken two weeks....
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Friday Funnies – English is a Funny Language
I’ve been busy teaching Junior Highs how to tell the difference between a synonym and a homonym, and how to use “their”, “they’re”, and “there” in a sentence…and spelling the words correctly when they...
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When Students Read
Nothing gives me greater pleasure than to see my Junior High students reading. One, and I will admit a great added bonus, is the peace and quiet in the classroom when students are doing S.S.R....
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Monday Musings
I don’t know how most of you feel about Mondays, but I actually like Mondays. I hear audible *gasps* world-wide. Seriously, I like the potential of Mondays. I always feel like a brand new week is...
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Finishing Well
For teachers there is a sense of relief mingled with sadness at the end of a school year. Relief that the year is done and sadness that the year is done! At least that is how I feel. I am MUCH...
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His Strength in the Classroom
I’ve been in the classroom all of four weeks and I’ve been sick most of that time. It is a fact of life for teachers that they must build up an immunity to their kids. Sounds harsh, but oh so true!...
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How to Conduct a Good Parent-Teacher Interview
I’ve sat on both sides of the desk when it comes to parent-teacher interviews. I’ve been that anxious parent who must meet with a teacher to discuss my child’s academic progress and behaviour in the...
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What Now?
I remember after I graduated high school saying to myself, “What now?” Truly the title, “commencement ceremony” is so applicable when one graduates because it is not really the end of a journey of...
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An Empty Classroom
Friday was my last day with my kiddos in Grade Six. It was, to say the least, a very hectic and somewhat bitter-sweet day. After writing their last Provincial exam in Science, my kids were just ready...
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I’m Missing the First Day of School – Sort Of
I have been scrolling through FB this morning as my friends post their kid’s First Day of School pictures. “Happy 1st Day of Grade One!” shows little ones with brand new runners and backpacks on,...
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A Lost Art
For the past couple of years I have been teaching at a Christian school. I can honestly say it is a rewarding and challenging experience and I have been accumulating a storehouse of stories about my...
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I’ve been writing lesson plans the last several weeks. I honestly thought that I had officially retired from teaching in 2016, but God had different plans for me I guess. On Friday, I will once again...
View ArticleProdigal Prayer
It’s been a busy several weeks. To those who follow my blog, my CT scan was clear! Praise God! Now we just need to figure out why I still struggle with overwhelming fatigue. I’m half-way through...
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