That is one of my grammar pet peeves.

So you’re saying I can’t go to bed yet?

The grandfather was southern Baptist. The boyfriend is Bengali Indian and Hindu. It was awkward. The rest of us ate Christmas morning breakfast at an IHOP in west Texas. My husband got ill in a gas station bathroom after that. This was 1998 and it's still too soon.

We had flights to my grandparents' (2 flights then a 3 hour drive) on Christmas Eve. An ice storm canceled flights, no guarantees for 3 days. My sister's boyfriend had flown out an hour earlier. So 5 adults began driving (31 hours) at 9:00 am. My grandfather drove the 3 hours to get the boyfriend.

It's definitely one of those things that isn't getting easier as I get older. I am getting better at not noticing the workbooks as the year goes on. They're just sitting on a bookshelf and while I'd rather have real books on it, my denial of their existence is strong. Keep on loving the kids, yes!

I have a bookshelf full of math workbooks. I've opened them twice in the first 12 weeks of school. At this point I think I'm mostly angry about how much money was spent on them. (But I'm not longer teaching reading and writing, partly because of exactly this.) Sending love your way.

This hits so hard for me. I spent a decade learning how to be a better teacher when it comes to reading and writing. Understanding how kids learn and how I can help them learn. This is my 28th year of teaching and I'm only teaching math and science because teaching literacy sucks these days.

It's not only CKLA. There are many curriculums that are shockingly similar. Trying to create a scripted curriculum that will meet the needs of all kids is a fool's errand and yet school districts will pay immense amounts for such a thing.

Working through multiple choice questions with students while in the midst of the unit can help them see how what they know supports these kinds of questions. I've also used such questions stripped of as much extra stuff as possible to help students see what they need to focus on. Good luck!

This sounds so familiar to me after spending the past 27 years in a large school district with similar policies. 21 of those years were in schools with a majority of students still learning English. I have no great answers. One thing I have done is use standardized questions in lessons.

I find 10% and then multiply that by 3. So 5 X 3 = 15. 30% of 50 is 15.

It's definitely my plan (well, two decent meals because I have a VERY strong routine for breakfast and lunch during the school week). Also, after surviving Halloween in an elementary school, I will probably add a glass of wine to the mix.

Why on earth would you ask? Do you really want to know?

I really hate that a part of me knows that sometimes I would see that quote and not question it because this is so much the norm. Today-me managed to be surprised by it. Yesterday-me might not have clocked it at all.