Morayfield, Australia

Final Days at M.E.S.S.

My apologies for not writing as regularly as I have previously! It has been a BUSY week!! Overall, school this week went VERY smoothly. I did not write a single pink ticket, because I believe that I have the behavior of the classroom under control. I did however keep a few students in at...

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cowane1 on September 16, 2010 from Morayfield, Australia

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...rainin' on Friday...

What a Friday! The day started off alright. It was particularly warm and I remember thinking to myself that the kids were going to ROAST in our classroom. If you look at the pictures of my class, they were taken right outside of our classroom. Each building like ours houses 2 classes of 26 or so...

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cowane1 on September 10, 2010 from Morayfield, Australia

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Week 3 at M.E.S.S.

I apologize for not writing for a few days, but it has been a busy few days! The school days go quickly because of the large chunk that swimming takes up. It is fascinating to see how quickly the students are progressing during their swimming lessons. My teacher and I jokingly say that we...

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cowane1 on September 9, 2010 from Morayfield, Australia

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No More Ms. Nice Teacher...

Today started with the realization of EXACTLY why you’re supposed to laundry in the morning so it can hang dry all day. I threw a few loads in yesterday after I got back from school (which wasn’t until about 5) so my clothes had FROST on them this morning. So much for the outfit I had planned....

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Sara Sickels on September 7, 2010 from Morayfield, Australia

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Laboring on "Labor Day"

I slept like a ROCK last night. The excitement of the weekend really took a toll on me, but I think I had my best night of sleep since I arrived last night. Today was like any typical Monday in the life of a teacher. I was busy planning for the week, reviewing what I was supposed to be...

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cowane1 on September 6, 2010 from Morayfield, Australia

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Wrapping up Week 2!

There are SEVERAL times each day that I think to myself, "I'll have to remember to write that in my blog", but when I actually sit down to do it, forget a great majority of it! Yesterday was a fairly good day. The kids were a little wild but enjoyable. I taught handwriting in the morning,...

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cowane1 on September 2, 2010 from Morayfield, Australia

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Back in Action!

Well - those pills did the trick. Kinda. I am now able to muster sounds that people can make out! And overall I felt a million times better this morning, not necessarily 100%, but at least 60% or so. At school one of the teachers told me that pharyngitis (what I have) is the next step AFTER...

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cowane1 on August 30, 2010 from Morayfield, Australia

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“Good Morning, Ms. Sickels!” (boy does it feel good to be a teacher!)

This is a weeks worth of school day recapping. What a busy week! TUESDAY Today I taught my first lesson! I taught a Maths (yes it’s spelled mathS with an S) lesson on choosing the right sign for different algebra problems. I thought it went very smoothly! I was really worried about my accent...

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Sara Sickels on August 27, 2010 from Morayfield, Australia

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Almost finished with the first week!

School has gone just splendid the past two days and I have REALLY enjoyed going, interacting, and of course teaching! Yesterday I taught the Maths again. Like Tuesday, it was for an hour and a half straight! 3rd graders simply CANNOT handle 2-digit and 3-digit subtraction with regrouping for an...

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cowane1 on August 26, 2010 from Morayfield, Australia

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Day #2 in Year 3

Today just seemed to drag on forever! My day didn't start real well when I forgot my name badge/blue card at home. Tina so kindly drove and retrieved it for me. From then it was a busy, long day. I took roll call and found out what the students' favorite foods were, several of them being pizza,...

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cowane1 on August 24, 2010 from Morayfield, Australia

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