Wednesday, January 27, 2010

Teaching two ways, becomes four-ways

Holy Cow!!!  First period went according to plan, but, we ended-up with a lockdown during second period that extended well into third period.  Improvisation was the key, as we took that extra time to delve deeper into our textbook readings and talk about the dangers of drinking water from those pipes that shoot out water near roadways.  Sure, they were once public oases that featured pure spring water, but now, PennDOT uses those areas to channel surface run-off.  Anyway, after lockdown, we a third period class that consisted of a dozen or so minutes.  Hardly time to teach.  Finally, fourth period features a different way to teach the material and was difficult because the cherubs were still in goofy-mode from the lockdown, although most of my kiddoes were back to normal halfway through class.

All-in-all, it woulda been a good day to have stayed at home.  Whew!!!  This is a terrific sixth grade, this year, so despite my panic-mode teaching, they fared pretty well.

No clue why we had a lockdown -  really don't care.

Have a great night, folks.

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