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Welcome home from War, everyone! While y'all were gone, the back-to-school stuff started for poor ole Educait. I'm still trying to clean out the teacher excrement that has taken over my guest room. I have two days left to sort, toss, and organize. Blech. Yesterday, I spent seven hours in a portable classroom learning how to be a mentor teacher. (No, not a mental teacher. I didn't need lessons for that.)One of the things we're supposed to do is convince our newbie proteges to have fun. Play. Be silly! After seven mind-numbing hours, I compiled a brief list of ways to have more fun this year. Suggestions for additional dumb stuff will be gratefully accepted. 1. Make faces at security cameras outside room. Have students do same, in unison. 2. Make students speak in rhyme. Or alliteration. Or similes. For a whole class period. Reward with Smarties. 3. Choose a secret word. Reward anyone who says it, until the kids figure out the word. 4. Post a new dumb vocab word each day (like, say, "masticate") and reward anyone who uses it. 5. During last five minutes, have kids write down something they want to complain about, wad paper up, then throw it at trashcan. (Or me.) After dumb teacher training yesterday, had nummy raw fishy goodness with Blackbear, the Samurai, and pals. Confirmed that I am, in fact, a Geek Grrrl. But you knew that already! Watch this page for: The Minivan Samurai's Adventures in the Pool! Book du jour: Tea With the Black Dragon, R.A. MacEvoy. A classic! Song on the Headbone: Long Time Gone, the Dixie Chicks |
 
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