give me a break... =)

I think we should of had a Reading Week this month.

My sister is almost done her reading week. I have seen her maybe 10 minutes, and that was just now. She was getting ready to go out to a bday party. Life isn't fair.

Professional Development Day

I went to a Classroom management workshop. It was fabulous. All the tips and strategies that were given were PRACTICAL and USEFUL. Also, the speaker taught us when and how to use the variety of strategies. One thing I really liked was that everything was BROKEN DOWN step by step so that we were able to understand it much better.

The other workshop I went to was called "Life as a New Teacher". The speaker was wonderful as well, and she was fresh from brock also! She told us EVERYTHING she could about WHAT WE SHOULD KNOW AND DO. She said that it took her a long time to figure everything out, how to do things so that you don't waste too much time on, or rather, how to save time, and she was there telling us in ONE SESSION, important tips to make our lives easier when we do get our first classroom. She brought in many artifacts for us to look at, so that we get an idea and know how we can start off our day plan book, our portfolio, newsletters, cover letter/resume, etc. She also brought in items and ideas of how was can make our classroom look nice, and also showed us what she did for classroom management etc.

(What really bugged me was when she passed out ALL her artifacts from the other end of the class, and people took their sweet time looking at them + they would stop looking and would look up and listen to what the speaker was saying. There were many things being passed, and people have no respect for others. Basically, people at the end got the short end of the stick, like me. )

Overall, I had a good time =)

THINGS NEED TO BE USEFUL, RELEVANT AND PRACTICAL!!

Ministry Education Training

I thought that the workshop about communicating and involving parents was okay. I was a bit disappointed because I was expecting to receive practical tips on how to approach and converse with parents. Something that was emphasized was that parents don't have to be in the classroom to volunteer to help, they can volunteer outside of the school also. It was not engaging, thus, boring.

The second workshop I went to was Special Education. Something that I took in was the difference between accomodation and modification. In class, it wasn't made clear, but the workshop helped me to understand it more. Other than that, it was sort of a review for me because I am currently enrolled in the spec ed class. The last workshop I had was the Literacy one, but I had heard that it wasn't interesting so I went to one where everyone told me it was awesome.


The awesome workshop that everybody raved about was the MATHEMATICS. I, too, enjoyed it very much. Similar to math class, I was able to see the many different ways people think and how they come up with solutions that are quite different from mine. There was a lot of think pair share, and more sharing. I think the way the speaker presented the material was engaging itself because her tone of voice, her enthusiasm towards math made everyone sitting on their edge of their seats. It was wonderful.

I'm all about getting free stuff!! So i'm glad that we received the bag of resources.

Does anybody know when teachers get discounts at STAPLES??