Parent-Teacher Conferences

It's the most wonderful time of the year......  LOL!!  Parent/teacher conferences are underway and I think it is a painful process for all involved!!  The students are going home on half-day schedules begging teachers to have mercy, while teachers rub their hands together in anticipation of finally meeting their students' parents... (if they show up!!)  No matter what, in the end all I can say is that we all (hopefully) have the same goal of doing what is best for the student to make it through their current grade!!  

I'm sure that I speak for all teachers that we all pray our conferences do not end up like this!!

GOOD LUCK!!! 

NJEA!!! Whoo Hoo!!!!

What an amazing experience it was presenting at the NJEA Convention yesterday in Atlantic City!  A big shout out to my co-presenters Karen, Elsann and Sandy!!  Most especially to Amy Ackerman for giving us this amazing opportunity!  What a turn out we had!!  The crowd was HUGE and they were so interested and engaged in what we were presenting to them!!! All the hours and hard work we put into preparing for this was so worth it!!  Highly recommend to anyone Amy approaches to do this!! Now.. back to work and finishing the semester with an even bigger bang! LOL!!!

To stress or not to stress?

Today we are going to present our group presentation in class and all I can say is "Thank God it's almost over!!"  Don't get me wrong.. the class is very interesting and the assignment was fun... it was all the other stuff like work, home, etc.. that made it so stressful!! No matter what, I still had fun working with my group and I believe that working through the stress gave me the added benefit of making good friends out of co-workers!! Can't wait to present and get it all done!!!

On a lighter note... this will be me after tonight's presentation!! LOL!!! 

Work, School, and Projects!

This week has been very stressful!! At work, my students are still trying to get into work mode (it's a slow and painful process for all of us!) At school, trying to juggle 2 graduate classes has it's challenges, assignments are in progress and projects are coming up...but no matter what I love the fact that I can still discover a new program and have fun with it!  This week I played with Workflowy and I love it!  It is a wonderful way to stay organized and on task, especially if you have more than one project or assignment due!  Even better if you are working on a group project, you can share your document and everyone on the team can edit and add to the document as necessary! Try it out if you can!! On a last note.. thank God for sticky notes!!  I would be a mess without them! :)

Teacher Self-evaluations.... Oh MY!!

This week our teacher self evaluations are due.....  I'm sort of at a loss on what else to say!!!  I feel in just stating the fact that our self-evaluations are due is enough!!! Soooo enough said!!! :)

Technology that WORKS!!

This week has been a test on getting the technology to work in our classrooms!!  My poor teachers have been struggling to get either their computers, Smartboards and anything else that involves technology to actually work!! Sometimes I feel that any minute I'm going to see computers come flying out of classrooms!! In the end no matter how frustrated we get, at least we can laugh with each other (even though I know our students are laughing AT us!).  I'm hoping that the week can only get better and hope that we are not tempted to destroy the technology that we have now!! Keep your fingers crossed!!! :)

Whew! Is it June Yet??

Here we are working on the 2nd full week of school and all I can think is "Is it June yet?"  LOL!!! It seems like everyone is struggling with getting back into the groove of things, but I continue to hope that my class and I will fall into our routine and get going!!!

On another note!!  I wanted to share with everyone an App that I use called Splashtop.  I love love love this app because it allows me to control my computer and Smartboard with my ipad!!! You do have to pay for the App (I think its $3.99) and download the program into your computer (which is free), but once you have it you are ready to go and I cannot tell you enough how much it is worth the cost!!  I can be at my desk or anywhere in my room and have complete control of my computer and Smartboard without being anywhere near it!! Check it out if you get a chance!!! :)

Back to School!

Hello Everyone!

I've decided to continue with my Bilingual Blog page!  I am a bilingual teacher at Millville public schools and am very excited to be started off a new year with my students.  I teach 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade students in varying levels of learning the English language.  I have so much fun with my students and they always give me a reason to laugh everyday.  These first few days have been about getting used to the routine, welcoming new students into our class "family" and learning the different programs that we use with technology.  One of my favorites is Reflex Math which helps students work on their math fluency.  They are loving the program and just having fun being in school!  The best thing about the program is that it is available in English, Spanish and French!!