tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8203585919575327008.post3903548605863522076..comments2023-10-18T03:45:33.020-04:00Comments on Musings from the Middle School: My Top Five Favorite Purchases from TpTMusings from the Middle Schoolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07293088234159473528noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8203585919575327008.post-30504138752006713372016-06-22T01:29:14.175-04:002016-06-22T01:29:14.175-04:00As always, thank you for your thoughts on this. In...As always, thank you for your thoughts on this. In respect to homework, it seems like our districts are rather similar. I teach in Las Vegas, and the student population is quite transient. Pair that with some kids whose parents either work swing or late shift, and it doesn't make for an ideal support system when it comes to homework. Recently, our legislature passed a bill which limited homework to what is actually being taught in class that day/week. My department did vocabulary for homework for the past two years. I could not have that on my conscience (yuck!) so I stopped giving it. Vocabulary, I think, needs to be taught in context, otherwise, it's meaningless to the students. When you assign Article of the Week, is it a weekly thing for you? And how far into the year do you start it?Kelly Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11796173351839731093noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8203585919575327008.post-57405642669986722352016-06-21T14:01:17.459-04:002016-06-21T14:01:17.459-04:00Hi Kelly! So the only homework that I give is the ...Hi Kelly! So the only homework that I give is the Article of the Week... sometimes some Greek and Latin Roots, but if so, very, very little!<br /><br />I am not a fan of homework. I teach in a district where too many kids are left to handle homework on their own at night. This gives a distinct advantage to kids who do get help from their families. So, for me, it's not worth it. The Article of the Week is really as far as I go and I provide class time and a day after school where kids who need help can get it from me.<br /><br />And from a personal note... getting rid of homework was the most liberating thing I've ever done! No more checking/grading/managing. It didn't make one bit of difference to what kids learned... it just liberated all of us form the homework-burden!<br /><br />Thanks, JennaMusings from the Middle Schoolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07293088234159473528noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8203585919575327008.post-69049339799907799572016-06-20T19:14:38.740-04:002016-06-20T19:14:38.740-04:00Hi Jenna! Just have a quick question for you while...Hi Jenna! Just have a quick question for you while I'm here. I'm currently sketching out my 1st Quarter Lesson Plans (I know...workaholic), and am almost exclusively using your products (you ROCK!). A thought occurred to me about homework. Since it's the 1st Quarter (first nine weeks of school), and they're just beginning to learn about Elements of Literature, what homework do you normally give your kiddos during this time? I was thinking maybe Greek/Latin Roots, but we do cover that during the 3rd nine weeks of school (I have no idea why). Kelly Gallagher convinced me to stop assigning reading for homework (Readicide was such an awesome, and eye-opening read), so I don't want to do that for homework. Article of the Week is something that I started at the beginning of our second semester last year, and for this year, I was going to start it during our 2nd quarter, when we start with informational text. I never thought it would be this difficult figuring out what I'm going to do for homework this year. Or...maybe I'm complicating things. What do you think?Kelly Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11796173351839731093noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8203585919575327008.post-5682655645258873082016-05-06T19:55:26.429-04:002016-05-06T19:55:26.429-04:00Hi Kylie,
As of now, I don't have those avai...Hi Kylie, <br /><br />As of now, I don't have those available to purchase... but that might be a nice little project to work on over the summer, so stay tuned!!Musings from the Middle Schoolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07293088234159473528noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8203585919575327008.post-60071927379278391502016-05-05T15:55:57.196-04:002016-05-05T15:55:57.196-04:00Question! Do you have a place we could purchase al...Question! Do you have a place we could purchase all the little labels you have for your book genres? I love the black background/description/clipart on them. Thanks!!!Kyliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17996652599720972760noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8203585919575327008.post-25836284948011757632016-05-05T15:55:23.372-04:002016-05-05T15:55:23.372-04:00Question! Do you have a place we could purchase al...Question! Do you have a place we could purchase all the little labels you have for your book genres? I love the black background/description/clipart on them. Thanks!!!Kyliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17996652599720972760noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8203585919575327008.post-54368025032882232912016-04-04T07:57:45.867-04:002016-04-04T07:57:45.867-04:00Hi Kelly! I can't use her fonts on the blog......Hi Kelly! I can't use her fonts on the blog... the fonts you see are standard from Blogger. I'm sure there is some way to upload them to Blogger, but that's beyond my tech skills!! Thanks!Musings from the Middle Schoolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07293088234159473528noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8203585919575327008.post-38236126951365837032016-03-31T12:13:14.773-04:002016-03-31T12:13:14.773-04:00I just recently bought some of Ron Leishman's ...I just recently bought some of Ron Leishman's clip art...I love it! And I love Kimberly Geswein's fonts! Which makes me curious...how were you able to use her fonts on your blog? I have a blog (The Way of Victorious Beauty) and would love to use some of her fonts. I'm so computer illiterate!Kelly Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11796173351839731093noreply@blogger.com