When you’re a teacher, being gone
is so much harder than going to work – even if you’re sick! I’ve been battling
a sinus infection for weeks (months really) and went into the doctor (again)
Friday afternoon. This time we are trying 3 weeks of antibiotics. Yikes! I’ve
never taken so much medicine in my life. I decided to stay home yesterday and
get some rest to aid in the recovery process. After today, I’m thinking I
should have just gone to work!!! I feel like I’m so far behind – and our grades
are due on Monday! Good thing we don’t have kiddos on Friday so I can get them
finished up. We have Friday to work on grade cards and prepare for
parent/teacher conferences.
Instead of plunging into another
week of reading, we are taking that time to review and get some grade card
testing done (running records, specific skill tests, etc.). I’m curious, fellow
bloggers, do you do grades each nine weeks or just at semester? Do you set
aside a week to do grade card testing or squeeze it into your schedule?
At my school, we do grade cards
each nine weeks with conferences in the fall and spring. I seem to take more
time for testing before conferences…guess I want to be prepared with plenty of
data to back up the grades that I will be showing to parents.
One positive of being gone, my
kiddos seemed so happy to see me this morning and gave me an extra jolly, “Good
morning, Mrs. Ratcliff,” as I greeted them each at the door. That just makes me
smile. J
Of course, I missed them too and wondered how they were doing without me…though
that could be because I am a bit of a control freak (I hesitantly admit).
Hope you have a blessed day!
Crystal
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