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		<title>First Quarter Relief</title>
		<link>http://thelearningbiz.wordpress.com/2009/11/07/first-quarter-relief/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2009 16:02:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[To say that I successfully survived the first quarter of the school year would be like giving someone credit for having invented walking just because she knows how to take some steps. I made it to November mainly by not completely goofing, and at least in general, giving the aura of someone who knows what [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thelearningbiz.wordpress.com&blog=2600779&post=796&subd=thelearningbiz&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>No more cheetah&#8217;s PLEASE!!!</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Oct 2009 12:36:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Some really great similes and metaphors got written this week, but so did some horrible ones.
I don&#8217;t know how many times I read about something going as fast as a cheetah. Are cheetahs the universal animal of choice for quickness? Where are they getting this from? And why are clouds always marshmallows or fluffy pillows? [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thelearningbiz.wordpress.com&blog=2600779&post=793&subd=thelearningbiz&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Throw it out</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Oct 2009 15:12:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve written before about the tricky double-edged sword that is school progress reports, and I still struggle with their usefulness. On the one hand they are a  great way for parents to stay informed about student progress, at least in a limited way. You can argue that the uber-scheduled family just doesn&#8217;t have the time [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thelearningbiz.wordpress.com&blog=2600779&post=789&subd=thelearningbiz&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Let simmer overnight</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2009 20:37:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It looks like I didn&#8217;t get the whole story yesterday. Today we had a quick review of both types of conflict and I was surprised to hear students bringing up things that other people had written/drawn on the board. In one class when I did a quick review of internal conflict students mentioned the drawing [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thelearningbiz.wordpress.com&blog=2600779&post=786&subd=thelearningbiz&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Needs Some Work</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Sep 2009 21:06:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[We did a &#8220;chalk talk&#8221; today in class, actually in this case it was a &#8220;marker talk&#8221; because I had them write on paper so I could have some sort of hard copy of what sorts of things students added. And to be honest it only went so so. I was expecting it to go [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thelearningbiz.wordpress.com&blog=2600779&post=784&subd=thelearningbiz&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Balanced</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m sure I&#8217;m not unique in having a variety of wants that are often fighting for my time and attention, that are even working against each other more often than not. That&#8217;s definitely often true of my weekends.
On the one hand, I want to have the opportunity to have a full weekend not bombarded by [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thelearningbiz.wordpress.com&blog=2600779&post=781&subd=thelearningbiz&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The week ahead&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://thelearningbiz.wordpress.com/2009/09/12/the-week-ahead/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Sep 2009 22:01:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The week ahead is I think the most important one so far. I think I&#8217;ve done a fairly good job of creating classroom expectations, and all that good stuff, but I think for the most part the kids are just following along and hoping they&#8217;re doing it right.
One thing I&#8217;ve done a not so good [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thelearningbiz.wordpress.com&blog=2600779&post=778&subd=thelearningbiz&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The first few weeks of school&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://thelearningbiz.wordpress.com/2009/09/09/the-first-few-weeks-of-school/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2009 21:43:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m not going to lie&#8211;I was nervous my first week. Confident, but nervous. I guess it&#8217;s possible to be both in some ways. I mean I was confident that the week would go smoothly, but nervous about getting papers mixed up (so much paper the first week), names mixed up, locations mixed up. I was [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thelearningbiz.wordpress.com&blog=2600779&post=776&subd=thelearningbiz&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Where&#8217;s the start button?</title>
		<link>http://thelearningbiz.wordpress.com/2009/08/29/wheres-the-start-button/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 29 Aug 2009 13:03:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I survived new teacher orientation.
I got to meet another newbie who&#8217;s teaching 8th grade english this year, unfortunately not in my building, but yay for technological communication!
My room is looking good, I must say&#8230;although that&#8217;s probably because it has yet to pass the- classroom full of students coming in and out- test.
I have some sort [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thelearningbiz.wordpress.com&blog=2600779&post=773&subd=thelearningbiz&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>An unplanned, but great, Friday</title>
		<link>http://thelearningbiz.wordpress.com/2009/08/08/an-unplanned-but-great-friday/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 08 Aug 2009 13:22:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I had such a incredibly relaxed day yesterday. I&#8217;ve been back and forth to school, and next week will be more of that, and the week after that more&#8230;until finally school starts and I&#8217;m on full-tilt. So, it was nice to just go out, no real plans, and not feel at all like there was [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thelearningbiz.wordpress.com&blog=2600779&post=767&subd=thelearningbiz&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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