Wet

Coming out of school today, sprinkling. No biggie. But within a mile it was a downpour that clouded my sunglasses (yes, there was enough sun to need them) and threatened to flood my left contact lens out of my eye. Then the cool/cold rain stopped and the steam began to rise from the pavement. yuck. Plus the road grime that my tires kicked up into my face and up the back of me. Laundry time!

Counting down to a long weekend/short week combination. Still trying to focus on the positives (spinning quiz scores as "what you did right" instead of focusing on wrong answers), throwing in mini-lessons as time allows, and starting to formulate strategies on how to help students who were below proficient on the TCAP last year. Goal, set by the administration, is to reduce those numbers by 50%. Since I only had 8 last year....but none of those translated to 7th with me. I need to find out so I can target them.