• Archive for February, 2006

    If I Were in Charge

    by Matt • February 27, 2006 • 0 Comments

    For a lesson on responsibility, the 2nd graders had to complete a worksheet titled “If I Were in Charge.” The worksheet listed six things that students do that don’t meet expectations or break school rules. The student’s job was to pretend to be the principal and write down the “consequences” (the politically correct word for [...]

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    5.2 to 7.4

    by Matt • February 22, 2006 • 1 Comment

    That’s the current reading level of my genius son, who happens to be barely more than halfway through the second grade. He’s off the chart — the cards his teacher uses to track reading levels only goes up to 6.5, so she had to ‘X’ that out and write in 7.4 for him. Am I [...]

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