tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20993778.post115820509977424027..comments2024-03-16T14:54:12.445-04:00Comments on History Is Elementary: A Typical DayEHThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17964668210604436937noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20993778.post-1158617929363570992006-09-18T18:18:00.000-04:002006-09-18T18:18:00.000-04:00Sure Mark, come on down. Thank you for the wonder...Sure Mark, come on down. Thank you for the wonderful comments.EHThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17964668210604436937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20993778.post-1158548663446553862006-09-17T23:04:00.000-04:002006-09-17T23:04:00.000-04:00Can I put my 8 year-old in your classroom? Please...Can I put my 8 year-old in your classroom? Please???<BR/><BR/>Aside from the fact that every school is "Crazy School" these days, your classroom is clearly exceptional. A teacher who knows her history? An ELEMENTARY teacher who thinks that it's not a bad idea to use history as "non-fiction" reading? What a novel concept.<BR/><BR/>As a social studies wonk, I'm aghast at the lack of social studies my kiddos are getting, even though they attend a G/T school that gets (I'm not kidding)the best test scores in the entire state. <BR/><BR/>Why then are the teachers so obsessed with "Crazy school" measures, when they could be creating little historians and scientists---in addition to being "highly proficient" at reading, writing and arithmetic?<BR/><BR/>It boggles. Anyway, I'm really glad to have found your interesting, entertaining site. Keep up the great work. And if I move to Georgia, my kids will enroll in your class, okay?<BR/><BR/>Mark Montgomery<BR/>EdVantage Consulting<BR/>www.textbookevaluator.comAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20993778.post-1158207613001730582006-09-14T00:20:00.000-04:002006-09-14T00:20:00.000-04:00It's 12:18 a.m. ladies! What are you doing up? W...It's 12:18 a.m. ladies! What are you doing up? We need to "git to bed". Thanks for the comments.EHThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17964668210604436937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20993778.post-1158207193760242782006-09-14T00:13:00.000-04:002006-09-14T00:13:00.000-04:00Well said! We really don't have CRAZY SCHOOL unti...Well said! We really don't have CRAZY SCHOOL until later this year. We practice CRAZY SCHOOL several times with smaller assessments, though. Just reading the first part of your post gave me an anxiety attack. I'm impressed with all the wonderful things you do during "normal time." I hope you get many happy days in that mode this year!HappyChyckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00586840416488114845noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20993778.post-1158206040463774212006-09-13T23:54:00.000-04:002006-09-13T23:54:00.000-04:00You are awesome! I am so glad to see and hear abou...You are awesome! I am so glad to see and hear about an elementary teacher who teaches history!!! I have been aghast at the level of idiocy that permeates education when it thinks students in elementary school do not need things like science of social studies. I am teaching juniors in high school that should be well versed in things like Columbus' first voyage, Dr. King, and the like. I am dumbfounded by their lack of knowledge until I remember that they have been learning to read and write and do 'rithmetic, uh...well, not so much of that must have taken place either. Sorry, got off track. Your "normal" schedule is great. I am finally at the point where I can have a schedule of activities like you do.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com