Day 52 - Office Hours

The weather was so gorgeous today and I had tons of papers to grade. So I set up my office in the back yard to get some work done. Here I am keeping office hours.

Day 49 - Too Much of a Good Thing . . .

. . . can still be a good thing. I'd estimate that about one-third of the students on my team constantly have a book in their hands. They read when you are not looking in class. They read during any down time. They read as they walk down the hall to the cafeteria and back again. It's makes you feel really good as a teacher to see this. Here are just two of our many kids keeping their minds engaged and enriched. I'm so thankful to have a great teammate in our language arts teacher who has done a great job getting these kids excited about reading.

Day 32 bonus pic - 'Nuff Said

Day 4 - my messy workspace

1st day back - my workspace
Originally uploaded by mattguthrie

This what my classroom looked like when I returned today after Christmas break. Notice how messy everything is. I probably should have taken a photo of all my counters as well. This is what happens when you don't start the year off with good systems in place. I blame it on coaching a fall sport. The goal is to get everything straightened up and in place by next week.

Technical note: The picture was taken with my Palm Centro and the collage was put together using Picasa.