They don't even understand that it's cheating....

We've given them so much group work for so long that they just give me dumb looks when I get on to them for copying homework. I find that I have to be very specific that I want *their* work and their work only on certain quizzes and assignments. I had assigned a crossword puzzle for a fun vocab activity for my Physical Science students. I was standing right over a kid a he copied his neighbor's work. He looked at me and said "WHAT?!?" I love group work, but I need to find a way to teach the difference between group and individual work.

Augh!

Friday was homecoming. I came home and finished my Journal Article review for Diverse Learners. Then I drove back to Rogers to hang out with my students at the game. Then the Team America Rocketry Challenge club cleaned up the stadium after the game. Then I chaperoned the homecoming dance until 1am. Saturday was my father-in-law's birthday. After we got back from the birthday party in Harrison, I drove out to Hobbs state park for the Astronomy stargazing. I got up today and got my papers graded and entered. Hooray. I go to upload my assignments and take my quiz and the website at uamont is DOWN! Augh! I need to do stuff, find out stuff and get my information to upload stuff. I've been trying since this afternoon. I didn't see any notices about an outage. I'll keep trying. Man, how frustrating.

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Kill the Fatted Calf!

What was lost is returned! My missing student showed up in class today. He was tardy. I hugged him, told him how glad I was to see him and gave him a tardy slip. I told him not to miss my class and that I needed him there every minute. I took him out in the hall and we got in touch with his special ed teacher and the counselor's office who are getting him services.

There is no way that he will be ready for the test on Thursday. Oh well, I think he's got more trouble than school. Maybe 5th hour physical science can be a safe place for one hour a day.

Also, my two most severely disabled students make me wonder if I'm providing adequate scaffolding. We'll see soon.
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