GLAD

All week long I'm doing something called GLAD training. Not just me but several teachers in my building and district are doing this training. It is a designed style of teaching that incorporates strategies of metacognition and participation. Guided language acquisition design it is rather a mouthful but so far there are some interesting teaching styles that i will be able to incorporate in my unit/lesson planning. Saturday and Monday were all day affairs of the trainers training us in their various styles. Today through Friday we observe a class from 8:30-12:00 learning a unit from the trainers and then in the afternoon we work on unit planning of our own. I'm working with one of the others ELL teachers using our text, but trying to meet academic standards of our grade levels. She teaches 6th grade and her writing is more narrative based, while my 7th graders are more expository writing in preparation for the state standardized testing. i started flagging and getting snappish around three o'clock. Partly just tired, partly in need of food and fresh air. All this rain is driving me indoors and I haven't been for a walk in a few days. Tomorrow will be another long day, and there are a few things i want to check on the web before tomorrow so....

I am looking for the blessings of sleep and energy for tomorrow