COURTNEY’s blog Vox 2008-07-24T02:06:48Z COURTNEY http://courtney918.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom tag:vox.com,2006:6p00fad68d37e00005/ VCS 2008 tag:vox.com,2008-07-24:asset-6a00fad68d37e0000500fa968ae91f0003 2008-07-24T02:06:48Z 2008-07-24T02:06:48Z COURTNEY http://courtney918.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

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A successful Mississippi Teacher Corps Volleyball Championship Series 2008. The air temperature was easily 105 F. The sand temperature was easily 106 F. Sun burns all around. Sand in places it shouldn't be. Blisters on the bottom of our feet. NO...

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]]> TIME FLIES tag:vox.com,2008-07-22:asset-6a00fad68d37e000050100a7eaee16000e 2008-07-22T20:09:39Z 2008-07-22T20:12:20Z COURTNEY http://courtney918.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom Start of summer school = essentially CLUELESS on how to write a lesson plan, how to deliver a lesson plan, how to assess if the students understood the lesson at all... CLUELESS on everything that was TEACHING. My lesson planning usually went ...

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]]> Welcome to Holly Springs tag:vox.com,2008-07-22:asset-6a00fad68d37e0000500fa968a7d9c0003 2008-07-22T16:02:49Z 2008-07-22T16:02:49Z COURTNEY http://courtney918.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

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Holly Springs. H. Springs. Hollyville. Ballerville.

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]]> caught on camera... again. tag:vox.com,2008-07-18:asset-6a00fad68d37e000050100a7e99afc000e 2008-07-18T14:08:32Z 2008-07-18T14:08:32Z COURTNEY http://courtney918.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom I took a video of myself teaching, I watched it, and I've got 3 comments: 1. The juggling of the white board markers has ceased (thankfully) and I no longer irritate myself with clicking, snapping or tapping the markers. Pat on the back for ge...

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]]> what to work on... tag:vox.com,2008-07-14:asset-6a00fad68d37e0000500fa968775910002 2008-07-14T20:45:14Z 2008-07-14T20:45:14Z COURTNEY http://courtney918.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom The numero uno thing I need to improve on... tough call. I think the biggest thing I need to improve on so far is being consistent with my rewards. Rewards, we have been told, can be one of the biggest factors in your classroom management....

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]]> Organize. Hammer. Utilize. tag:vox.com,2008-07-14:asset-6a00fad68d37e0000500fad699ae3b0005 2008-07-14T20:32:23Z 2008-07-14T20:32:23Z COURTNEY http://courtney918.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom Biology I has been rocking all summer long. Allll summmmer longggg we've been a pretty sweet class. Different people from different places with different teaching styles. But somehow it has worked. For the month of July our team teacher ...

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]]> Oh, the places you'll go... tag:vox.com,2008-07-02:asset-6a00fad68d37e0000500fad696ab3b0004 2008-07-02T00:09:06Z 2008-07-02T00:16:39Z COURTNEY http://courtney918.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

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]]> caught on camera... tag:vox.com,2008-06-28:asset-6a00fad68d37e0000500fae8c723c2000b 2008-06-28T17:25:27Z 2008-07-18T13:45:30Z COURTNEY http://courtney918.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom 28 June 2008 I took a video of myself teaching, I watched it, and I've got three comments: 1. I need to PUT DOWN THE WHITE BOARD MARKER... it has turned into my little fidget toy when I am talking. I tend to click the cap on and off, swi...

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]]> Reluctant Disciplinarian tag:vox.com,2008-06-26:asset-6a00fad68d37e0000500fa968281660003 2008-06-26T10:36:02Z 2008-07-18T18:38:58Z COURTNEY http://courtney918.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom 26 June 2008 I like the cover of the book, displaying all the different "cliques" of high school. I like the cartoon graphics inserted amongst the paragraphs. I like that the book did not take long to read, but still made me feel like I had re...

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]]> I wish I could pants-pop. tag:vox.com,2008-06-24:asset-6a00fad68d37e0000500fa96820f920003 2008-06-24T22:04:19Z 2008-06-24T22:04:19Z COURTNEY http://courtney918.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom 24 June 2008 I hope that in one year I can provide as many helpful hints and wisdom as the second-years have provided for me... they have been a huge part of why this month has run so smoothly and with as many laughs and successes as it has. S...

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