Taking a break from National Boards. Entry 4  was finished a few weeks ago, all twelve types pages of it. Well, almost finished; I still have to photocopy sixteen pages of documentation to support the twelve pages.

On to Entry 1. Last week,  after almost thirty-six hours of dog-paddling in a sea of instructions, I finally emerged onto the wet sand of internalized understanding. Educational lingo for “I finally understand what I don’t understand so now I can go about the business of understanding for real.” I have to write about two students which, considering I teach over 100, seems like an easy task.   But no.  No units can overlap, students must show growth,  I must find a print response to a non-print text, a non-print response to a print, two writing samples, and a partridge in a pear tree.

Wait. I think I can make this bearable.
“On the first day of National Boards, my instructions said to…  “

Stay tuned. But know this: between now and March 31, I will be crazed.  Blogs may be stream of consciousness, assuming I still am conscious.  Pray for me.