http://cfcl.com/blogs/vlb/weblog/ Normal is overrated... en-us 2018-09-09T19:16:51-08:00 http://cfcl.com/blogs/vlb/weblog/archives/002310.html I've been substitute teaching for a little over two years now. I've been thinking, lately, about why 4th and 5th... Vicki 2018-09-09T19:16:51-08:00 http://cfcl.com/blogs/vlb/weblog/archives/002309.html Subbing... While I was on recess duty, a 1st or 2nd grade girl came dancing (jeté) across the blacktop, stopped... Teach Vicki 2018-09-09T19:04:35-08:00 http://cfcl.com/blogs/vlb/weblog/archives/002308.html Yesterday's class was doing "IXL Math" exercises on Chromebooks: "Ratios and Rates". Sample question: "What is the ratio of... Teach Vicki 2017-01-07T10:13:26-08:00 http://cfcl.com/blogs/vlb/weblog/archives/002301.html My Credit Union offers the option to "design your own" image for credit cards. On Nov 14, I went... Trivial Pursuits Vicki 2016-12-31T12:24:23-08:00 http://cfcl.com/blogs/vlb/weblog/archives/002307.html 6th grade math - part 1 Problem: 0.375 + 5/8 Guys. There's a trick. What's an eighth? (silence) What's a... Teach Vicki 2016-12-20T22:30:49-08:00 http://cfcl.com/blogs/vlb/weblog/archives/002306.html December 15, 2016 Subbing in middle school (7th grade) "Tech" classes. The students are creating simple web sites. Hey, I... Teach Vicki 2016-12-16T22:26:47-08:00 http://cfcl.com/blogs/vlb/weblog/archives/002305.html Fourth First grade This was.... a surprise. I was expecting 4th grade. Me (at the school office): I'm your 4th... Teach Vicki 2016-12-14T22:19:40-08:00 http://cfcl.com/blogs/vlb/weblog/archives/002304.html 4th grade. Math. Students are learning multiplication with "partial products". I know this concept as well but I use... Teach Vicki 2016-12-13T22:14:02-08:00 http://cfcl.com/blogs/vlb/weblog/archives/002303.html (I have begun substitute teaching) December 2016 First grade I only have the first graders for half an hour... Teach Vicki 2016-12-07T22:06:22-08:00 http://cfcl.com/blogs/vlb/weblog/archives/002302.html (I have begun substitute teaching) November, 2016 From 12:30 to 12:40, I did yard duty - watching the kids... Teach Vicki 2016-12-05T22:03:08-08:00 http://cfcl.com/blogs/vlb/weblog/archives/002300.html I took the CBEST yesterday at the Pearson VUE test center in Oakland. I took the computer version of... Teach Vicki 2016-09-04T15:54:58-08:00 http://cfcl.com/blogs/vlb/weblog/archives/002299.html (I wrote this essay yesterday as part of the CBEST "writing" test. The topic was "an early memory".) My... Retrospectoscope Vicki 2016-09-04T13:43:11-08:00 http://cfcl.com/blogs/vlb/weblog/archives/002298.html Odd Corners Vicki 2016-08-09T13:14:43-08:00 http://cfcl.com/blogs/vlb/weblog/archives/002297.html I presented a two-hour workshop on Temperament and Communication for SOAR for Youth in July. "SOAR for Youth offers an... Show & Tell Vicki 2016-08-04T13:53:13-08:00 http://cfcl.com/blogs/vlb/weblog/archives/002296.html I've been participating (once again) in a Facebook discussion among people who claim that the MBTI is not a... commentary Vicki 2016-07-30T14:52:23-08:00