Sarah Puglisi posted an article on A Day In the Life - Feb 6, 2012, 9:12 pm
Sometimes I wonder if anyone else is picking up on the codes out there this political year. And before you tell me you aren't political, ok. Sure. Me either. I don't like codes that are really ways to say something racist, classicist, sexist. And not own it. To use it to separate us. Or inflame. Or ...
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Sarah Puglisi posted an article on A Day In the Life - Feb 5, 2012, 7:27 am
My sleep served me up a dream. I've been out of teaching 3rd grade about a week total with something, it comes after a month's worth of feeling like I had allergies? Then the cough came. The chest pain, infection in sinuses. I've entirely lost my voice, wheeze, so I can't do anything for long. It ha...
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Sarah Puglisi posted an article on A Day In the Life - Jan 28, 2012, 4:50 pm
I did not go to work Friday. I needed an antibiotic for a lingering throat infection for one thing. But both my kids told me my car was graffiti-ed Thursday night-I just couldn't go look at it. I came out of school Thursday and got in my car without seeing the hood somehow. Even though you look over...
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Sarah Puglisi posted an article on A Day In the Life - Jan 27, 2012, 12:08 am
I'm seriously disturbed by the violence in the area I teach. Teen stabbed near Oxnard junior high school » Ventura County Star Yesterday I did not hear this as our school day ended, and it's so close to us-didn't take in 12 police cars responding-as they came in force because of the proximity to th...
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Sarah Puglisi posted an article on A Day In the Life - Jan 25, 2012, 5:45 pm
Yes, I am The last thing that is their's. The following is an article about a child very near and dear. As a teacher I'm able to share this public article that tells a story of just one of the many myriad responsibilities that teacher's like myself face. And, the children. Ventura County Reporter - ...
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Sarah Puglisi posted an article on A Day In the Life - Jan 20, 2012, 2:14 pm
Rest in peace, Etta James. See my Mrs. Puglisi's 100 National Standards
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Sarah Puglisi posted an article on A Day In the Life - Jan 19, 2012, 9:35 pm
In a series of posts I've been showing here the last day or so what my students drew for Dr. King's holiday. Hanging in our room right now are large portraits. Today I passed out each child's acrostic poem which they had typed. They drew AGAIN and did delicate pencil portraits, entirely on their own...
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Sarah Puglisi posted an article on A Day In the Life - Jan 18, 2012, 10:05 pm
Acrostics, even the name gives me the notion of some coded trick. But just the same we took on this simple form to talk to Martin Luther King Jr. today in third grade. My students are involved in an extended study connected to the holiday we just celebrated. I felt these were fascinating. You might ...
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Sarah Puglisi posted an article on A Day In the Life - Jan 16, 2012, 11:05 am
This title is a piece of a quote from Martin Luther King Junior. It is from his speech I've Been To The Mountaintop. It resonated with me this morning. The fuller quote is: As you know, if I were standing at the beginning of time, with the possibility of general and panoramic view of the whole huma...
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Sarah Puglisi posted an article on A Day In the Life - Jan 15, 2012, 9:19 am
The Heart Shaped Box Often I ask people what they think or remember of school. After 30+ years teaching public school in areas of poverty--some of the “worst,” apparently, in the nation--it interests me what the answer will be. Most often it has to do with a relationship between a student, a t...
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Sarah Puglisi posted an article on A Day In the Life - Jan 7, 2012, 5:16 pm
Six days into the New Year, the forces of 2012, whatever they are, decided that this public classroom teacher could look harder at some serious business. In her own backyard. And maybe with my resolution to write, speak again about my work teaching in the hope this helps us all somehow- by communica...
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Sarah Puglisi posted an article on A Day In the Life - Dec 31, 2011, 10:58 pm
Every New Years I try to think of a few sustainable Resolutions. Since I am a teacher these are usually intertwined with goals for that teaching work, but inevitably I read others on New Years and scan the blogs or FB, listen to folks back at school and then I'm in such a fit of "why couldn't I thin...
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Sarah Puglisi posted an article on A Day In the Life - Dec 29, 2011, 4:02 pm
Well this IS the post about 2011. Just my 2011. In a tiny underperforming CA school that went to safe harbor after a mysterious 40 or 50 point rise in 4th grade. This is a year in review post that should be insightful and hopeful. And I am hoping. In teaching all these 30 years I do generally take a...
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Sarah Puglisi posted an article on A Day In the Life - Dec 27, 2011, 4:10 pm
' I'm on a winter break. Vacation. I am a 3rd grade public school teacher, now 3rd, after years in 1st (the funniest grade there is) and many more years of my 30 teaching in 4th, 6th so on, but the last few days I've just been a regular person on a much needed break. Before this all started, I was ...
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Sarah Puglisi posted an article on A Day In the Life - Dec 19, 2011, 2:14 am
One I actually liked, that I made today...... God's Eyes, a set on Flickr. I'm learning a new craft after teaching it to my third graders. A couple days ago i blogged their efforts, now after three days of making I'm sharing my work so far. Each one teaches me so...
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Sarah Puglisi posted an article on A Day In the Life - Dec 18, 2011, 7:44 am
I have a new favorite blog. It's inspiring me to once again look at what the kids say. And try to record it as it gets said. While attempting to teach. Shit Mah Students Say See my Mrs. Puglisi's 100 National Standards
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Sarah Puglisi posted an article on A Day In the Life - Dec 15, 2011, 1:25 am
Christmas Show 2011, a set on Flickr. And Here is a glimpse at our "Winter Show"-a pretty cute experience.
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Sarah Puglisi posted an article on A Day In the Life - Dec 13, 2011, 9:48 pm
So sometimes I like to think of myself as something other than being an ordinary aging 3rd grade teacher in a public school. I envision myself going to the Comedy Club and talking about being an aging third grade teacher. Where the laughing I hear in my head at least would make more sense. As I driv...
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Sarah Puglisi posted an article on A Random Act of Poetry - Nov 22, 2011, 7:05 pm
Wayward Daughter when are you coming home to family fresh sheets some cleaning (one can hope) to several boys that aren't even biologically related that I find to gravy and all things you look upon skeptically home to the few folks that you'll spend a lifetime wondering about, one who has her mind o...
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Sarah Puglisi posted an article on A Day In the Life - Oct 31, 2011, 8:31 pm
My class says......... Happy Halloween, err, Día de los Muertos! I know that I was interested in both of these two days. And the traditions of both. First, today my twitter got hacked. That's how it started, seeing an email. Uh oh... Knowing at work I can't deal with anything. The awful part of th...
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Sarah Puglisi posted an article on A Day In the Life - Oct 29, 2011, 9:07 pm
I'm truly honored by this post from Anthony Cody. Honored because I'm quoted, but more so because poverty is addressed. We haven't been "allowed" to talk to poverty in teaching for so long. Teachers that did so were "making excuses" or "whining." This year the ugliness of poverty is taking my breath...
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Sarah Puglisi posted an article on A Random Act of Poetry - Oct 29, 2011, 9:05 pm
I'm truly honored by this post from Anthony Cody. Honored because I'm quoted, but more so because poverty is addressed. We haven't been "allowed" to talk to poverty in teaching for so long. Teacher that did so were "making excuses" or "whining." This year the ugliness of poverty is taking my breath,...
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Sarah Puglisi posted an article on A Random Act of Poetry - Oct 22, 2011, 1:25 pm
So I've been wanting to write you a set of poems The paper for this stacked on books I'm avoiding too But things for us took a decidedly serious course What I have to give is inadequate And ( I know you like those ands) the kind of verse you like escapes me Right now. This Is Not About A Guy That Ki...
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Sarah Puglisi posted an article on A Day In the Life - Oct 9, 2011, 2:51 pm
In Charlotte's Web there are some lovely moments. I found this out "again" by reading the story aloud to my class, we haven't finished it yet. It's the longest reading in history. I might not make it through Charlotte's leaving us. We'll see. This story is how I first learned about death. So it alwa...
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Sarah Puglisi posted an article on A Day In the Life - Oct 7, 2011, 12:54 am
A funny thing happened. I got my presentation ready for back to school night. And developed that same day and night (and for a week the worst neck pain), worst pain in my life, so far anyway. And strangely I've had blood in my urine which must thrill everyone reading. In fact I'm still so weak. I'v...
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Sarah Puglisi posted an article on A Day In the Life - Sep 28, 2011, 10:56 pm
... It is beautiful in the woods today You are going home again. Bryan C. Waterfall The blue wet water rushing The rainbow dream on an indigo cliff Fast water danger aquamarine. Daniela e Waterfall Beautiful wet noisy fast roaring It is so wet and powerful rushing, You...
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Sarah Puglisi posted an article on A Day In the Life - Sep 27, 2011, 9:19 pm
... bit of fragrance clings to the hand that gives flowers. Chinese Proverb A book holds a house of gold. Chinese Proverb A book is like a garden carried in the pocket. Chinese Proverb A book tightly ... gem is not polished without rubbing, nor a man perfected without trials. Chinese Proverb ...
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Sarah Puglisi posted an article on A Day In the Life - Sep 25, 2011, 4:58 pm
I'm thinking that too. And if I EVER get this to work I will be fully in joy. Sylvia, mydaughter took a crack at it. Boring though it may be. I'm going with it.
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Sarah Puglisi posted an article on A Day In the Life - Sep 25, 2011, 3:40 pm
Right now, I'm exhausted. And I need to get away from work. A child that just friended me on Facebook wants a math test and criticized my punctuation. Maybe that's why we block people. And he means well. So I'm working as many teachers are, too much. I just created a Power Point for my class Back T...
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Sarah Puglisi posted an article on A Day In the Life - Sep 13, 2011, 12:44 am
"I could have told you Vincent this world was never meant for one as beautiful as you." Don McLean Ah...to art, are they listening in our world? Do we understand what it teaches? Can it assume a place again within our classrooms? Recently a teacher gave me an interesting compliment, she said, "These...
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Sarah Puglisi posted an article on A Day In the Life - Sep 10, 2011, 11:02 pm
On September 11Ten years ago I had worked exactly what I have worked now, three weeks, we'd just celebrated my daughter's 12th birthday on September 9th. I was teaching in a kindergarten, at Bard School. I'd just transferred there- so basically was getting used to a new grade, new school, new partne...
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Sarah Puglisi posted an article on A Day In the Life - Aug 31, 2011, 1:28 am
Just took three hours to post the first student blog entry on "How Beautiful You Are" the class blog for my room. It took forever to uploads the pics. Beastly. But I'm sure it'll be fun tomorrow for my third graders. You can find it here. I'm so busy setting up rotines, grading systems, launchi...
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Sarah Puglisi posted an article on A Day In the Life - Aug 27, 2011, 3:19 am
Honestly he doesn't read my blog. And I doubt I could find him wanting to see himself on it. But my husband is 50 today. It's funny but hard to figure out what to say....we've known one another over 25 years. Spent a lifetime in education. Looked one another in th...
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Sarah Puglisi posted an article on A Day In the Life - Aug 26, 2011, 10:18 pm
All week as I taught, when I was working nightly to 7PM, I played a Miles Davis CD, Kind of Blue because I could find it in my room. Turns out my class likes jazz. Which I believe to be a first. So I feel compelled to teach a small coure in something I do know. Or love anyway. A grea...
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Sarah Puglisi posted an article on A Day In the Life - Aug 24, 2011, 12:41 am
My first day was terrific, third grade is so different, calmer. To me it was so easy, in the sense of feeling like an unfolding or progression. Remember I often start first grade (but my grade changed) with students with very limited English, they can be so afraid...and it's a ton of perfo...
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Sarah Puglisi posted an article on A Day In the Life - Aug 21, 2011, 10:29 pm
Welcome to my room. Now I'm in Room 9, Hathaway School, Oxnard, CA, uneven number, it figures. I am now a third grade teacher. I suppose I'm still in Sheltered Immersion, in a school that is now (we think) in "safe harbor" after 6 years of under performance. Good scores came in. Cele...
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Sarah Puglisi posted an article on A Random Act of Poetry - Aug 21, 2011, 2:22 am
your opinion of me is none of my business. clutched to the heart of someone who wasted the opportunities sullied the innocence and abused the trust I suppose its their new national anthem but i suspect until that opinion rises and finds you in pursuit of under...
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Sarah Puglisi posted an article on A Day In the Life - Aug 18, 2011, 2:33 am
Many pieces I wrote over the last few years pleased me, many in the 1500 here on A Day In the Life didn't. But that is ok. When I went back into first grade 5 or 6 years ago I also started this blog, and THIS one was an early piece I thought of today to put back up here. I really sta...
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Sarah Puglisi posted an article on A Random Act of Poetry - Aug 15, 2011, 2:34 pm
i've thought in the last week about my life about clues experiences about patterns so on love isnt an intellectual pursuit nor is it wrong haggled it isnt convincing someone it isnt someones brothers advise or caught on a chair leg dabblin...
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Sarah Puglisi posted an article on A Day In the Life - Aug 12, 2011, 11:05 am
I am listening to the ocean in Pismo beach. After a little time at Solvang. It certainly is a nice day or so before I head back to work. A surprise. Jack's tummy went south but we may stay another night...or go a bit further to...
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Sarah Puglisi posted an article on A Day In the Life - Aug 11, 2011, 10:26 am
This just in, the nation's f-ed. In my state, CA, the news for funding in ed looks at 15% further cuts and I couldn't get off that article on the Times page to see all the rest of it. People suffering. Some people not suffering. Kids with lives deeply affected. Well, my students. ...
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Sarah Puglisi posted an article on A Day In the Life - Aug 4, 2011, 9:00 pm
( Everything in quotes-Susan Ohanian) Awhile ago (as in this day) I read and posted an article Susan Ohanian wrote where she recommended an article. So I put this on my blog here. Because what was embedded in that report is very verboten to be spoken in "my world" like juggling flames. Then in a st...
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Sarah Puglisi posted an article on A Day In the Life - Aug 4, 2011, 4:08 pm
The SOS March was about many things including: Equitable funding for all public school communities Equitable funding across all public schools and school systemsFull public funding of family and community support servicesFull funding for 21st century school and neighborhood librar...
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Sarah Puglisi posted an article on A Day In the Life - Aug 3, 2011, 5:51 pm
Well, I just read a sobering article on Susan Ohanian's site. So sobering something in my nature really appreciated hearing it from her. And also the writer of some strong stuff. Things I think about. Susan Ohanian's Testing Outrages (Susan Ohanian Speaks Out) I'm not even sure this will properly li...
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Sarah Puglisi posted an article on A Day In the Life - Jul 28, 2011, 6:59 am
The Public School Teacher's Alphabet A is for Affirm, for all students come to us full of self doubt B is for Bridge to meaning, across the varied waters C is for Comfort us in our fears and efforts D is for Demonstrate excellence and understanding E is for Equate reason, learning with meaningful ac...
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Sarah Puglisi posted an article on A Random Act of Poetry - Jul 27, 2011, 9:27 pm
The Public School Teacher's Alphabet A is for Affirm, for all students come to us full of self doubt B is for Bridge to meaning, across the varied waters C is for Comfort us in our fears and efforts D is for Demonstrate excellence and understanding E is for Equate reason, learning with meaningful ac...
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Sarah Puglisi posted an article on A Day In the Life - Jul 23, 2011, 11:09 am
Interesting compared to 2 years and 7 months ago when I first tried this: Sorry these are so small. See my Mrs. Puglisi's 100 National Standards Join our Facebook page
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Sarah Puglisi posted an article on A Day In the Life - Jul 22, 2011, 6:54 pm
First the video: But if you want to see the words let's look at that: @font-face { font-family: "Times New Roman"; }p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal { margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman"; }table.MsoNormalTable { font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Times Ne...
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Sarah Puglisi posted an article on A Day In the Life - Jul 21, 2011, 11:36 am
I have a friend that is in Bangladesh. He wrote to ask me to share ten reasons I love America. Protest might be one, assembly, ability to debate...but how does one speak to this. As it happens so often I find there are a lot of things impossible to convey about our country. Including these....but I ...
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Sarah Puglisi posted an article on A Day In the Life - Jul 18, 2011, 1:10 pm
At some point last year I started to read about Jesse Turner. I can't even recall exactly how. He was one person who decided to walk for children, and he started a group on Facebook called Children Are More Than Test Scores. At the very time I saw this I was almost completely unable to walk. And thi...
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