Mentioned in a previous post titled “Musical Classroom” I mentioned that the elementary classroom has instruments and how much I enjoy that being present in the classroom. It was this realization that made me want to have my next lesson music based. I did know that several of the students in the elementary knew some …
Author Archives: Rachel Paul
Musical Classroom
I ran into Rachel Johnson when she was outside during the elementaries’ usual recess time on Thursday. She had maybe 10 students with her. I asked why there were so few of them; she replied that the rest had decided to stay in the classroom and play with the musical instruments, rather than have outside …
Money Money Money
Lately I have been hearing the following word often: money. A popular phrase that goes with money is “money can’t buy happiness,” yet it seems that is the answer to everything. Listening to Betsy Devos talk about funding and put money towards charter schools, listening to the debate circulate almost exclusively about costs and money …
Teachers Make Mistakes?
When people think of teachers, the term ‘mistake’ probably isn’t the first one that pops in your head. As a child myself, I thought it was impossible for teachers to make mistakes, because mistakes are bad and should not happen. However, I learned that is not an accurate way of thinking, and it was proven …
LGBTQ+ Aware Elementary
At fourth grade, most children aren’t aware or don’t acknowledge things that don’t affect them directly. While I was observing the elementary children, including C, who is in a constant state of motion, made a comment that stopped me in my tracks, and he just returned to what he was doing as though he had …
Introduce Yourself (Example Post)
This is an example post, originally published as part of Blogging University. Enroll in one of our ten programs, and start your blog right. You’re going to publish a post today. Don’t worry about how your blog looks. Don’t worry if you haven’t given it a name yet, or you’re feeling overwhelmed. Just click the …
Rachel's Observations of CSSC 