Author Archives: Jeremiah Short

Sunday’s Reflection: “Do They Have A Choice?” As I took my Walk, I thought about a statement from a co-worker Friday. Friday, I was excitedly telling my co-worker about my kids meeting an expectation. In response, she deadpanned: “Do they have a choice?!” Before I share what led to that statement, I’m going to rewindContinue reading “A Phenomenal Reflection: “Do They Have A Choice?!””

Sunday’s Reflection: “Still Trusting The Process” As I reflected, I thought about how I’m Still Trusting The Process. It was the classroom theme and title of the second stage of the school year, which focuses on improvement. Day by day, my kids proved that they were ready to Trust The Process. For Reading, I wentContinue reading “A Phenomenal Reflection: “Still Trusting The Process””

Sunday’s Reflection: “Impose Your Will” As I reflected, I thought about this week’s classroom theme: “Impose Your Will.” It’s an important message. I wanted the students to understand that your behavior can influence others to do the right things. Wednesday morning, my kids experienced what it looks like to Impose Your Will. Let me setContinue reading “A Phenomenal Reflection: “Impose Your Will””

Bloom’s (Taxonomy) Unit: Traditional Literature Last year, I experimented with structuring my Reading lessons according to the levels of Bloom’s Taxonomy. Every concept within a genre would be covered following which level of Bloom’s it was and I would follow Bloom’s within the week I covered the concept. For example. Expository Text Knowledge: Identify ExpositoryContinue reading “Bloom’s (Taxonomy) Unit: Traditional Literature”

Sunday’s Reflection: “Building My Legacy” As I sit and reflect, I thought about how I’m Building My Legacy. Last Saturday, I received an e-mail from a former parent and her daughter. They wished me a good school year. Upon reading that message, I reflected on my time teaching that student. When I first got herContinue reading “Sunday’s Reflection: “Building My Legacy””

Sunday’s Reflection: “Be At Peace” As I reflected, I thought about how we must be at peace. It’s something that I haven’t done the past two months. I’ve trained for the upcoming school year but spent too much time stressing over the previous one. The agendas, politics and depression stemming from a major class changeContinue reading “Sunday’s Reflection: “Be At Peace””

Sunday’s Reflection: “Be The Student” As I reflected, I thought about how you must be the student. Finishing my third year of teaching, I decided to take a personal inventory. What are my strengths? What are my undeveloped strengths? What are my next steps? Completing that inventory, I determined that I have several strengths. IContinue reading “Sunday’s Reflection: “Be The Student””

As I sit and reflect, I thought about the school year. I didn’t know what to expect. I was working at a new school(Krahn), in a new district(Klein) and on a new grade-level(4th). Not to mention adjusting to a different population of students. I worried that I couldn’t impact kids the way I did inContinue reading “A Phenomenal Reflection: “They Were Inspired””

Sunday’s Reflection: “Smile” As I sit and reflect, I thought about how you must Smile. Friday, I wanted to teach my kids about how perception can be reality, so I played a video from David Shands: “Who Do You Think You Are?” In the video, Shands discusses perception and how you should be conscious ofContinue reading “A Phenomenal Reflection: “Smile””

A Phenomenal Reflection: “They’re Getting There” As I sit and reflect, I thought about how They’re Getting There. Entering a new week, I wanted to implore the seriousness of remaining Pre-S.T.A.A.R. time to my students. So, I made the week’s theme: “No More Excuses.” Kids–and Adults–make excuses as to why they aren’t performing. I wantedContinue reading “A Phenomenal Reflection: They’re Getting There””