Archive for December, 2008

Missing the MacBook

Monday, December 29th, 2008

It has been months since my last sensible blog.  Many factors can be attributed to this decline.  For one, my day job has eaten my spirits away- with all the work load and Christmas prep, I have only little time left to do other things.  Another very painful occurance is the bugging down of the Apple MacBook Pro that I so so love.  I woke up one day and it refused to start-up.  I was confident that my techie spouse could whip up his computer wizardry and make it work but alas, it was not as simple as that.  (more…)

Remarks for Report Cards (Pre-Nursery Level)

Monday, December 29th, 2008

After almost a month and a half with my students, I am now obliged to do an assessment of each one of them.  For me to fairly and accurately evaluate their performance, I sought feedbacks from their previous teacher.  Remarks writing for the pre-nursery level proved to be somehow difficult.  Another thing that complicated this task further is that I only spent little time with them.  Usually, a grading period requires at least three months of exposure.  That is why it is imperative that the grading process be done in consultation with the previous teacher.  Anyway, for those who would be handling and consequently grading pre-nursery students (with ages from 1 year and 6 months to 2 years and 11 months), here are some sample remarks that may be useful to supplement their grades.
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