Civics on Saturday

Civics on Saturday is being postponed this week, Class.  I’m off on a weekend-long yoga training session*, and I’ve not had the time this past week to investigate the first article of the Constitution.  I’ll be back here with that lesson next week.
Have a great weekend!
*these sessions are going to happen once a month for [...]

GSA

A couple of weeks ago, TCC held a series of special events centered around the Constitution. The first workshop was supposed to be about the 14th Amendment – we’ll get into that amendment in detail in an upcoming Civics on Saturday, but suffice to say that the main idea is that states can’t “abridge [...]

Grammar Wednesday

It seems that California Teacher Guy is going for the A grade in class participation! Since I blew it last week (she says with sheepish consternation), I’m going to try to make it up to him here…
My Dear Mrs. Chili,
In her most recent blog post, Pissed Off, who writes from New York City, comments [...]

Civics on Saturday: The Constitution, Part I – The Preamble

Happy Saturday, Everyone!
I’m continuing my investigation of the founding documents of the United States of America. We had a close look at the Declaration of Independence a few weeks ago (and please, continue to comment – there’s no such thing as a closed Civics on Saturday post) and, after your generous granting of an extension, [...]

Grammar Wednesday

California Teacher Guy – a great and enthusiastic supporter of Grammar Wednesdays here at A Teacher’s Education – has sent me another sticky grammar question mined from the vast and seemingly unfathomable depths of the internet’s wells:
Here’s one for you, Mrs. Chili. Dissect this sentence that I found in a comment box somewhere:
“But for the [...]

I Love Them

I KNOW I’m not supposed to have favorites, but I do. Every term, there are students who work themselves into my heart, and it is for them that I am grateful to do the work that I do.
This term, I was lucky enough to have some of my favorites from past terms in my [...]

This Cracks Me Up

Wordy geek, is what I’m sayin’.
I get to drive by some fields almost every day – they’re on the road between my house and the next big town over. Every year, the fields get mowed and the hay gets baled into these huge rounds. Some years, the rounds get loaded on to trucks [...]

Well, THIS Comes as No Surprise!

Seriously…. 100% on the verbal, Kids.  Mrs. Chili really is a wordy geek…

Civics on Saturday – The Articles of Confederation

Thanks for the extension, Everyone! I’ve read the document and have a pretty good grasp on it, I think. Away we go!
My memory is such that a lot of my childhood is just gone. There are bits and flashes, but I have really no cohesive, coherent memories of any time before, say, the [...]

Sigh….

Deaer mrs chili
I just wanted to inform you that i won’t be in class tommaro.I just got news that her flight be in by 1 tommaro. At 9:00 am i have to drive to Boston to Logan airport to pick up my mom from Cambodia since my dad is sick.Sorry for the [...]