Today was a day I had been looking forward to for many months, and the anticipation of tonight's soccer game had made me borderline giddy all day! In addition, my black days are pretty nice after a grueling white day. On my black days, I have Read 180, followed by an English class I taught 3 times yesterday, iPass, my glorious prep, and then Read 180 lab. The only frustrations today are a continuation of yesterday where my students are no yet enrolled in the Read 180 system, and access to the program is currently blocked. There is nothing I can do about this, so I just rub my earlobes, say woosah, and move on with my day. I spent my prep planning and preparing for next week's lessons, and I believe I am planned out through Wednesday, wish is a nice change from last year and I feel I went day by day. This is especially nice since soccer tryouts start on Monday, and its only my dreaded white day.
In the Read 180 lab we had good time working with vocabulary development playing Scattegories together. This simple game showed some of their deficiencies in even basic vocabulary knowledge, which was an easy, yet fun way for them for me to discover this about them.
The day ended with a very encouraging conditioning practice with the soccer team; a practice where they worked very hard and showed their desire for success this season. The day ended at Lucas Oil where I was able to watch Chelsea play Inter Milan with a few former players, my coaches, some very close friends, and my wife. It was a fantastic experience, and one that I will not soon forget.
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