Thursday, January 30, 2014

Wednesday WOW 1/29/14


I'm joining Em @ Curious Firsties for her weekly linky party Wednesday WOW.

At school this past week, we have been giving the easyCBM (it took the place of DIBELS). I was a little worried that the scores were going to go down when the passage reading was added. Fortunately I only had two that dropped a level from the first time. One is a little girl that we are getting ready to start testing on and the other is a girl that lets her behavior get in the way of her education. On a good day she may have went up a level, but apparently it wasn't a good day and she went down a level. On the flip side, I had one more move into above level. I felt better about my scores after going to a meeting and the presenter saying that there was a teacher in our district that had like 22 out of 24 in intervention. Whoa!

My personal WOW is all about blogging! My friend Em, @ Curious Firsties and I have been building a slow but steady friendship through blogging. Who knows if we will ever meet? I live in Oklahoma and she lives in Ohio, but as we have commented and replied to each others posts, a friendship has been built. I don't know if she feels the same, but I am always very happy to see and email from her. Anyway, I was lamenting the fact that I have let myself get terribly out of shape since my divorce and was really needing to lose weight to be healthy. She has offered to help me out! I would like to say I'm one of those people who has the will power to just do it, but apparently I'm not since I need to lose 40-50 lbs. I'm one of those people that needs to be held accountable, at least when it comes to trying to lose weight. So I am very happy and grateful that Em has offered to try and help me. WOW! Isn't the blogging world terrific?





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8 comments:

  1. Em sounds like a great friend. Good luck with the weight loss. I'm cheering for you!

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    1. Thanks Barb, I need all the help I can get! I've got years of bad drinking (coke and sweet tea) habits I'm still trying to kick. I was doing good while I was in that 12 week program, but it ended and I fell back into my old habits. BTW, I consider you one of my great blogging buddies too! : )

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  2. That's so great about you and your blogging buddy! And your test scores. You should celebrate that! Sara

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  3. I do feel the same! It is so exciting to get emails and learn new things about each other. I look forward to being held accountable too! It is always fun to have a "health buddy" even if we are states apart.
    em

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  4. I have so many good friends that I have never met in person. It is such a great feeling. Em is wonderful. I'm so happy for you two.

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    1. Alyce, it is great isn't it? I've really enjoyed getting to know you better last year and look forward to building on it this year!

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    2. Alyce! You are so sweet! We are so lucky that we got to meet up. I love reading your blog and getting to know you through it all!

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  5. Just found your blog and I LOVE your blog name! Such a true statement getting called all names of endearment from the kiddos.
    Erin
    http://adventuresinthirdgrade-brown.blogspot.com/

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