Ms. McCarthy's Blog

Hawaii 5-0, is one of my favorite shows. I like the characters Steve, Kono, and Dan-O. The show takes place in Hawaii. It is a beautiful place. There are rainforests, volcanoes, and beaches. The water is crystal clear .  The show is a crime show. It is about a team, known as the "5-0 Task Force." This task force takes cases involving specialized crimes for Hawaii. The force works very closely with the police forces, but it is a bit more militarized . They have access to more extreme and advanced technology, weapons, and authorities.  Dan-O and Steve are best friends on the show. They started as just partners, then the others joined. They are very funny together. Currently in the show, they are building their restaurant. Since Dan-O is an Italian from New Jersey, he wanted to bring his family recipes to Hawaii. Thus, they are building an Italian Restaurant. What is ironic about this is that the restaurant is in China Town.  The show is filled with comedy, action, and

Being overwhelmed is not the greatest feeling. This year is my first year teaching. I would not change it for the world, but it can be very stressful, especially lately. I feel as if I wind up doing way more than I can handle. This semester is my first semester of graduate school. In all honesty, the combination of the two- first year teaching and first semester of grad school, have been pretty overwhelming for me.  I have three sections of Social Studies to teach. I teach ELLs , 9th grade General, and 9th grade Honors . At one point, I had 45 students in one class- some of them were sitting on the floor! That issue has now been resolved , thankfully.  I often have trouble deciding how many assessments , and what kind of assessments, to give my students. Sometimes I wonder, should I give them two quizzes? Should I give them a project and a test? Is this assessment differentiated enough? Has it been modified properly ? Are my activities engaging enough? I feel I am constantly seco

I truly love teaching ELL students. I find them to be so interesting and full of experiences. I find them to be full of experiences that a teacher would not often expect someone their age to have. I strongly believe in having an active relationship with the parents of my students, especially because of some of the experiences certain students have had. However, due to the language barrier with many of the parents, it often poses to be difficult task to effectively communicate. As the fall semester is reaching its somewhat end, I will have to begin planning for parent teacher conferences. I am both very excited and very nervous for these conferences. I am excited because I can now meet many of the parents I talk to frequently , but I am nervous because of the language barrier. I am also nervous if the parents disagree with some of the things I will mention about their children.  I have relied on an app called "Talking Points," in which the app does the translating for