*I had a kid tell me today that "Even if I'm grounded for eternity" he never wants to listen to anything I ever say again. The cause of his ire? Times tables. "I hate the xes!! Why do you make me use those xes?" I tell him I wouldn't be a good, loving teacher if I sent him to middle school without knowing how to multiply.
He still isn't speaking to me.
*We're publishing our first portfolio pieces, and doing tons of mini-lessons on narrating vs. summarizing, including "thoughtshots," dialogue, and strong word choice. We practiced using a thesaurus today. The number one strong adjective my dear ones chose to use? "Fine."
First runner-up for strategies they chose: thoughtshots. As in, "I was so nervous, I thought I would fart in front of everyone. But it was fine." Aargh. :)
*One of my darlin's tripped today over his shoelaces and landed square on his belly. It probably knocked the wind out of him. He hacked and gagged himself for the next 45 minutes, repeating over and over that he's pretty sure he broke his throat. I told him to get a drink, then sit in the comfy chair and read while he settled down. When I looked over again, he had his finger down his throat...
*I had a kid make finger puppets in the shadow on the big screen while I taught reading today. Another one stuck my favorite fidget up his nose. Three of them made 100% on their point sheets, and came by for hugs and high fives after school.
I had a former student come by today and buy me a book from the book fair, then deliver it in person just to say hi.
All in all, not a bad day. :) I love my job. Tonight's a full moon. Who knows what tomorrow will hold?
3 comments:
"Times tables" are more appropriately called "multiplication tables."
I called them times tables, too! :) Fortunately my kindergartners aren't yet being subjected to such "torture"...lol!
I know it's not funny, not really, but at least once a day, I have a student just fall out of his or her chair onto the floor. Usually after tipping it up on two legs, which I am constantly reminding them not to do! C'mon, who falls out of their chair?
Full moon tonight, huh? Oh, boy...
I saw your comment on my blog. I have no idea why that is happening...nobody else is having that problem. Unless you have very high security set up in your Internet browser. But, typically when you get flags like that you can approve the site and go forward. Weird!
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