I am the B word...

Bored that is.... My family has some good friend who I have grown up with and Marmy has always said don't say you are the B word we will find something for you to do... We today I need something to do- at school that is... I have tons of things I could be doing at home or out in the real world, but at school I got nothin!! My 3rd graders are on a field trip and my 4th grade reading group did not show up today... All I have done all day was teach one lesson on multiplying by 8's it was a blast let me tell ya.... So now I am off to sit at my computer and surf the web for the next 2 and a half hours... woo hoo to me!!

Autisium with a dash of an evaluation!!

This week has not been my best... I got a sort of surprise evaluation on Monday and my autistic 4th grader had a melt down on Tuesday... I was so thankful that I had had a little training at my previous school in how to deal with an autistic melt down because I needed it. Mandy had a fit when she could not sit in the chair she wanted and instead of asking for the person to move from the chair she began to scratch herself, throw books and throw her shoes, scream that she quit, and finally cry... It took me 30 min but I got her calm and ready again for class- I hope we do not have a repeat today.

As for my evaluation I was out Friday when I got the notice that my window was Nov. 16-Dec 2- OK so I have a few days to get ready... nope- he showed up at 1 on Monday ready to evaluate!! Thank goodness I had warned my kiddos that he might come in and they did OK- I had a few that were kicking each other, one that thought he was going to throw up so he had to go to the nurse and all the rest were working at their own pace... I think it will be OK we will have to see...

Baby talk.....

Crazy K is killing me with baby talk!!! You know baby talk ( who wuvs mama) that kind of baby talk... it has a place at home when your children a babies not in the classroom with a 4th grader!!! K and I share a 4th grade girl with Autism we will call her Mandy and K insists on talking to her like she is a 2 year old!! She does not do that with too many of her students but with Mandy she does it with everything she says. It is making me crazy!!!

This weeks 10 things to be happy about!!!

HAPPY FRIDAY!!!!

I hope you all are enjoying a wonderful Friday!!! Here is this weeks edition of 10 things to be happy about!!!

1. pocket watches
2. second chances
3. using an alias
4. cold feet under a blanket
5. donating blood
6. cloud watching
7. rainbows
8. afternoon naps
9. McDonald's Egg McMuffins
10. kiss,kiss, hug, hug

SOOO sad...

Family reading night... at my old school we did an event called family reading night I have talked of it before...well this year at my new school we are doing it too. Only at my new school it is not as elaborate as the other- which is fine- and at this school I was tricked by crazy K and told none of the teachers dress up as book character- I mean who would want to dress up??? Well I was miss informed!!! Most of the teachers have dressed up and I am not- I am so bummed- I would have loved to dress up!! Here is a picture of a few years ago of me dressing up with a friend enjoy!!

Testing crazy!!!

Sorry all to not chat for a while... we have been doing CBA's Curriculum Based Assessments... all week and we have one more day left!! I can not stand testing days- one because they are silly for my students because they are given tests above there level and 2 because they are such boring days... I feel like I am in a comma just sitting there watching students take a test!!! I hope everyone is having a wonderful November so far!!!

This is the calender page for November- I guess it applies here!!!

last weeks ten things

I hope you all are spending the day thinking of spooky things to do tomorrow!!! Here are this weeks 10 things to be happy about!!!
1. a school dance
2. sipping a Coke
3. doodling
4. impulse buying
5. closing your eyes and breathing in
6. party sounds behind a door you are about to open
7. floats in a parade
8. first-aid-kits
9. educated grace
10. movie theaters


Sorry for the delay on the post I had a busy weekend at home!!!