Week 1: Acclimatization

I had forgotten how long a full school day is. I spent most of the first day clock watching. So, I've started thinking of the school day in three parts.

Pre-lunch

Post-lunch/pre-specials

Post-specials

It helps the day go faster.

Anecdotal Records:

- Yesterday, I took the six GT kids to the library to do a pull-out math lesson. While they were filling out their "Magic Squares" I noticed that the girl to my right was copying the boy sitting across from her. I also noticed that her magic square was wrong even with the copying. She had been copying his work upside down. So I told her, "Student A, I see you copying, and I just want you to know you're copying him wrong." BAM! ROASTED!

- Everyday, several times a day, Student M demands that I pay him back $10.

- Second graders have a disease that causes them to crawl underneath desks during lessons.

- If you ever need a pencil while in a second grade class, just look on the floor. There are bound to be 3 or 4 down there.

- QOTD: "You should drop it like it's hot." (I don't know WHAT they were talking about.)

- QOTD 2: "I'm REALLY interested in maps." (The way she said it made me laugh.)

- I'm still not 100% comfortable eating lunch with a bunch of teachers. I always feel like I'm about to get in trouble.

- About once a day, I have to remind myself that I'm not a student.

- I got my first drawing today. It looks like this:

That's money falling out of the sky. It makes me feel like a rap star. I'm in the middle. Apparently, my students are over six feet tall.

I'm sure I'll blog more serious stuff later. But for now, I'm going to try to write down all of the funny things my students do and say.

L8r.