Two awesome things happened this week.
1) They gave me ten free book fair bucks. CHA-CHING.
2) I was booed. (Like a Halloween Secret Santa, sorta)
2b) My sister ate the candy from my boo bag as soon as I got home. (Not so awesome.)
Oh. One thing I'm starting to learn: (probably an improper use of a colon) We don't grade for the sake of grading, we grade to assess. I know that's drilled into us from our first education course, but it just clicked with me. During the independent practice in math today, I came to a realization. No, I will not walk you through this assignment step-by-step (day-by-day) because I want to know what YOU know. /epiphany And you know what I found out? There are a bunch of them that can't order numbers. So, guess who gets some extra help with that? They do!
Next week is 'Don't Do Drugs Week.' Also known to teachers as 'Wear Jeans All Week' Week.
I start full-time teaching next week. I'm a little nervous, but much less than I was at the beginning of the semester. It sort of feels like my dad's taking the training wheels off of my bike and pushing me into the street. Or the time my mom was teaching me to drive a stick and I killed the engine in the middle of an intersection.
Anecdotal Records
- Student hands me his monster drawing.
Me: "I like it. I like the color. That's a nice blue."
Student: "It's cerulean."
Me: "It's what?"
Student: "Cerulean."
Me: "Isn't that blue?"
Student: "It's lighter than blue."
Me: "OK."
(I don't know. It was hilarious to me. Maybe it's the way he said it.)
- Another thing that second graders do that I did when I was their age:
"Tic tac toe/three in a row
Barney got shot by a GI Joe
Took him to the doctor and the doctor said
Whoop, Barney's dead.
That's a horrible, horrible thing to type. Where did this chant/song originate? And why is it so popular with second grade boys?
- Introducing contractions today, I asked, "Who likes to use contractions?" To which Student T (who always responds contrarily) says, "I don't!"
- Note: A Google image search of the word "contractions" yields numerous photos of women in labor pains.
But, I was able to find an interesting picture anyway. Take that Google!
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P.S. I'm going to have the best jack o' lantern on the block. I'll post a picture of it in the next couple weeks.
Have you heard the new rendition of bubble gum bubble gum in a dish?
ReplyDeleteMy kids busted out with "Mickey Mouse pee'd on a house, what color was it?" (kid says a color, they spell it out, if the last letter is on you then you take out your fist, game keeps going...) I said fuchsia... I won.
Puffdaddy, I'm proud of you man! You finally have reached contractions!!! Bit seriously good work on reaching the full time mark! But next time that student says something like cerulean again you should respond, "Cerulean....that's blue and I know it blue because I'm older and smarter!" trust me that's a winner comment! Remember I'm a youth pastor!
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