Well, there goes having a weekly blog. I guess I'll just have to double up.
I've been fighting writing another one lately because I have been lacking inspiration. I'm really settling into the routine of being around second graders all day. Their seemingly endless supply of unintentional witticisms has run dry. Or maybe I'm just not noticing them as much anymore.
My Last Two Weeks in Three Words (or more. probably more.)
"Move your clip." I added that to my arsenal last week. Did the text size just change? Yes.
I was observed for the first time last Wednesday. It went alright. The lesson was off the chain; the students were their usual selves. Student G does this thing in the middle of meeting area time where he/she'll just get up and walk off. It's kind of like sleepwalking, but not. Daywalking? Maybe. You have to say her (oops I gave it away, she's a she. I'm too lazy to go back and change all the pronouns) name to snap her out of it then remind her to stay seated. It would be funny if she didn't do it ALL THE TIME. I sympathize (empathize?) though, because that was me in elementary school. I remember taking the "scenic route" to sharpen my pencil countless times. Not ADD, just ... constantly interested in things happening around the room. And maybe a little ADD. Undiagnosed, of course.
They're awesome in PE. They've won the citizenship award three weeks straight. Too bad that doesn't translate to walking in the hall. They refuse to walk in a straight line without talking. It drives me crazy. We're working on it, though.
Parent teacher conferences were enlightening.
In the last four weeks, we have spent at least sixteen days doing indoor recess.
Maybe I'm just weird, but I think faculty meetings are kind of fun. I mean, free candy? And I get to learn about Facebook privacy settings? Save some for Christmas! (I'm only kidding a little. They aren't that bad.)
I went to a PTO meeting/4th grade program. Ratio of meeting:program? 1:30. The meeting was literally less than a minute long and consisted of one announcement. So, professors, can I cross that off my To-Do List?
Anecdotal Records
- Walking down the hallway, one student said to another, "I'm not ACTUALLY a vampire..." That was the only snippet of the convo I heard, and I spent the rest of the day imagining what the rest of it was.
- Student G (same as above) likes doing cheers in class. Upon clapping her hands together, throwing them in the air, jumping into the air and landing, she proclaimed, "That felt good."
- Student J was quietly singing a country song to himself one day. I couldn't tell what it was, but I know it had the word 'whiskey' in it. This student also cannot believe that I have never been on a hog hunt.
- Whenever students come to me and try to talk about something they shouldn't really know anything about, I play dumb. Example:
Student: "Mr. Puffer, do you know Jason from Friday the 13th?"
Me: "Where's Jason going to be on the 13th?"
Student: "No. Jason. From the movie Friday the 13th."
Me: "You're going to see a movie with Jason on Friday?"
At this point, they usually walk off.
- My look is getting better.
(The text editor for blogger is so wack. I know the text changed sizes a couple times. Sorry, I tried to fix it.)
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