Quirky Quips & Sewing Snips
We were on our way back to the classroom at the end of the day. I had just picked my students up from P.E. and the final dismissal bell was about to ring. Once they got in the classroom the kids were more interested in the air conditioning, the drinking [...]
Jake, ADHD in blurred living color, paused long enough to write a haiku renku. I’m always moving. Trouble seems to play with me. I’m doing my best. [...]
A burst of laughter caught my attention and I glanced up from my one-on-one writing conference with Jim. Across the room Jake was goofing off. I snapped his name and ordered him to take his pencil from his nostril before he hurt himself. He said, “Yes, Miss,” and complied. A [...]
The week before progress reports were due to go home, I gave my students a heads up, and printed out their missing assignments. I said, “Get them in or else.” The “or else” came yesterday. Today at the 5th grade team meeting we found we’d all had pretty much the [...]
Okay, confession time, this is what took me to the point of inattentiveness which led to the disasters in yesterday’s post — all of you will know instantly what I didn’t grasp until long after I ran my mouth: Fifth grade has compartmentalized and we are running the last semester [...]