Hello Again Blog Readers,
As it turns out, I'm sort of busy. And by sort of, I mean of course, that even as I write this I am thinking about the fact that I have 2 packs of baseline subject-verb agreement assessment to grade and also, what am I going to do with 6th hour tomorrow? But seriously, what am I going to do with my 6th hour tomorrow? Shoot. Maybe a short spelling bee with vocabulary words (we're working on the letters of the alphabet and desert vocabulary). I'll be right back...
Ok, you can't tell, but 15 minutes have passed and I have not decided what to do with 6th hour. I've got some ideas; they'll probably firm up as I go. Tomorrow I have an hour and a half before school and two prep hours before then, so I'll be ready, don't you worry. If you're thinking, jeez, don't you plan farther in advance than a day? Well, yes, mostly I do. But like I said before, I'm kinda busy. Also, I've got 3 of my four classes totally prepared for this 2 day week, so there!
Yes, it's a 2 day week. Hallelujah! You know it's a big deal if I'm driven to religious outbursts that come from who-knows-where, but hallelujah sure does feel appropriate right now! In fact, hallelujah again! Last weekend Pako and I flew to Kansas City, Missouri for the wedding of a good friend of mine from undergrad, Alison. It was super fun to be there for her big day (beautiful wedding) and to see all of my other friends from Madison, but dang, I'm STILL tired! I wouldn't change it, but I shall not be complaining when Wednesday rolls along and I can get up later than usual and won't have to be on at every moment. I'll be at school grading and planning (to get farther ahead than just one day) on Wednesday, but there's a big bump in my productivity level when there aren't 550 middle-schoolers milling around. Then Thursday and Friday are mine to do with what I like! YAY!
What else can I tell you? 'Where to start?' is probably a better question to ask. I have good kids, again! I got lucky 2 years a row at Montessori (ok, I know I complained a lot about certain classes, but they were all good kids, even if they became somewhat hellish when all together) and I got lucky again this year. Yes, some of my kids are what I would deem 'mild stinkers,' but no one that has me in tears by the end of the day. Let's all take a minute to knock on wood and hope that my luck continues. Most of my students are Latino, but I also have Somali, Hmong and Oromo students. Throughout the day, I do get the itch to speak Spanish because I'm hearing it all day, but luckily I have Pako at home to help me with that!
Tomorrow I have my first round of conferences with parents after school. I'm not sure what to expect as I only got to sit in on one set during student teaching and it was for high school Spanish class, not middle school ESL. My class averages are hovering at a C+/B-, which I think is pretty ok, but we'll see what the parents think. I've heard horror stories (which probably are more due to the fact that we have to stay after school an extra 2.5 hours and then be early by 2 hours the next day than to cranky parents), but I don't really expect anything too bad. I'll let you know how things go the next time my dad reminds me that this blog sort of belongs to me, too.
For now, that has to be all because I need to think about 6th hour tomorrow. Also, the Brewers are down 9-5 and I'm going to need to really concentrate on sending them rally vibes!
Take care all, stay tuned, the grouch will be back at it again some time this week!
xoxo - The Teacher
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