Wednesday, September 11, 2013

EEKK


EEKK usually represents partner reading. Elbow to elbow, knee to knee. I’ll read to you, you read to me.

But today, EEKK also stand for Endless Excitement about Killing my Kreative lesson… okay that one’s a stretch but! Guess what!! I’m so excited!! Because the Snow Spelling shaving cream lesson went really well!! And our Principal walked in during it!! And observed me being a competent, creative teacher!! And the kids were enjoying the lesson!! And they were listening!! And they were even spelling their words (mostly) correctly!! And EEKK!!!!

So, there’s that :)

Another reason for EEKK is the way that my kids acted this afternoon. HOLY WOW. They were so distracted and fidgety and straight up rude. Like blurting and fighting with each other and all sorts of annoying things. I guess that’s what I get for having good kids this morning. Too bad for them that I was tired today and NOT putting up with their crap. I made some pretty serious promises to them (promises not threats) about improving their behavior for tomorrow (or they will miss both recesses and specials. Time that they will spend writing to explain, solve problems and apologize.) More updates on how that goes tomorrow.

Thoughts on today.

Being September 11th, naturally as Americans we remember the events that transpired 12 years ago. The terrorist attacks that launched our country into war and shocked our nation brought us together in a wave of patriotism. Today, in my second grade classroom, there was really no discussion of 9/11. Mostly because the attacks happened 4 years before my kids were even born. Our country has been involved in the Middle East and at war for the entirety of their lives. Crazy to think and reflect on how much life has changed since I sat in my 4th grade classroom and tried to comprehend happened in NYC.

That’s all for now folks.

Until tomorrow,
Peace, love, and an overwhelming scent of Barasol,
Jayna

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