Oh, School!

Everything is moving so crazy and so fast and I need to blog so that I do not forget every single thing about my first year of teaching. By the way, I left school at six, and I so could have stayed 'till eight. Blugh. I guess this is what being a first year of teacher is all about . . . So here goes:

Funny Story:
-I'm pretty sure that one of my student's medicine wears off by the end of the day. He can't resist talking and is constantly calling out, bouncing around, and just acting plain silly. The special ed. teacher who teaches Math with me told him that if he wasn't good she was going to send him over to "Jalilpourland" (This is the name of another third grade teacher who for some reason the kids sort of fear, from stories I guess) The teacher also told him that Mrs. Jalilpour was his very worst nightmare. He responded by saying that she couldn't possibly be his very worst nightmare, because last night he had had a nightmare about a ghost chasing him around and trying to kill him, and that had to be worse.


Sweet Moment: 
Mrs. Bowman, I love literacy centers, especially the reading center, because I get to spend it with you.
Seeing the looks on my kids faces when they all understood a concept we were working on in Math and 



Lesson Learned: 
-If a kid says he needs to go to the bathroom, think long and hard about if you should left him go or not, before saying "no...."