so last friday had to be the most exhausting day of teaching i've had yet. i think part of this may be due to the fact that i managed to get a cold and so was not on top form anyways, but, it was a TIRING DAY.
first hour we finished up our testing (finally). Third hour we had our publishing party. I had all of the kids title their stories, and then i had about 6 of them share what their narratives were about. in hindsight i think that i should have structured what they said about their narratives better--maybe had them read straight from their narratives, because some of the kids got a little off-topic. oh well. to make sure they were listening i made them write a letter to one of their classmates who shared (the letter was not actually going to be seen by the student, just me) and thanking them. i made them put specifics in their letters. i also had to threaten them with bookwork if they couldn't pay attention to their classmates.
fourth hour (directly AFTER the publishing party) we held our talent show. my kids are quite talented!! we had poetry reading, rapping (original!), singing, dancing... the principal came in and watched and asked the kids to sing out our assembly on monday!!
it was exhausting though, keeping all my kids on-task, well behaved, and respectful to their other classmates. i came home immediately after school and passed out until about 5ish. for those of you who don't know, my school day is over at 2:07 and i can leave at 2:17. anyways.
that's it for now. i have to grade narratives.
happy world teacher's day!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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