Friday

Highlights/ Low-lights:

• guest reader returned to my classroom-- such a nice lady!! She brought the kids teddy grahams and didn't seem to agree with my "You get what you get..." policy ;-)
• 2nd day of MEPA testing for Writing-- kids were WIPED OUT.
• HANDS OFF policy needs to be reinforced in the classroom and around the school
• principal popped in during the read aloud this afternoon

Biggest Concerns:

• report cards
• projects
• graduate work piling up

Thursday

Highlights/ Low-lights:

• It was nice to have a normal day after the hectic MEPA-Reading day yesterday...
• ELL team meeting after school went until 5:30; poo -.-

Biggest Concerns:

• formal observation
• report cards
• p/t conferences in 2 weeks

Wednesday

Highlights/ Low-lights:

• was freaking out all day because of beginning MEPA testing
• Cat 2 after school

Biggest Concerns:

• report cards for Grade 1
• homework for categories, graduate course, and math course

Tuesday

Highlights/ Low-lights:

• Half day today! regular ESL times and getting started with MELA-O 
• new bulletin board up with cats

Biggest Concerns:

• accommodating for different students for the MEPA
• MEPA is tomorrow--- freaking out!!

Photos:

 

Dr. Seuss, continued

Highlights/ Low-lights:

• I am continuing the Dr. Seuss theme this week because my kids love the books so much...We finally finished our story maps of the Cat in the Hat today and our -at rhyming hats.  I had a last minute idea to use the handouts as the stomach of a cat and make a kid-size display of information-- came out super cute!!
• Informal observation AGAIN today-- first one done by my assistant principal...I thought the kids were crazy, but she didn't write anything negative-- just saying that they were engaged and methodical...lovely.
• Spirit Week flyer checked out with the committee; so it's off to be copied!
• Cat 1 training after school today...I love knowing people in my class! But coffee took FOREVER to get..ugh.
• MEPA practice tests took longer than expected today, and we ended up working on a lot of handwriting practice instead...

Biggest Concerns:

• MEPA
• report cards due next Wednesday

Photos:

4 ft. tall Cat in the Hat

Happy Birthday, Dr. Seuss!

I would be lying if I told you that Friday wasn't crazy.  I would say that it is in my top 5 craziest days of the year-- for sure.  Oh well, it was Seuss-tastic!

Highlights/ Low-lights:

• spelling tests today were rough-- only 5 hundreds!
• Seuss hats with peppermints and Oreos-- one little guy tried to eat his!! oh geez...
• Seuss rhyming hats
• Cat in the Hat story maps
• Thing 1 and Thing 2 impromptu puppets
• Read Across America storyteller LOVED my class and wants to come back next Friday! :) It's nice when someone comes in and thinks your kids are totally awesome (which they are, but they are also totally crazy).  They loved Marvin Mooney.
• green eggs and ham from our kindergarten friends downstairs!
• bathroom was out of commission for 2 hours today-- rough.
• pajama day throughout the school today

Biggest Concerns:

• lessons and scheduling next week with MEPA testing
• four classes are in full swing! ay caramba!!

Photos:

Thursday

HOOOOORAY-- tomorrow is Friday!  Thank goodness.

Highlights/ Low-lights:

• ESL= flying duet, and of course Vern had gone off the master plan..
• printing machine this morning
• MEPA schedule tentatively set 
• M started transition to 2nd grade
• indoor recess= no real recess until the end of the day
• Lorax story maps finished and last-minute Cat in the Hat prompt began
• b-m-e for Cat in the Hat for tomorrow
• principal's newsletter with MOI in it for mailboxes tomorrow...
• after school program's parents asking to go my room is getting a little tiresome -.- SUPER frustrating

Biggest Concerns:

• What will our special reader read to the kids tomorrow?
• ESL planning for next week...thinking about throwing it out the window to do MEPA practice and take the test for Wed./Fri.
• math course homework
• getting college credits for the 2 category trainings I'm taking-- woohoo
• MEPA scores from October
• parent conferences
• Grade 1 report cards

Photos:

overall bulletin board :)

the last truffula tree