I have been feeling guilty about not writing in my blog as much as I'd like, so I'm actually choosing to write now instead of watching an episode of Millionaire Matchmaker that I just discovered on Hulu. Although I might watch it when I'm done.
My attitude about school has been less-than-positive lately. It's been hard coming back from Christmas break. My class was not well-rested. Some of them were ready to be back, but some were not. The past three weeks have been kind of unpleasant. But I think maybe it is getting better. I remember last year, March was really the only month of school I felt really good about. February was OK, and then March was good. So I'm hoping something similar will happen. They are slowly picking up on their reading and able to sit longer, and if I can just be rid of the explosive behavior once and for all, we should be in business. Here's to hoping.
I went home for the weekend (we had Monday off cause of MLK day) and got to watch the first two episodes of American Idol on the DVR. Fun fun. The catchy "Pants on the Ground" was stuck in my head for a long while. Well, this morning, out of nowhere, one of my students who is building a block tower starts singing "Pants on the ground, pants on the ground, looking like a fool with your pants on the ground." It was so funny! But then it stopped being funny. Because he kept. singing. it. Then another kid joined in because I had laughed at it. Then they were both doing it. So I had to ban it till recess. Then they were running in circles around the playground singing it. And it made poor (and overly sensitive) Nate cry because he thought they were making fun of him and his pants. Man oh man.
I tried to post a video of my class looking oh-so-cute singing "Go Tell It on the Mountain," but no luck yet. I will try again soon.
My attitude about school has been less-than-positive lately. It's been hard coming back from Christmas break. My class was not well-rested. Some of them were ready to be back, but some were not. The past three weeks have been kind of unpleasant. But I think maybe it is getting better. I remember last year, March was really the only month of school I felt really good about. February was OK, and then March was good. So I'm hoping something similar will happen. They are slowly picking up on their reading and able to sit longer, and if I can just be rid of the explosive behavior once and for all, we should be in business. Here's to hoping.
I went home for the weekend (we had Monday off cause of MLK day) and got to watch the first two episodes of American Idol on the DVR. Fun fun. The catchy "Pants on the Ground" was stuck in my head for a long while. Well, this morning, out of nowhere, one of my students who is building a block tower starts singing "Pants on the ground, pants on the ground, looking like a fool with your pants on the ground." It was so funny! But then it stopped being funny. Because he kept. singing. it. Then another kid joined in because I had laughed at it. Then they were both doing it. So I had to ban it till recess. Then they were running in circles around the playground singing it. And it made poor (and overly sensitive) Nate cry because he thought they were making fun of him and his pants. Man oh man.
I tried to post a video of my class looking oh-so-cute singing "Go Tell It on the Mountain," but no luck yet. I will try again soon.
Comments