Day 23

Yesterday was another fine day. There was not a single drama event all day. I finally finished IOWA testing (still have three students who need parts of the test) for the majority of the class. I guess the only real excitement for the day was our unannounced assembly that ended up being a ride in the UHP bumping car - seat belt useage. This week is Green Ribbon (safety awareness) week.

I had the opportunity to meet with one of my students, the speech therapist, and her mom to graduate the student from special education. It was a good moment.

I handed out today's volcano art project so students could get a heads up on it. In the 60 minutes we have available, most students would not get it done. I was smart enough to give them a rubric to help them choose the type of grade they want to get on the project.

I also handed back a previous writing assignment on earth quakes and had them redo it. I provided them with a rubric this time (I should have done it before.) Hopefully, I will see some improvement.

On a side note, I was able to leave last night at 5 pm. I try to leave most Thursdays at this time to do things, go to Scout meetings, etc. Since Fridays are a short teaching day, I normally have my Fridays planned by Thursday and can leave early (at least early for me.) I am getting better on getting days in the future planned also. I almost have my Monday lesson plans done also.