Day 26

Things were going very well today until they threw in an assembly that I did not know about (and should have if I had checked the updated calendar.) This assembly was the kick-off for the PTA fundraiser to sell cookie dough. Kids enjoyed it, however it screwed up my Writing & Science lesson. After two days I really like my new schedule. I need to leave ILS a little sooner and not stay as long. we are in there only for 50 minutes an not the 60 I have taken the past two days. Staying this late causes me not to get to cursive writing drills. This is not bad since I have been reading up on how to be a more effective cursive writing teaching and I was going to do it wrong.

I had a visit after school today with one of my student's parents. It was a very civil visit and the parents came away feeling good about what I was doing in the classroom. My contact was totally different than one my other two teachers experienced. They were yelled at by a mom who accused them of not being good enough to teach children.The mom refused to go talk to the principal but stated that she was keeping her eye on the two teachers.

I stayed at school until 8 p.m. again tonight and got a lot of work done. I am trying to get the rest of my week done by Wednesday night because I have a Scout meeting on Thursday night as well as a doctor appointment that day. I should have everything done and will only have a few things to get ready on Friday for next week. I have completed my earthquake PPP. It looks real nice.

My wife brought back a lot of stuff from Hawaii to share with my students, to include: coral, lava, macadamia nuts, necklaces, a lai, a coconut, and a pineapple. My students should enjoy seeing these things.