Day 73

I have been told that it is just the season to be jolly is the reason the students are so I do not know what to call them. They are getting to be a real pain in the caboose.

Another day, another melt down. I had one of my students call a female student in m class a name. She got mad and started chasing her. They were caught by another teacher and brought to me. I sent the girl packing and talked to the boy. I instructed him to return to me on Monday and identify an appropriate consequence for his actions. If he does not, I will call his mom. My fellow teacher thought I was too easy on him when I decided to talk and not take an action. Time will tell to see which solution would have been better.

I gave my students Santa Hats and had their pictures taken. The pictures are for a present we are creating for their parents. I hope it works out. Today we also had Art for the first time in a couple of weeks. It was a little noisy.

Next week is our last week before the holidays. I hope we are able to get a little of anything done this week. I need to complete a math chapter, give a grammar quiz, and complete my Revolutionary War section in Social Studies. Additionally we have three assemblies scheduled, a party, and a partridge in a pear tree.

I left work today at 4:30 with a firm plan on what to do next week.