What a great opportunity. I enjoyed watching another colleague. It gave me a few good ideas that I'm going to use in my class. Though I'm friends with this person, I had never been in her classroom. I really need to walk around and see everyones classes. Oh my goodness, I can't believe how disrespectful one of my students has been. He is completely challenging my authority. I hope his day in the detention center will help him. We'll see.

I always enjoy the chance to see other teachers teaching. I was able to see a mini lesson on writing in K. It's quite different than 2nd and 3rd. It was interesting to see how they start out. My last children finished the unit writing test. Over all, the writing part of the test went pretty well, of course it was a friendly letter, which seems to be easier for them. I think them seeing a good grade might motivate a few of them to work harder on their other writing too. My new student wrote a beautiful letter. I'm kind of scared that letter writing is becoming a lost art since everyone emails now. I always loved to write, and I hope that my students leave school loving to write too!

new year

We're getting back in the swing of things, however there has been a lot of issues coming up. We have talked about keeping your hands to yourself at all times, mutual respect, and all of the tribes agreements, but it's not taking now. After Mr. Hammond's talk, right after recess, there wasn't much change either. They seemed like they were all listening. We had a tribal circle at the end of the day, and as always most all of the kids said what they don't like, and then said what they'll work on. I don't know. They've all been saying the same thing for awhile now. Though 2 of the boys who had gotten in trouble were very disrespectful during the circle. I did get one funny answer. Fernando said he was going to work on making sure that he always follows the Tribe agreements, then he said that he was also working on becoming a Scholar. It was funny the way he put it, especially since we weren't talking about it at all.
I've had some personal issues, and maybe that's why I'm extra sensitive to things right now. Yikes, the kids seem like they're getting it, then they take an assessment....and oh myyyyy.