Week 8: Ummm... what?

Quite honestly, I don't remember much of this week at all. I don't even know if I took a single note!!! ...OK, I found 3 little notes, but that's it. Time to use those lesson plans to aid my memory!!

Mon:
NO SCHOOL!!! Yay!! ;-)

Tues:
TOO MANY ASSESSMENTS!!! The kids are tired, I'm tired... wish we could all take a break... but no, first there are reading tests, then word work tests, then math tests... does it ever end?

Wed:
Oh, hello Administrators!! 7 of them came into the room during reading instruction, and the kids stopped answering my questions. They were too scared to even spell the word "the" for me!!! Poor kids. Of course, I was shaking in my boots, too -- all I kept thinking was, "I swear I'm better than this!!! These kids are so smart!!!"
Today I started getting behind in lessons... oh no, they're building up!!

Thurs:
Welcome, Supervisor!
I had my first supervisor observation. I was nervous all morning, and for the first few minutes while he was there. Once I got going, though, I felt so much better!! It was just natural :-) Using Rex (our class 'pet') to keep them quiet worked quite well. My supervisor had nothing but positive comments, and the one thing my CT noticed that I could improve when I began, I fixed myself during the course of the lesson. Whew!!

Fri:
Oh. My. Goodness. Too tired to even think. My energy just dropped continuously all day...
I was SO glad when my CT stepped in during writing -- I just needed a few minutes to motivate myself to finish off the day!
We were trying to make it through so many things today, just going and going and going! I wish I would have had the energy to do it!! Oh well, I'm sure that's not the last time I'll have a day like that, I think I can give myself a break...
One fun thing I did was to use the computer/tv connection to write narratives with the kids when I couldn't get the overhead to work. It was very nice.

Report card time is just insane! I feel like the work just never ended this week!! Thank goodness report cards are only 3 times a year :-)

Here's the only Need a Smile? moment I wrote down:
--During one of the assessments, I saw two students [a girl and a boy] holding hands across the desks! (If you watch The Office, they were actually playing with their hands the way Michael and Holly were in one of the recent episodes!!) ...Then I realized they were passing a little bouncy ball back and forth, but it was still kind of a shock! Very cute, though :-)

Even after a weekend, I'm still super tired. Guess it's bedtime!
I'll post a few pictures that I've had, though... then goodnight!!!

1: One of the other 1st grade teachers posted a bulletin board with a center that I'd helped create -- I was so excited to see it hanging up!!!!
2: 100th day activity! Counting their snack into groups of 10 to make 100 :-)
3: "Some bunny loves you" cards for Valentine's Day. I painted their hands to stamp, and my own hands came away with a little more color ;-)
4: A cute bulletin board I hung up -- my CT's ideas, but it was so adorable I just had to get a picture! ;-)