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Today is a really bad day! I am sicker than a dog! It was really rough this morning to get up and get ready, it was even more rough to pretend as though nothing were wrong (until it was a little later in the morning, then I kind of woke up, and perked up, for whatever reason). I wasn’t looking forward to the day being here, I just wanted to be back in my bed. I don’t know at about what time I perked up, I think it was a little after spelling, but I’m not quite sure. Things just seemed to drag. I did morning everyday counts and watched a practice spelling test. The students then had reading, and I led a small guided reading group again. We continued the book from yesterday, and worked on that. Tomorrow we get to take an AR test on the book! I had to tell the students that I wasn’t feeling very well, and didn’t want to have to talk louder or repeat myself, and I wanted them to listen (as they were not before then, they were all over the place). They then had music, and PE, followed by lunch and recess (Wednesdays are a long break, as well as Fridays I think). When they got back we worked on their daily math workbook page for the day, and then actual math (place values), and the students were not really grasping the idea. In the middle of the class, while students were working on their homework sheets, a fire alarm went off. We had to go outside, and then we came back in. The students had previously been told how that all works, and what the expectations are, but that didn’t happen, they didn’t follow them. I didn’t see this, but some of the class was running down the stairs, jumping off the bottom steps, talking really loudly, and other things that Miss M had told them not to do. She then had them upstairs and re-went over the expectations she had for them, and that was to walk slowly, keep their mouths closed, and not to do anything they shouldn’t be doing. We went back in and worked on some more math before it was time to start social studies/do Title I. Except the students staying in the room didn’t do social studies, they did AR time.
Starting next week, I will take on reading, spelling (maybe), social studies, science, and daily language. The only subjects I will not be teaching yet is Math, and possibly English (I don’t know if I am doing this subject yet or not, I haven’t really seen it taught… :-S)