Testing.....

I understand the need to get testing down in as few days as possible but today we had our students take both the Math MAP test and the Reading MAP test.  So in other words it was testing, lunch, testing, encore....incredibly boring and long day.  I felt bad for the students you could tell they were ready to be done midway through the second test, some even before the second test started.  They also spend the entire time in the same room so they didn't even get to move to a different room or anything, so it was a long day.😟😬😵

French Park

We had a field trip today to French Park.  I was super excited to spend the day with my advisory and get to know them more.  Everything was good till we got to our first leader...he seemed nice but during our first activity was really crabby and not nice.  My students were getting annoyed (they are middle schoolers) and I kept jumping into the conversation to give positive because I knew if something didn't change my group would not have a good day.  At the second activity my group put aside the fact that our leader was kind of crabby and worked amazingly together to get the chicken from the tree.  I was so impressed with their teamwork and ability to overcome some other obstacles I kept telling them positives and they totally changed our leaders attitude.  He because more and more happy and nice which was all because of how my group responded and worked together, proud teacher!

Before  lunch we did an activity (slack line) that I really wanted to do but was incredibly scared to try in front of my students.  Now I know that sounds silly but my insecurities totally came out.  I was afraid of failing, I was afraid they would laugh at me, and I was afraid I wouldn't be able to do it because of my weight.  However a couple of my students heard me say I wanted to try and they kept bugging me and pushing me until I did.  I am forever grateful to my entire advisory class because they pushed me to try something I was afraid to do and were super supportive.  They may have laughed at me but I was totally laughing at my self.

Overall I was totally impressed with how my advisory came together and they totally rocked the activities.  Fun day!

String Activty

Had to do a quick post at lunch today....in advisory this morning we did a string activity and I haven't laughed so much in a long time, I need that.  My morning kind of started off crummy but after advisory I was had a totally different attitude and it's all because of the amazing group I have this year!

New Year .... New Room

I have been busy setting up my new classroom the last couple weeks.  I can't wait for school to start in 4 days!  Below are some pictures of the craziness when setting up my new classroom!