TODAY on the other hand.... Picture Day. When I was driving to school this morning I thought to myself, "Aw how cute, picture day!" On the way home from school - I thought differently. While my kids looked absolutely adorable all day, they were WILD. I am not sure if it was because it was a "special day" or because their schedule was different or what but boy was it an odd day. The kids came in with fancy clothes on and a whole new attitude. I think it was the schedule. Everything was backwards because we didn't even know when 1st grade was scheduled to go to the lobby for our photos. It was all messy. I guess I can't blame them for being off - the completed non organization of the day put my a little off as well. Needless to say, DON'T throw off a kid's routine.
Snack was thrown off, we had a chocolate milk spill that for some reason seemed like a catastrophe, we had missing envelopes, parents not handing in checks. It was worse than a class trip day. I hope that Scholastic Book Fair day isn't as funky.
Also - today being Columbus Day I figure we can teach about Columbus. Apparently not? It's controversial - like everything else. We aren't allowed to tell kids that Columbus discovered America. I was taught that but I guess you can't say that anymore.
It was an odd day. Very odd. Tomorrow should be better. 1st day of literacy centers. Crossing my fingers.
Oh and side note: something I want to work on it not calling on too many kids to speak. I have a tendency to feel badly for them so I call on them. I am going to start saying, I will take __ responses. I also want to have another technique to combat this. I will be researching.
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