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It was in the low 70F’s most of last week. Today it’s cold, windy and pouring rain. Winter has arrived in
I took yesterday off because….well…just BECAUSE! Besides, I wasn’t feeling all that great anyway.
Today’s call came at
I picked up the key from the office and proceeded to the classroom where…there were NO STUDENTS! There was also NO LESSON PLAN!
Now what?
I called the office to find out that two other 2nd grade classes had split my class and were waiting for me call to send them back.
After I re-assembled my squirmy group, I quizzed the kids on what they usually do in the morning.
“DOL!!!”
Ok, great! I located the Daily Oral Language worksheet for “Thursday week 14” and had them start while I tried to figure out what comes next.
Fortunately, I didn’t have to do anything because the office called and informed me that I needed to take my class over to an assembly in the cafeteria….now!
The assembly was a performance of that classic tale of “A Holiday Carol!”.
Never heard of it? Come on! You know! It’s the one with Scrooge, Tiny Tim and the ghosts of “holiday” past, present and future?
(Dickens should be rolling in his is grave right about now…)
The assembly ends just in time for recess. We’re moving right along on minimum day accomplishments.
Next we do two pages in the math book and Bingo! It’s now time for lunch.
After lunch, the kids inform me that it’s now silent reading time. Sounds good to me, except none of the kids seem to have a book to read.
They ALL want to get a book from the “in class” library….at the SAME TIME!
Exactly 30 seconds after total chaos has ensued, I order everyone OUT of the library and back to their seats.
I then send them in pairs to select a book. I give them EXACTLY EIGHT seconds to select a book and get out! Some had to make return trips because they either couldn’t decide in time or selected crappy books.
Some examples of the crappy books from the “in class” library.
- Hershey’s Chocolate Recipe Cookbook.
- Book of stickers. No words.
- Above grade level Michael Crichton's Jurassic Park paperback.
By the time everyone finally had a book they could and wanted to read, it was time to pack up and go home.
My day is done!…
1 comment:
They seriously called it "A Holiday Carol"? Why are people so stupid? That's rhetorical.
Sounds like that teacher is clueless. No lesson plans and those bizarre books for the in class library? Yikes! Here I thought it was bad when the kids were allowed to "read" I Spy! books during silent reading.
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