Monday, December 17, 2007

another journal entry

Where is one place you would not like to go?

I would not like to go to my aunt's house because she is so picky with her stuff she dose'nt like anyone but grownups in her front room and that's what I call picky.

What would you do if you were chast by a strang men.

"If I was chast by a strange men I would do what my mom told me to do if a men of any kind tries to snach me up she told me to first, scream to the top of my lungs. Next, run ase fast as I can. then if he get a whole of me to bite his hand take my two finger and poke him in the eye's kick him in the unneasasery plays and than run untile I get far away as possible from him."


Amen.

Thursday, December 13, 2007

I almost forgot...

The last few weeks have been so hectic, and I was so busy breathing, that I almost forgot to believe. Being a year round school, we let out for Christmas break tomorrow (!!) and get a full three weeks plus one day off! (Hooray!)

I have never in my life felt like I needed a break so badly.

In honor of the believing part, however, I would like to make a list of successes (small as they may be).

1) My students can now work in groups. (not always quietly, not always effectively, but still...)

2) We can remember that and is spelled a-n-d, not i-n about 50% percent of the time.

3) We can restate prompts as topic sentences.

4) We rarely say shut up, and we apologize immediately when we do.

5) Usually, we save our curse words for outside the classroom door (although today there were at least five slip ups-- it was a bad day, but there WERE some pretty creative combinations of words)

6) We are getting better at remembering to raise our hands.

7) Most of us are improving at our multiplication tables.

Hooray for small victories.

In honor of laughter and all things cheery, I'd like to share a piece of contraband student writing. All spellings are (sic)

"My Friend ______________ she gave me a neckle I bought her a pickle. the pickle was sour. she gave me a flower. I hite her in the head with a peace of corn bread she was died."

Um, yeah.