Used the outdoor classroom yesterday and today for concert review, post assessment and student surveys.
Miss Gertrude McFuzz discovered how truly unique Horton was!
All the musical kids wore their shirts yesterday because it was May 15. Many of them burst into my room singing at different times through the day.
One of my favorite parts of my job is how different each day is.
Yesterday one of my students informed me that she was moving to Central America over the summer. This statement was followed by “Will you be my pen-pal?”
I had to think about that. While super cute and flattering, I’m not quite sure what to do with that. I’m a terrible pen-pal: I forget to write back. I’m also not sure how appropriate it would be to have a former student as a pen-pal.
I also never tell students where I live, and this would require her to know my address.
Part of me thinks “if you are this undecided about it, you probably shouldn’t do it,” and the other part thinks “what’s the worst that can happen?”
This third year teacher has no idea what to do.
This morning I got the opportunity to cover a few minutes if another teacher’s class. It was pretty cool.
The kids came in, looked at me funny, but then sat in assigned seats and started to get to work. It was neat to watch. They knew what they were supposed to do, and they did it.
I hope my classes do that when I’m gone. I want to dress up as a sub and secretly watch my classes to see what they do when I’m not there.
I pulled out my music history book for some fugue info for my 8th graders and opened up to the note my high school band director left me when he gave me this book at graduation.
Best high school graduation gift ever. Because I really do still use it.
Memory lane, party for one?
Yesterday a civil war reenactment trio came and played for our 7th grade music students. They were funny, educational, and very interactive. The kids all had the “this is so awesome” face.
