It's raining when you wake up and you have outside duty.
You roll over and see that your alarm clock says 6:30 and you were supposed to be up at 5, so you could go and work out.
The clothes you laid out to wear today, don't fit right and you end up changing.
But then you get to school and you have that first cup of coffee with a little hot coco in it.
You set out the entry task (that is already copied) and check your email.
You head to the copy machine and no one is in line.
You go out for duty and the sun is out and it's not as bad as you thought it was going to be.
Your kids come in quietly and get to work.
They get along and play nicely in partnerships. Then they quietly go out to recess.
But then as they file back in, you notice a few are covered in mud -someone in the class has pushed them down.
You here a group of kids coming down the hall yelling about how it isn't fair that they are getting in trouble.
You have your kids work in partners again and there is one group that just can't handle it.
You have kids bullying another kid.
You have kids that are yelling across the room at each other.
But you are determined not to get mad, you take a deep breath and then you have the kids line up for music. They leave and you go back to the calm of your room....things get better.
But then you pick them up and find out that they have been awful. They can't stand in line, they are talking and ignoring everything you say. You drop them off again and you head to get a treat. The treat is pacifying enough hopefully to get you through the day.
The kids come back and are somewhat good, but then you see it again.
The disdain for one kid written over another's face.
The pleas from another just to be liked. Your heart aches for that kid, but you can't figure out what to do or how to help.
So you call in the big guns, hopefully it will help!
They leave the room in silence,
you pray for hope and a change of behavior.
You now have to deal with the next challenge...
1 comment:
This sounds like my Tuesday.....but with third graders. Oh, and there was no music that day because we had a performance the week before so we gave up a prep for the music teacher to prep for her other schools music performance. It makes for a long day when they aren't getting along, and you know they can, and when your day starts off with a rough start. I hope and pray you don't have any of these days next week....since I know you are making up days.
Anne
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