Bye Billy Mays

I was sad to hear about the passing of Billy Mays. He was fun to watch, and seemed like a nice guy. We teased him for being a bit of a Diva on his pitchmen show. I know his passing will be eclipsed by Michael and Fara, but he will be missed. His family is in my prayers.

Billy knew the power of a good deal and the importance of finding the same way to say things over and over to increase comprehension. I think he would have made a good teacher.

School is out! I think

Well we it's hard to believe that we have been out for two weeks. The promotion went well, and I made it through without any huge weeping fits. The year went by so fast that I still can't believe we are out. On top of that we left for Lake Don Pedro on Monday after school was out, came back for a recital and left for the river. So it feels like we just got out.

Working on themes for next year

My Students Blow Me Away

As the school year gets closer to ending my students continue to impress me. Every day you can see the lights going on about the new things they are learning.

What impresses is me is that it is coming along with compassion and respect towards one another. I am already gearing up for the loss that I will feel when June comes. This is one of those classes that you would love to move on with. Three minutes into our library time today there was blanket silence as students selected their books and started reading. As we prepared for tests today I was able to witness students helping and truly teaching (not just giving the answers) their fellow classmates. I pray that I have served them well as they prepare for the jump to middle school.

Survived the Birthday week

Well the week flew by and my students are back on track and things are going well. Gracie got sick and luckily my mom could come out in time so that Sandy or i did not have to miss any school. Gracie was happy to get the special attention that only grandmas can give.

My students gave me a great little surprise party at the end of school on my birthday and it was a lot of fun. We finished Tuck Ever Lasting both the book and the movie. The timing was good, we will start writing a compare and contrast and then we can move on to our next book.

I was able to get the microphones working with our Read 180 program, we have a visitor coming to observe and I thought it would be great if everything was working this time.

Well I have got to start getting OSN done for tomorrow.

It's Been A While

Okay so it has been a little while since I checked in. Well I have not hurt any more students to the best of my knowledge.

We finished our Famous Person reports and some students did a great job of preparing both the written and oral portions. Unfortunately there were several that did not put the effort into the project.

We are starting our Country Reports next and I am sure that things will be better this time around.

We are back on our feet and looking to finish strong. We received transponders to use with our Smart Board software. So far we have only set up the basics. I can't wait to have them in full use, hopefully by the end of the week.

Are you sure I was the one who threw the ball to you?

This week we had P.E. - Sort of a highlight because it is normally one of the things that gets pushed aside when time gets busy. We were working on running and catching football drills and things were going great. Students would weave around obstacles and then turn and make a catch, (thrown by me) run the ball back and move to the next line. During the last round I was having students get a drink after their last turn and then line up. One student who is always helpful and never complains came up to me and said he thought that he hurt his hand on the last catch. I looked down and was pretty sure that his finger did not normally go in that direction. I wrote him a pass for the health office hoping that maybe it was just my imagination. Five minutes later I got a call requesting his items be brought to the office. After school I called home and spoke with his dad, sure enough the finger was broken he was already in a cast.

Usually I'm the one that gets hurt when we have P.E. Nick I am So Sorry. See you in class.

Finally a Day Off

Well as this week concludes we have our first day off in 9 days. I'm not complaining and neither are my students. A fellow twitter principal (a twitter user) has had 5 no school days, 3 due to ice and 2 due to extreme cold. As we enjoy 75-80 degrees weather I can't believe what it must be like.
Hill running is becoming addictive, there are so many great sites, especially when you make it to the top and look down.