That's right folks...I have officially made it through week 6 of a ROUGH school year. I am not going to lie...I had a break down to my mom a couple of weeks ago about my class! Yes, I bawled and ranted and raved about all my problems..and I felt a lot better after that! :) (thanks mom) I guess it finally hit me when somebody else in the school took my class for a half an hour and when I came back they were OUT OF CONTROL and were VERY rude to this lady. I had to REALLY lay into them after that! I still don't think I am mean enough yet...I am working on it and they are doing a little better, but it took making all of them write an apology note to the lady and changing a few classroom "policies" to get them that way. Let's just say that I have sent more kids to "Think Time" already this year then I did the WHOLE year with my class from last year. What is really sad is that it is only about 5 boys that make it miserable for everyone else! If I could get rid of those 5 boys then my class would be pretty good! I know I will survive and I really do still like teaching, but it is just not fun when you are trying to help one student that REALLY needs help and the others think they can do whatever they want and get away with it! I wish I had eyes in the back of my head and 20 extra hands! :) The joys of teaching...
Well, on a brighter note, we have been doing some fun things with art that I took pictures of. They are "Landscape Silhouettes". They had to choose a favorite landscape that they have been to and create it with a watercolor background and black construction paper. I thought some of them were pretty dang cool! Also, we went on a field trip to hear the Utah Symphony at Hillcrest High School. They had to dress up and it actually was pretty cool to listen to all of the songs they played. They even involved the kids by having them stand up and "march" to some of the music.
This week, This is the Place State Park is coming to teach the 4th graders at our school some square dancing and other pioneer things so that they can perform it in front of the school in December. It should be interesting...I will let you know how it goes! Anyway, here are a few pictures. Enjoy!
