Which is fine by me. It gave me time to work with my kids instead of having to deal with one individual issue. I really tried to start fresh today. There was a lot of explaination in gentle voices.
1. I graded the math test I gave my kids on fractions and only two of 19 got a 90% while the rest got 100%. Even Day'Q got a hundred, and we covered identifying fractions in one day, after he missed three days of explainations. Best class grade on a test ever. If only Eudie was there.
2. I introduced coins today and a couple already know how to count them, but most don't, which is why they are in school to learn. The best part of the money was it became a mini-history lesson explaining the people on the coins. Oh the mistaken identity of George Lincoln on the penny. The little ones do not have the greatest concept of time. "He was president 140 years ago." "Is he still alive?" "nope...actually some people didn't really like him so they killed him." "Like Martin Luther King. White people didn't like him so they shot him." "Actually Lincoln helped try to free the slaves and help black people, which is why some people wanted to shoot him."
3. Xander was able to tell me a complete sentence today. He was able to generate the sentence on his own, based on something that had just happened. To realize the full glory of this achievement you need to realize something. Whenever I asked him what had just happened, he would just point and say a name or word. Today they were in line for lunch and Jay was behind him. Xander raised his hand when I walked by and I asked what happened. He looked at me and with all the concentration he could muster he was able to squeeze out the words. "Jay...he tried...to...bite...my head." My mind just clicked at that sentence. I had to pull him out of the line and tell him how proud I was of him. It did not matter so much that Jay might have bumped in to him, I was more excited at the fact that Xander got a thought out.
Overall a good day. It's tough to say that a few students can change everything, but it's the truth. We'll see if the conference happens on Tuesday. We'll also have to see if my TA will come back on then as well. I'm beginning to suspect her, but I have no idea. She doesn't even stop in my room to let me know where she will be during the morning. I hope she is not the one that complained to the principal on me, but I don't really want to think about it. Too many good thinsg happened. The math test, Xander's sentence, playing basketball with D-Troope, and the mini-history lesson and personal connections. A gentle end to a raucous week.
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