day of umm...excuse me?

Got called out by a parent in front of my kids...yeah that was fun. All over a pink hat...for a boy. Whatever. I may have been beaten into submission because nothing even seems ridiculous anymore. The fact that my numbers jumped to 24 because my principal moved students at a group of parents request, doesn't really get a reaction out of me, but of nearly everyone I tell, seems telling. I'm just going to plug away and do what I can to get the students ready for the test. Everyone I tell seems to try to figure out why the principal would do it, what they think it will help, I don't know. It just doesn't really seem to shock me anymore. I don't really feel like I could go to anyone in my school and complain about it. I'm not even sure of all of the facts myself, except for the fact that I've got 4 guest students in my room, one of which is reluctant to do anywork.

1. The 23 students in my room (one was absent) actually functioned relatively well. I was expecting more headaches about it, but they all seemed to know what they needed to get done today.
2. We were doing fact family practice and my kids were working relatively well in small groups. I need to lay down and review structure more the next time we do it, but I was proud because they all accomplished what I needed them to accomplish, which is that they be able to complete related subtraction facts for given addition facts.
3. We are trying to do a poetry project this week for writing and most of the students were able to follow the format I gave them. Even the more reluctant writers were able to get their work done. We will revise and edit them over the next couple of days.

I need this week to keep going well. There are too many bodies in my room for things to go wrong. They will understand what they need to accomplish and they will get it ready, and they will be ready for the tests on the 5th.