So my number has been 23 the past two days. If one student makes it to school it will make it a chart topping 24, one short of the legal limit. Yesterday went well, today kind of fell apart. One student decided that he wasn't going to work mid-way through the morning, but somehow made it back to my room after his mother was called. Gave me a headache, his behavior did, and I was not the best at coping with it.
Also learned something about a student that I didn't really need to know, and I really don't want to have to follow up and learn more about it and fact check. If it pans out to be true it becomes a problem greater than me. There havebeen glimpses of it and it makes me sad if it is true. And it's all about my focal student.
On to good things.
1. According to my grade level chair her kids grades are not that great this marking period either. Kind of wishing for kids to do bad, but not really. It just makes me realize that my kids are not the only ones having a problem since Christmas.
2. In the course of one math problem I was able to change a child's mood. Monty (a guest) went from crying face down on the carpet saying, "I can't do this," about addition and subtraction facts, all the way to me boosting his confidence and getting him smiling and laughing. If I could transfer that malleable intelligence to all my kids, I would be in a better spot. For now I'm content to get this student believing that he can accomplish.
3. Had dinner with a friend and good converstation.
4. Took a practice quiz for my AR History class and got a 5/5. Now I just need to figure out when I'm taking the actual first exam. It will happen by Sunday.
Right now I've got to sleep and think about what Seuss Book to decorate my door with. Never really decorated my door, so we'll see how it goes.
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