We played "duck duck goose" today with our spelling words. That was a blast!

Good Afternoon Everyone,

It's almost Friday! I am ready for the weekend!

ECMom, I have 3 Walk Away the Pounds DVDs. I just need to motivate myself to put them in the DVD player and do them.

Today was a busy day at work, but that's good because it went by really fast. I spend about 35-45 minutes in each classroom at a time so I am moving around all day. I like that though because I really didn't like being "trapped" in a classroom all day when I taught English a few years ago. It was an interesting day today, too. I was in a Kindergarten class and one little boy said to another "Get out of my f....... face." I about fell out of my chair! Then, one of my 3rd grade students got sent home for yelling at his regular teacher and one of my Kindergarten students got sent home for hitting. This Kindergarten boy is a sad case though because he has had many strokes and continues to have mini-strokes throughout the day. He is partially paralyzed on the right side, but still manages to get around. I really feel for his parents because they have had such a hard time with him. Hopefully tomorrow all my students will be calmer.

Talk to you all soon.

Well, I'll join the group having a long week.
I haven't gotten out of the school anytime before 5:00, and tomorrow won't be any better because we have our first community service club activity (some kids are staying after school with me to make flyers).
Monday is our Back to School night, so I'll be at school for more than 12 hours. This afternoon, my student with seizures had a grand mal seizure for at least 15 minutes, and his implant didn't activate... I wasn't even in the room when it started because I was doing a schedule change in the main office with one of the new freshmen. I heard it over our Dean's radio... left the kid with her, and bolted for my classroom. I got there right behind the school nurse, and he was totally unresponsive. He usually comes out of it within 5 minutes, but we didn't have that luck. We had to call the rescue squad becuase he was having trouble breathing. My TA kept his head, though, which was fantastic, and got the other kids out of the room. He was wedged in a corner, so he wound up staying with the student and the nurse while I called the parents, and waited for the ambulance with the principal, then waited for his mom. He was coming out of it by the time we got back there. The severe disabilities teacher took my kids in her room, which was good because my new kids were freaked out by the seizure. The other kids have been seeing it for 2 or 3 years, so they were worried but handled it.
Normally, we'd remove him, and keep going, but this time we couldn't move him. He's never had a seizure this bad in school before, so I'm hoping that his mom tells the doctor... there is a language barrier, and we all know the medical profession isn't always as patient as they could be. Then tends to lead to patients falling through the cracks.
The scrapbook covers look GREAT... we've moved my one girl into less restrictive classes (which means I have totally lost any spare time I had to myself because she'll wind up coming to see me during homeroom), and TOMORROW IS FRIDAY! Huzzah!!!!
I still have to get up early and go to class Saturday, then a CEC meeting, but then I don't have anything else to do.

melody- i had a kdg. student a few years ago that would tell me f.... you b....! after he got in trouble for it a few time he would just mouth it at me and anyone else who mad him made. many, many phone calls and trips to the principal later his parents decided that his needs could be better met in a neighboring town. i bet they still hate me!!
it is always such a shock when you hear things like that come out of a baby. lord only knows what is going on in their homes.

down a pound at ww today, pretty good since i did really bad.

Melody- break those DVD's out and get sweating! Kerry and I do them with each other long distance....she's in Ohio and I am here in NY. Well, ok I think of her when I do them.


Mouse, Trob and Casey, sorry to snub you , but I have to get some sleep.
G'nite.
Ginny

Evening Ladies,
Casey glad you were able to play duck duck goose with your spelling words today. I have been trying to get my kids to just study their words at home on their own. I keep telling them every day take your word list home and study them. I let them study them for two weeks to get to know them and we do an activity everyday with them to get use to spelling them. Maybe by April they will start to study them at home.
Trob, glad your student teacher is working out well. Maybe once she gets in front of the classroom more, she will feel more comfortable and get the teacher voice developed. I remember back to when I was student teaching and was soft spoken the first couple of weeks and then bang it was all over after that. I been a loud mouth ever since. LOL
Angela, how is your week going? Hope the baby and your oldest son is adjusting to mommy being back at work well. So are you ready for another vacation yet?
Melody, sounds like one of the little kindergarten girl's that we have in the afterschool program. She has cussed out her teacher every day, hits another kids for no apperant reason and is in to everything. So I am glad when my hour and half with her is up. I love my Leslie Sansone Walking tapes. I have just been a bad girl and haven't done them for awhile. I keep saying that tomorrow is the day that I will do them and it hasn't happened yet. But once of these days I will get back to them. Just have to get my eating habits back undercontrol and then I take baby steps back to excerising. As for my dh dieting with me. He is a skinny person. So he can eat all the junk food, sweets or fast food that he wants. He can also drink what ever he wants to drink too. But I was tired of him setting me up with my food choices and then *****ing me out later, so that is why I have decided to include him in my shopping for food that I take to school to eat. That way he can't say that I am not eating healthy. I want to prove him wrong and show him that I can lose weight again. Even though I put on 10 pounds over the summer. I hope to take them back off quickly and some more.
Mouse, sorry to hear about your student. I have two students in my room this year that are prone to having seizures. That must have been very scary today when he didn't come out of right away. Sounds like you will have a busy start to your weekend. Hope you can find some time to relax.
Ginny, as you might have read earlier in my post, I haven't been walking with Leslie here lately. I think I have averaged doing one tape a week since school started. I must do better. I hope after I get through my stress with the lockdown at school and problems with my dh, I will start back to doing them. You will take that .2 pounds off quickly and then some by next week's meeting. Hope you are feeling better. Sorry to hear about your cold.
Congrats to Trob for your one pound loss and to Melody for your two pound loss. Keep up the good work ladies!
Well I must head off to bed. I have a busy day ahead of me tomorrow. I have two more classes (Science and Social Studies) grades to put on my computer and then fill in the midterms on the school's form on the computer and write my lesson plans. Plus still teach my kids their lessons. I would like to get it all done by the end of the day, so I don't have to take anything home this weekend. But I don't know if I can be Superwoman tomorrow or not.
Have a good evening!
Take care,
Kerry

Hi Everyone,
TGIF!!! Yeah we made it through another week of school. So that means one week closer to summer vacation right? Just kidding. I do love my job and the kids I have this year. Just have a lot of challenges to over come with them this year.
Just wanted to drop and wish everyone a great weekend. I hope you are all able to relax and enjoy yourselves. I have to go to a football game with my dh and stepsons' tonight. SDD is going skating with some of her friends. Tomorrow we are looking at a house we are thinking about buying. Then the rest of the day is spent relaxing and doing whatever with the kids. Sunday SDD has volleyball practice at 1 and then I don't know what we might get into with them. They asked the last time they were at our house if we could go to the one state park and go hiking with them the next weekend they are with us. So maybe if the weather stays nice we just might do that.
Well I better go and eat my lunch before I have recess duty. Talk to you all later. Have a great weekend!
Kerry
P.S. My scale was done this morning by a pound. So I am hoping on Tuesday night when I go to TOPS, it is still a pound or a little more.

hey gals, hope that everyone had a great friday. i am glad that the school day is over. it has been a very long week. my intern is still sticking pretty close but she is really nice (she reminds me of my mother-in-law...which is not that great of a thing). she is going to start teaching my lesson plans at the end of next week so i will soon find out how well she will handle the class.
mouse- hope that your student is doing better. i know how scary it can be when you have a student with health problems. i had a diabetic kdg. student pass out on me once and it really scared me.
kerry- i hope that your dh will ease up on you. mine is wonderful and has never made any comment about my weight....it helps that he too is overweight, but i don't think that he would say anything even if he was skinny. i can only imagine how hurt you must feel.
kar- good job on the pound lost...my scale showed another pound down this morning also...YEAH US!!
hope that everyone has a great friday night. i am trying to get rid of my family so that i can have some me time.
trob

I hope everyone is having a good weekend. I haven't done much today other than getting my house in order. I cleaned up R.J.'s room and the guest room where R.J. also likes to play. I cleaned up the kitchen and I am almost done with the laundry. I also took some time to work with R.J. on writing his name, which he is doing quite well now. I guess it's not too bad to learn to write your name when you only have two letters. I know his kindergarten teacher next year will be glad that she will not have to teach him to write his name because this can be one of the most time consuming parts of the first couple of months of school.

Well, I ate too much yesterday. We had a teacher-pot-luck at school and there was so much food! I ate one big plate of regular food and then a small plate of desserts. The scale was up this morning! Ugh! These past two weeks I have been losing and gaining the same 2-3 pounds over and over and it is driving me crazy. I guess I need to be more careful. I am thinking of going to Weight Watchers Monday with a friend and maybe that will help since I have calculate points. I know, I know, I need to start exercising too...

Have a good weekend!

Hello Ladies. Man being back at school sure is alot of work! Jonathan is sleeping better since I am letting him sleep with me some. He is still only taking one bottle a day but I am not going to worry about it. Monday he caught his first cold so I rushed him to the dr. DS1 got sick at the same age and ended up in the hospital with pnemonia soI was extra careful this time. He is fine now. He weighs 14.14 and is 25 inches long. He is a big boy! Brantley loves being at the sitter's he was with her last year too. It is so nice having both my boys together. This week I finally went and got my haircut! I LOVE IT!!! I finally let my bangs grow out while I was preggo. I got layers cut all over. It is quite a drastic change for me. It was so nice getting tons of compliments at school. Some people didn't even recognize me at first. Today my school had a run/walk event. I pushed Jonathan in the stroller and Brantley rode his bike. He was so tired by the end of the race. Tonight we got a call from MIL and she said that FIL had a stroke and the paramedics were taking him to the hospital. Now we are thinking it was low blood sugar. He is diabetic, worked in his garden all day, temp over 90, didn't eat all day, took all his med, took a nap, and couldn't wake up but was sweating. Scary stuff! Really upset Dh being so far away from his Dad. FIL is having surgery on Tue to have a shunt put in so he can begin dialysis. He is only 58.

Hi!
Hope that everyone is having a good weekend.

Angela- how is your FIL doing? Are they sure it is a stroke? I will be praying for you and your family, what a stressful event/time. 58 is so young- but diabetes can really change a person's health dramatically. How is Jonathan's cold? Good to hear that Brantley likes going to the sitter. I remember when my two oldest were little and I had to go to work, just getting ready for work and out the door with them felt like a full time job. Then the hour commute and a full day of work. I would not sweat having Jonathan sleep with you.
All 3 of mine did at one time or another and I felt no problem because of it. (noone goes to college still sleeping in mommy's bed!)

Trob- perhaps your intern is just scared silly and afraid to mess up! Hope she unglues from you a wee bit. Oh, I hear ya about the MIL thing. Someone reminding me of my MIL is NOT a good thing. Can't imagine working with someone like her. Did you ever find some "me" time?

Kerry-Great news that your scale was down a #! Did you and Dh get a look at the house you would like to buy? Would you describe it? (just curious, does it give you more room, better neighborhood, more affordable...you know)
Hope this is a good weekend for you. Hope that the weather is nice and you can get a hike in. Great excercise and family friendly too.

Robyn..........how are you doing? Mouse? Casey?

This weekend's plans became all topsy turvy. Dd was supposed to come home today, but her game was rained out and is today instead. The other Dd's game was a rain out too. We did make it to the professional soccer game we had tickets to and were able at the last minute to pick up an additional ticket for Dd (20) who came home yesterday. Despite some crummy attitudes in the beginning, we had a great time.
Today Dh is off to see Dd's softball game- so he won't be home all day.
Better go see what he is up to.
See ya later.
Ginny

Morning...

I'm so glad that last week is over. I hope this coming week is easier, but I don't think it will be. Back to school night is Monday, and Rosh Hashana is Friday evening. I love my mother, and really want to be there to help, and I just can't. I also have an IEP meeting smack during the middle of the day, and my ED kiddo is slowly coming apart at the seams. We're going to start some new behavioral stuff on Monday: anytime kids do something good, they're going to get a ticket. They write their initials/name on the ticket, and it goes in a little container. I'm trying to figure out how to tie that to the checkbook system... I want to keep that, but its so hard to figure out to give them the paychecks because they aren't all always in my room. We're also using a bucket of marbles, and when its full we'll do something special on a CBI day... they can have a free-period at the mall (where they can do what they want, because I usually have a worksheet or activity they have to do when out), or depending on the time of the year, bowling or movies, mini-golf, etc. I'm hoping this will help that kid, because I told him on Friday that if he's doing what he needs to do, we'll give him all the attention he wants, but that if he is choosing not to behave and pay attention, we're going to ignore him... as long as he isn't hurting himself or others or violating a major school rule.
Any ideas how to hook this to the checkbook system? Maybe if they earn so many tickets in a day they can put $1.00 in their account? It needs to be VERY simple or it won't happen... that was the issue last year.

Anonymouse,

Here's another idea for classroom behavior problems. One of the teachers I work with tapes three small paper strips to each person's desk. Red on bottom, then yellow, then green. A piece of paper is removed each time a student misbehaves. Students who have all three tickets at the end of the week automatically get a reward. All tickets still on the desk are collected at the end of the week and the student's write their names on them. Then, 2-3 names are pulled out for a prize drawing.

Melody

HI everyone,
I have been busy enjoying my weekend. I haven't really done much but I guess that is okay. We went and looked at the house yesterday. It is a nice house. We have to wait until our loan officer says to go ahead and put in a bid. Which could be from now and till the beginning of Oct. But we really like this house. There is a computer room/kitchen/dining room/living room/utilty room/bathroom/master bedroom room and bath on the first floor and then two bedrooms upstairs. The walls are white all through the house and there is a pretty hunter green carpet through out the house. In the bathrooms there are whitetiles with hunter green trinagles on them. There is a nice two car garage that goes with it and almost an acre of land. So that is about it on the house for right now. So if we play our cards right we could be moving within the month.
Sounds like everyone is having a relaxing weekend. It is always nice to have a weekend like that every now and again.
Angela, how is your FIL doing today? That must be very scary for you and your dh not being close to him to go see him. I will keep your family in my prayers. Please keep us posted.
Hi to everyone else. Have to go now and get the kids ready to go home with their mom here shortly. Lost track of time,
Talk to you all later.
Kerry

Gee, Kerry the house sounds nice.......I'd love to have that kind of set up with the bedrooms upstairs (we have a raised ranch, plenty of room but the layout is challenging). Hope it works out for you.
See ya!
Ginny