Day 7

Chew gum in the morning. Also, I about cried when I wrote this on my board this afternoon..

Day 6

Make thank you cards for Mrs. Jones, our principal.

Day 5

Make clay sculptures.

Ms. C goes to prom

As stated in previous post, I teach at a small, private school. It's technically 6 weeks-12th grade. Believe me when I say, it's tiny. Anyways, I'm having a conversation with my boss (the principal)  on a Monday and she's making a list for prom. She asks for volunteers to help decorate for prom. Thanks to sorority recruitment, I like this kind of thing..and I'm good at it. On Thursday, I'm asking her if she still needs me for the next day, she says yes. I tell her that if she needs more chaperones, then I'll gladly help. She jumps in and ecstatically tells me that I need to go to prom dinner and chaperone the dance. The dinner is at the Cypress Inn in Tuscaloosa. The dancing part of the prom is at the Oaks, which is a restored home in the area.
I go home after school and try on every single formal dress I own. I have a lot and my mom helps me decide.
You know what? I had a blast. It was probably better than my junior prom, if truth be known..
Here's a photo at my junior prom with a photo of me at the prom this year!

Ms. C and the spelling bee

Today, we had our spelling bee for 1st and 2nd grade. After 24 rounds, we had our champ. What can I say? I teach smarty pants. Here is a collage of the winner, 2nd runner up, and third runner up.

Day 4

Chew gum in the afternoon!

Day 3

Lunch in the room!

Day 2

Use a mechanical pencil!

Day 1

Work without our shoes!

Bucket list

Today, we started our bucket list to close out second grade. Each morning, we pop a balloon to find out our activity!

SAT Week: Day 4

We. Are. Done! After this week, I've come to the conclusion that my kids are smarties with determination. I know every teacher says that about every class..but I'm being legitimately serious when I say that all of my babies are bright and we can expect great things from them in the future!
Since those SATs were a piece of cake, we had some!

SAT week: Day 3

We started at 7:50. We ended at 1. Needless to say, we are earning our treats..and a 3 day weekend!

After our tests, we painted with finger paint!

SAT week: Day 2

Today we took all of our math portions. One test requires me to dictate the while test. The other requires partial dictation. We started at 7:50. We took a break for breakfast at 8:20, that put us back testing at 8:50. We took a break for PE at 9:30 and started back testing at 10. We tested until 11:30. Lunch time! We started back at 12:15. At 1:15, the final test was turned in. Needless to say, I'm exhausted.
Here was the clue for the surprise.

SAT week: Day 1

This week, we are taking the SATs. This is this first time my kids have taken a standardized test. I'm personally not a fan, but what can you do?
I'm giving them special treats this week, along with a special message. Today, I gave them Kool-aid.
Also, we took the afternoon to read and discuss "Bartholomew and the Oobleck" by Dr. Seuss. We even made our own oobleck. Some kids loved to play with it, others literally ran from it. Needless to say, it was eventful.