Go Away!

We are a month into the school year already!  We have to send progress reports home next week because it is half way through the first quarter!  I cannot believe how quickly this year is going!  Even though it is a month into school I am still just discovering the personalities of some of my students.  When you have 26 students and you lose or gain a student every other day it seems like, it makes it hard to get to know you student's very well in a timely manner.  This past week I discovered the personality of Alexandra, yes, the wing ripping/cricket smashing student.  I discovered her personality and I have to say I LOVE IT!  She is so much fun and makes me laugh every day.  Now, you would think I would understand her personality when she came to me with a fly with no wings.  However, I did not understand it until she literally told me to "Go away!"  Here's the story:  We were working on a simple, I thought, math assignment.  After explaining the assignment to the class I began to walk around to help students who needed it.  Alexandra raised her hand immediately so I made my way over to her desk to in order to provide my assistance.  As I began to reteach Alexandra she suddenly becomes very excited and says, "Oh okay I get it."  I believed that she understood the assignment but continued to explain further just to double check he knowledge.  Apparently Alexandra did not want this because she looks at me and says, "OKAY!  GO AWAY!"  I was laughing so hard at her that I had trouble walking away.  Alexandra was laughing with me, I think she realized at that moment that I understood her and that she would now be able to joke and play with me.  If you were wondering, she did understand it, she received a 100% on the assignment!

On another note; I must say I am very excited for this year and the direction my career is going.  I have been asked by the Ed Tech at our school to be on a district committee to rewrite the Technology Plan for the district!  I have always enjoyed technology and I am enjoying using it in my classroom this year.  Since I have a Smart Board in my classroom this year I feel like my teaching has improved and I feel like my students are learning better this year.  Our Ed Tech has also asked me to do a training with our school on a Wednesday.  I am the only teacher at the school to have AverVision on my lap top.  (AverVision is a program that can be used with the Smart Board.)  Since I am the only teacher that has this and uses it regularly she has asked me to show all the other teachers how to use it so they will know if they would like to implement it in their classroom.  

Sorry I have been neglecting the Blog, I will try to write more regularly.  I am glad you are all enjoying reading it!