A Per of Pants

This past week has been a long but good week so far. I've only had two full days so far with Monday off for MLK day and today getting out early for a possible ice storm. However, the week seems to have been really long. There is a chance...more than not since I live where I do...that we will be off tomorrow since it is supposed to rain all through the night and all morning. I sure wouldn't mind that! :)

So it is time for funny stories with Miss Marshall...here are a few highlights from the week:

-One of my most lively students, Fred for name sake, constantly keeps me on my toes and in prayer! :) Anyways, on Tuesday he was horrible and continued to have one of his fits while the principal came in to observe my teaching. During this time he was throwing spitballs, screaming, running around the room, falling on the floor out of his desk, and hitting another student. Awesome. Of course I tried to deal with the matter at hand...calmly...but inside I was boiling. Nothing really worked which is frustrating with this kid. It is a shame that he is so stinkin cute though because I quickly can forget all about the mass chaos he caused for my class. I filled out a BIF (Behavior Identification Form), basically just a written document that is kept in a student's files, and asked him to sign it. He started to sign it another kid's name. When I told him to write his real name, he wrote, "retard." Yep...perfect spelling and everything. He was mad that I was writing him a BIF, so he decided to put himself in the hall. I went out and bent down to talk to him to try to get him back inside. He says, "Miss Marshall, you wanna know why I'm so mad today?" I said, "Of course Fred." He then said, "Well, last night I broke up with Lou Ann. And I'm really sad. If I take home a BIF my momma says I won't be able to be with a girl for thirty years." If you are at all like me...you are cracking up by now. It was so hard to be serious. Anyways, after a little chat, we got back into the room. Great story for Tuesday.
-Today the Title One teacher that works with some of my kids came in and told me that she had to tell me a story about Fred...see a pattern? She was testing for fluency and then she asked the students to use a given word and put it correctly in a sentence. So, Fred's word was "per." His sentence was..."I bought my mom a per of pants." Hahaha! Then, his next word was "stiff." His sentence this time was, "My dog died awhile ago, and now he is stiff." I have laughed so hard over these sentences!
-Another great one today that shows a child's innocence...one of my little boys said to me this morning..."Miss Marshall, why do they make us say the pledge of allegiance every day instead of just once a week? I think they are trying to make us crazy!"

So those are a few highlights from this week. :)