WANTED

          Lately, it seems as if once students leave my classroom, they never think about it again.  This is obviously not a good thing- especially when it comes to homework!  As I entered grades this morning, I realized that only two out of sixteen students in my first hour turned in a certain assignment.  The frustrating part is that I spent nearly five minutes each day discussing the assignment and reminding them to complete it. I've decided that instead of yelling at them, I'm just going to walls with these notices:

Hopefully this does the trick.

           This week, I decided to take Wednesday off from Language Arts and focus on 9/11.  There are only a few students in my classes who were even alive when it happened, so they really had no idea what happened, or how much of an impact it made.  We briefly went over what happened and looked at some newspaper articles that came out during that time. Then, in order to focus on the positive aspects, we watched The Man in the Red Bandana.  It is such an inspiring story!  I was able to use it to discuss our Great Expectations, and show the students that it's important to practice being helpful, courteous, and kind, NOW, so that people will remember us in a positive light.

          Unfortunately, portions of the story are very sad, and I had approximately ten soft-hearted girls who left my classroom looking like they suffered their first breakup and lost their favorite pet all in the same day.  One girl sobbed so hard that I almost had to take her out of class!  She told me, "I'm okay...they are happy and sad tears at the same time!" The moral of this story, is that if you are ever in need of a good cry, just stop by my classroom! (Wait...........)
 
          Next week is Homecoming week, so I'm going to be dressing up with the students.  Pictures will follow!

-Mrs. Combs