Charlotte again!
Well, sadly there was no answer key, but we were doing "area of a circle" (pi-r-squared) and even though it's been awhile, I felt reasonably confident that I had the correct answers.
I'm constantly at this school so the majority of kids in all my classes knew who I was. I subbed an 8th-grade social studies class here for 3 weeks straight when their teacher was, well, arrested actually (and is no longer their teacher.) I also subbed a 7th-grade English class for a full month when the teacher had major surgery. And I can't remember a week when I haven't been in the school at least once. It's nice to feel like I'm a part of the school. I always hear shouts of "Ms. Charlotte!" when I'm walking down the hall and the staff and admin. recognize my face even if they don't know my name.
In the morning, I had a class of 8th-graders who apparently come in for a "study skills seminar" with this teacher on Fridays (which I had no idea about until they showed up, because it said nothing about this in my lesson plans). I told them they could use this period as a study hall, to which they replied "we took our finals last week and we have two weeks to kill until graduation," - to which I replied "okay, fair enough." :)
So basically we just talked. I asked them about their post-junior high plans and about their end-of-year dance and I even answered some questions about high school... It's such an exciting time in their lives and it was nice to just take a minute and chat with them about it. I had several students come up to me and hug me at the end of class and I had to politely decline several invitations to be friended on facebook. (A recipe for disaster in my opinion, but it's nice to be asked).
And the 6th-graders were GREAT. Really well-behaved, worked hard, and were much calmer than I expected for a gorgeous Friday in May. The only problem with this school is the fact that they have block scheduling - it's really hard for 11 and 12 year olds to sit still for an hour-and-a-half. (Heck, it's hard for ME!) and they usually lose it after about an hour-ten. They were on their best behavior today, though, so... can't complain at all!
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It's nice to have easy days like that, isn't it? Although surprises like you had aren't the best in the world, I never find it that bad when the kids know you.
ReplyDeleteI'm glad you had a good day, even without an answer key and an unexpected class.
ReplyDeleteIt's great going to a school where you know some of the students and they recognize you.
A Social Studies position opened up because the teacher was arrested? If only that would happen here.