Some quick background information:
So, this week is a bit of a double whammy for teachers and students alike. First off, it's part one of the Indiana State Test, the ISTEP. You can imagine how excited we all are. On top of this, we are celebrating Read Across America all week. (Extra background info: Read Across America is celebrated on Dr. Seuss's birthday which is today!) So, as you can imagine, we have been doing all sorts of fun things to keep the spirits up this week. Monday was a shirt from somewhere you've visited (Oh! The Places You'll Go), Tuesday was crazy sock day (Fox In Socks [TMI Moment: This book is horrible to translate into another language. Just. Horrible.]), Wednesday is crazy hat day (Cat in the Hat) and Thursday is P.J. day (The Sleep Book).
So, today, being Wednesday, I brought in a silly hat. Well, actually, I made a silly hat out of Dollar Tree things. Basically, it's a $1 St. Patrick's Day hat that I cut holes in and put in a $1 Rabbit Ears headband and everyone loved it. In fact they loved it so much, that it was constantly stolen and passed from child to child.
The kids also figured out that the ears could support another hat, if you put it on just right. Each time that I would sit or bend down to walk someone through their work, I would immediately feel pressure on my head as one of the students would run up behind me and shove a hat on the ears and take off again.
Eventually, we get to the end of the day and, bless those poor students, we were having them write their hands off to be ready for the essay part of the test tomorrow.
Now, in a fourth grade class, I am considered tall. It's pretty awesome. When I get down on my knees, I'm just slightly shorter than the students. Today, my mentor teacher and I were having one on one sessions with the students to review previous essays they have written. As expected, when I knelt down to work with a student, another hat was placed on my head. Then this little darlin' (on the left) immediately ran to grab another hat and then the game began. Soon, there were five students seeing how many hats they could put on my hat. This was the result.
Sometimes 4th graders can be a lot of fun.
Happy Birthday, Dr. Seuss!
Happy Texas Independence Day!
Until next time,
Kaity
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