I don't know if all this cold weather and being cooped up with kids all day long is making my class a little more rowdy than usual.  What I do know is that my patience is stretching a little thin.  After being completely worn out yesterday I reached the conclusion that my class and I are spending way too much time together.  I know many of my blogging buddies are tired of snow days, … [Read more...]

I spoke a little too soon or may even jinx myself in my Five for Friday post, but whatever I did it stinks because the FLU has officially hit the Knefely household.  My youngest has the flu.  She seems a lot better today.  However, yesterday was horrible!!  She ran high fever all day long and slept most of the day.  There were a few times I was starting to panic a little … [Read more...]

I have been back in the swing of things for three full days {hump day already}!!  Monday was a teacher workday for me.  We spent the morning in meetings covering the usual teacher stuff.  The second half of my day was spent working with my grade level and planning for the rest of the week.   The students returned on Tuesday {yippee}!!! After spending the month of December … [Read more...]