Night out in Scottsdale

Last night a friend of mine that is in town from Utah called me up to go out with a few friends. We where supposed to go to jesterz a comedy club. In true Mormon girl fashion everyone was late except me. We missed the first show so we decided to head to Scottsdale for a little while until the next show started. We ended up taking a carriage ride through old town Scottsdale. It was a blast we went to a random country salon. After a little while we went back to the club, it was so funny. After all the fun we ended up at I-hop until 2 am. I was so glad to hang out with my friends and get in some fun before work started again.

4 months in review

When I started my job as a 6th grade teacher, there was a ton of excitement and a little bit of fear as well. I can't say that I have just had the most amazing 4 months and everything has been amazing. With taking on all the writing for the whole 6th grade and teaching over 90 kids I can say that I have never spent so much time grading. I have had some real tough times with these kids. A lot are involved in gangs as well as some really bad behaviors. I have been threatened to be beat up, told that everyone hates me, as well as angry parents who seem to only listen to the child and not me as the teacher. The weeks just seemed to drag on. Having a team leader that is just impossible to work with no matter how hard I try. When I talking with others about my experiences they keep telling me I have had 10 years of experience in 4 months. Ha ha...
But even though I have been having such a hard time I have those moments of greatness. I have kids that just make my day so much better, with a kind word or a little note on my desk telling me I am the favorite teacher. I know that some kids just will not like me, because I make them work and they can't slack in my class. But I realize even with all the hard times and sleepless nights that I really love my job. No matter how many times I get frustrated I just need to remember that I am doing some good with these kids. With a big change over this last week we are now going to self contained classes and I do not needed to teach all the kids. I am thinking that with this change I can really become a better teacher and really work on my skills for the future.
But all in all I have to say that even though the past 2 weeks have been the most challenging I have had some amazing experiences and will miss some of the kids that I have from the other classes.

Christmas tree

Here it is mom the christmas tree.

Space Station

One of the fun things that the 6th graders get to do this year is to have the space station come and they get a full day in space. They have a shuttle, a station and a mission control. I split the kids up into groups and they had to complete tasks and different problems that might come up. It was such a great day and my kids beat all the other classes in points.

CrAzY 8

8 Favorite shows:
1. Ugly Betty
2. House
3. Desperate House Wives
4. Project Runway
5. Top Chief
6. That 70's show
7. Food network
8. Friends

8 Favorite Restaurants:
1. Oregano's
2. Haji Babas
3. Cheesecake Factory
4. Crackers
5. Fudruckers
6. Olive Garden
8. Joe's Crab Shack

8 Books I Recommend:
1. These is my words
2. Tale of Despereaux
3. The Giver
4. Twilight Series
5. Harry Potter
6. Narnia Series
7. Witch of blackbird pond
8. Hatchet

8 Things that happened yesterday:
1. Slept
2. Went to Susan's with my sis-in-law
3. got help putting up christmas tree
4. Read a whole 600 page book
5. worked on my lessons for the week
6. graded some papers
7. got a drink at sonic
8. watched a movies and relaxed

8 Things to look forward to:
1. Christmas break
2. Christmas
3. the weekend
4. seeing a lot of movies that are coming out
5. Space program with my students
6. Seeing old friends in town
7. reading books that I finally have time to read
8. Having some craft time

8 Things on my wish list:
1. Clothes
2. buying some things to make my scrapbook cute
3. tools (I know kinda weird but I kinda want them)
4. Movies DVD's
5. Books for my classroom
6. Finding a great pair of jeans that don't cost $100+
7. Random things for my room
8. A quad (I don't really need it but I do want one)

8 Things I love about fall:
1. Fall clothes
2. Crisp air
3. hot chocolate
4. The leaves
5. Sunny days but no snow
6. Fireplaces
7. Thanksgiving
8. Bonfires

Bull Dog Canyon

Last night a bunch of friends and myself went to bullhead canyon for quading, repelling, and a bon fire. It was a great time and I am thinking that we need to have more nights like the one last night. The one downside was that it was so cold out there!!!!!!!

Egyptian gods and goddesses

One of the things that we cover in History in 6th grade is Egypt, and because it is Halloween as a 6th grade project all the kids had to create a god or goddess using a pumpkin. Some of the kids work turned out great. On Halloween we had all the kids set up their pumpkins outside and the other kids could come look at them and learn more about the different gods and goddesses of Egypt. Tomorrow is going to be really fun because we are mummifying a chicken in class.