Who Needs a Week Like This?
Gossip and its detrimental effect should have been the lesson of
the week. The she said and he said started every side conversation in my class
and on the playground. It wasn't only my class but the other fifth
classes as well. The problem was that the gossip was mean and hurtful. It seems
to be the new normal. TV shows have to have mean snappy comebacks. This gossip
caused major problems that finally concluding with two boys jumping another
after school. So now the accusation began to fly. This made a pressure cooker
out of my room. After an incredible amount of drama, it finally happened they
were called to the office. Two boys were suspended. The parents, of
course, thought that their little darlings could do no wrong. That their
children were justified because the gossip involved racial comments. Which it
didn’t? That is the nature of how
instigation works. They drip, drip, drip venom of lies and half-truths until
the patient is in critical condition.
Luckily, it was a sort week. We still get Lincoln’s Birthday off. But I hate Monday on a Tuesday. We did get some work done. We did the typical spelling, vocabulary
grammar, and read the story of the week.
Math was finishing up the topic on perimeter and area. This is difficult for some
students. Mostly because they won't
try to memorize the formulas or because of their weakness in multiplication skills. I cannot believe that some still
struggle with their multiplication facts. No matter how much flash card time I give them during intervention time. They have Social Studies vocabulary also. I believe that if they draw a picture of the word it helps
solidify a visual image that helps them remember. 
Well, Monday is President’s Day. It use to be Washington’s Birthday. Why do the rest of them get a free
ride. But it’s okay. I’ll take
another Monday on a Tuesday and a short week in a short month. I love February.
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