A week in the life of a teacher, day 5, also known as "there's nothing as fun as a puking child first thing in the morning."
Friday:
I got up after hitting snooze on my alarm twice and started getting ready. Just after 6:30 I hear a panicky shout from Evie “mommy, I think I’m going to be sick!” I get her to the bathroom and her hair out of her face just in time. This definitely changes my plans for the day. Once she’s resettled in her room with a bucket next to her bed, I power up my laptop hoping that it’s not too late to put in for a sub. She calls for me again, but this time it’s only for company so I end up putting in for a sub while sitting on her bed. I then text the Latin teacher to tell him I’ll be out and ask if he can cover my tardies and put out my sub stuff if I email it to him. I then start to work on sub plans, all the while worrying that my job won’t be picked up and other teachers will have to cover during their planning periods. I type up my sub plans, grateful that I had written the special schedule for the play on the board yesterday because that’s one less thing to worry about. I’m also happy that I have first period planning- my sub will not have to take a group of students to the play in the auditorium, they will simply have to stand near the fire pull on one side of the balcony. Because this was so last minute, my email includes directions on where to find things, such as look through the messy pile in the black basket. Hopefully everything will be found. It’s simple enough- my French 3s can continue working on their environment packets. I have another worksheet for my French 1s using the verb aller that they complete. I also explain the verb and write out its forms for the sub to put up on the board. I realize that the sub will not be able to teach the French 2 class the lesson I had done yesterday so I quickly find an interpretive reading assessment about daily routines from a blog that I often take material from for subs- the teacher who creates this lessons makes them very self-guided, uses a lot of English, and requires students to write most of their answers in English (this is not something I normally do, but I’ve found it works well when there is a sub and the kids will all be able to understand enough to work on it). I get nervous when I’m about to email the Latin teacher since he hasn’t texted me back so I text one of the Spanish teachers too. I then send both of them the email. A few minutes later, both of them have returned my texts and I received an email from our subfinder system that the job has been picked up. Relieved, I decide to snuggle in with Evie and enjoy my time with her. We spend the day watching tv. Every time I try to grab some papers to grade, she looks at me sadly and says “mommy, no, I need you to stay and lay with me.” As much as I’d like to be productive, I decide I need to enjoy this time with her. Someday she won’t want to snuggle and cuddle like this. Eventually I fall asleep (I’m pretty sure she doesn’t). When I wake up from my nap (which was amazing), I realize that I need to run up to school. It’s 4:30 on a Friday and I didn’t bring home any of the things I need for lesson planning. I load Evie in to the car and we head out. Luckily there is a group of students coming out of the building so I don’t need to worry if the door is already locked. We head up to my room and it only takes a moment to gather what I need. I take a quick look at the notes the sub left- my French 1 class did not too well- 2 students were argumentative and rude and another walked out and didn’t come back. I decide that I will deal with that Monday and Evie and I head back home. Today was not the Friday that I had planned, and I’m sad to have missed the play because many of my students were a part of it, but I’m happy that I got to spend some unexpected time with Evie.
I got up after hitting snooze on my alarm twice and started getting ready. Just after 6:30 I hear a panicky shout from Evie “mommy, I think I’m going to be sick!” I get her to the bathroom and her hair out of her face just in time. This definitely changes my plans for the day. Once she’s resettled in her room with a bucket next to her bed, I power up my laptop hoping that it’s not too late to put in for a sub. She calls for me again, but this time it’s only for company so I end up putting in for a sub while sitting on her bed. I then text the Latin teacher to tell him I’ll be out and ask if he can cover my tardies and put out my sub stuff if I email it to him. I then start to work on sub plans, all the while worrying that my job won’t be picked up and other teachers will have to cover during their planning periods. I type up my sub plans, grateful that I had written the special schedule for the play on the board yesterday because that’s one less thing to worry about. I’m also happy that I have first period planning- my sub will not have to take a group of students to the play in the auditorium, they will simply have to stand near the fire pull on one side of the balcony. Because this was so last minute, my email includes directions on where to find things, such as look through the messy pile in the black basket. Hopefully everything will be found. It’s simple enough- my French 3s can continue working on their environment packets. I have another worksheet for my French 1s using the verb aller that they complete. I also explain the verb and write out its forms for the sub to put up on the board. I realize that the sub will not be able to teach the French 2 class the lesson I had done yesterday so I quickly find an interpretive reading assessment about daily routines from a blog that I often take material from for subs- the teacher who creates this lessons makes them very self-guided, uses a lot of English, and requires students to write most of their answers in English (this is not something I normally do, but I’ve found it works well when there is a sub and the kids will all be able to understand enough to work on it). I get nervous when I’m about to email the Latin teacher since he hasn’t texted me back so I text one of the Spanish teachers too. I then send both of them the email. A few minutes later, both of them have returned my texts and I received an email from our subfinder system that the job has been picked up. Relieved, I decide to snuggle in with Evie and enjoy my time with her. We spend the day watching tv. Every time I try to grab some papers to grade, she looks at me sadly and says “mommy, no, I need you to stay and lay with me.” As much as I’d like to be productive, I decide I need to enjoy this time with her. Someday she won’t want to snuggle and cuddle like this. Eventually I fall asleep (I’m pretty sure she doesn’t). When I wake up from my nap (which was amazing), I realize that I need to run up to school. It’s 4:30 on a Friday and I didn’t bring home any of the things I need for lesson planning. I load Evie in to the car and we head out. Luckily there is a group of students coming out of the building so I don’t need to worry if the door is already locked. We head up to my room and it only takes a moment to gather what I need. I take a quick look at the notes the sub left- my French 1 class did not too well- 2 students were argumentative and rude and another walked out and didn’t come back. I decide that I will deal with that Monday and Evie and I head back home. Today was not the Friday that I had planned, and I’m sad to have missed the play because many of my students were a part of it, but I’m happy that I got to spend some unexpected time with Evie.
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