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Don’t Judge and Freebie!

Don’t I know it’s the end of school!
  I could spend the entire day in a class meeting trying to put out all the issues that are brought up before the morning bell.
  Being able to find a sharp crayon or pencil is like finding the missing book from the leveled library…TOTAL CAUSE TO STOP AND CELEBRATE!
  I can’t rearrange their seating any other possible way.  I have considered sawing the trapezoid tables in half just to create distance between irritants.
  Lining up and walking down the hall is ridiculous  impossible challenging.  Personal space is extinct. 
  Listening position hasn’t been seen for weeks.  It has been replaced with laying down, sucking thumb, hands in shirt, hands in hair,  hands on pieces of mulch found on the rug, fingers in noses then flicking boogers, in noses and then in mouth,  on shoes, tightening velcro on shoes repeatedly, on each other, in the nether regions, braiding hair…………….
  Belching and tooting are at a record breaking high.  No remorse to be found.
  Eye rolling and sighing are at a record breaking high………..from the teacher students.
  My guided reading table is buried under TPRI, DRA, and other famous Testing acronyms. 
All my cutsie little class attention getting signals are no longer
working.  I may resort to SHUT YER PIE HOLES …I can do it a cute
sing-songy voice.  add some clapping to it?  No?
OK seriously I LOVE my job and aside from all their crazy antics and issues, I LOVE my students.  Just a fun vent here…no judging allowed……………….

Let’s just get on to the freebie!!!!

We are working on our teacher appreciation letters this week.  Ironic? Nah.  Perfect timing if you ask me! 

 This week at our school, every teacher has their students write letters to a special teacher at our school. 
Then they are delivered and posted outside of every teacher’s door next week during teacher appreciation.
 
Some are so special and touching that the students are asked to read them on announcements in the morning. It is a very sweet way to start each day for teacher appreciation week.

 If you want your own teacher appreciation letter writing paper grab the freebie below! 

One of my students didn’t think I had enough hearts on today.  This post-it heart says “awesome”! It was a day maker.

Hang in there tomorrow and feel free to vent with me in the comments!!! Really! I live for it. I won’t judge.    🙂

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    5. Lori Rosenberg says

      I don't think any teacher could ever judge you on the hysterical comments you made! After all, most of us feel the exact same way!

      I'll tell you, this is usually the time when I am literally pulling my hair out. But, the clip chart is really helping my students keep their behavior in check. God forbid they get all the way to the top of the chart and then, because of a poor choice, clip all the way back down. It brings on mass hysteria!

      Thanks for the teacher appreciation freebie!

      Lori ([email protected])
      Teaching With Love and Laughter

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    6. Jennifer says

      I am so glad you are feeling the same way I am! How can shoelaces be so much more interesting than the interactive SmartBoard activities I stay up late preparing to increase their engagement?! 🙂 I think God does this at the end of the year so it is less sad to say goodbye to them!

      Delighted in Second

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    10. Jill says

      I had to smile when I read your post, boy oh boy, do I know where you are coming from.

      Thanks for the freebie.
      Jill bubbalulu.blogspot.com

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    11. Dawn Hilburn says

      Oh. my. stars. I think you have my class. Last week, one of my firsties brought a glass jar full of rose petals (for our plant study??) but failed to inform me that he brought them. I found out as we are packing up to go home and there is a LOUD crash. I look over, see the glass all over the floor, look at the kid and he has blood all over his face and arm. The glass cut his nose and finger.
      Yep, I'm counting the days.
      First Grade Shenanigans

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    12. Gladys says

      I think our classes are long lost twins! Because my kiddidles have been acting THE.same.way! Hang in there…I see light at the end of the tunnel. 😉

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    13. Mrs. McHaffie says

      OH MY WORD if you did NOT just take the words right out of my mouth! Seriously. Between the bickering, teasing, whining, and touching I MIGHT get 5-10 minutes worth of teaching in. It's ridiculous! 22 days to go and 3 are half days so really 19 full days. OH and I have Friday off (Relay for Life event) so really 18 days…but who's counting?! 🙂

      Kelly
      Beg, Borrow, Steal

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    14. Tara says

      I'm feeling the same some days!!! I don't know how many times I have said "just because state testing is over doesn't mean the school year is!!" or "ladies and gentlemen, it is not summer break yet so you better check back into my classroom!" I have a daily out loud belcher! Gross….tooting….not so much because they get soooooo embarrassed!!! Ha! I've said zip it and shut it and even…..are you ready for this????? Jerk a knot in it!!! I know that sounds terrible but it's a great idiom and I introduced it with our figurative language and it just hung around…..not judging right???????

      Hang in there!!! Huggies friend!

      4th Grade Frolics

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    15. Jessica says

      Wow your room sounds exactly like mine!! Haven't resorted to shut yer pie hole, but the word ridiculous has been used once, twice or several times. And I haven't gotten to all the testing fun yet. I love the idea of writing teacher letters for teacher appreciation week. So cute!! Love that your student realized you needed more hearts. Sometimes they are so in tune with how we are feeling. Thats for making the craziness seem better.
      Jessica


      Apples and Papers

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    16. Holly says

      I walked out of my classroom today uttering the words "Mrs. W. needs a time out, I just need some time away" and I sat in my partners room, in the middle of her teaching. She looked at me and just chuckled…indoor recess didn't help.

      Hang in there…sunny days of summer are within reach….

      Holly
      Crisscross Applesauce in First Grade

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    17. Jodi says

      Have you been teaching in my classroom during the last month??!! The end of the year is near!

      Jodi
      fun-in-first.blogspot.com

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    19. Meridith says

      Oh my goodness I think you were peeking in my classroom window today! I got through spelling and reading groups today… that is it! I could not keep their attention today and we have DRA next week. Please lord help me!! I agree that they behave this way so it is easier to watch them walk out the door on June 1st. Come on June 1st!

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    22. Vickie says

      We had to start our standardized testing today, which was awful!! I don't know who thought it would be a good idea to give kindergarten kids a bunch of long vowel words with spelling patterns that all could be the right way just to trick them! No moving for an hour=no fun. So, (don't judge) my kiddos got to do play centers for an hour this afternoon then started watching Peter Pan!
      Vickie
      Mrs. Plant's Press

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    24. Kristy says

      As I read your post I was convinced somehow that you'd been in my classroom today. These post testing, pre-summer students are BONKERS! Hmmmm, Shut yer pie-hole? Might have to break that one out. LOL! Come on summer!

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    25. Jan says

      Ummm…. I think my students are clones of yours! 22 more days ( counting today!) Thanks for the great writing papers- wonderful idea to recognize the other teachers:-)

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    28. Stacyfud says

      I need to vent. I had a little firsty who jumped into the swimming pool at his apartment while waiting for the bus. Do you think he has self control issues? I sent him to the nurse for dry clothes, but now I'm thinking I should have turned the air up and let him sit and freeze. Why? Because at recess he soaked himself again in a puddle on the playground. Sixteen days and counting.

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    29. sspeller says

      I think maybe we ALL feel this way at the end of the year? Our EOY testing is starting tomorrow and going pretty much until right before Memorial Day! We will have subs while we are in and out of the rooms pulling kids ONE BY ONE for our county's RIDICULOUS tests for Kg… oh well, 26 days and counting for us too. Can't get here soon enough for me (or my sweet kiddos)! Thanks for the teacher appreciation freebies – the best part of teaching Kg is that they will write them all to ME!!!!!! Nobody to compare me with yet! Yay!

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    31. Sheree Peterson says

      I LOVE your post. I can say AMEN to everything. Today one of my little cuties put glue all over another child's chair. What has gotten into them. Oh ya, it's almost the end of the year. Just 20 more days! I hope we all make it.
      Petersons-Pad

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