First teacher story EVER!

Today was my first lesson. EVER! It was on Simplifying and Comparing Fractions in a 6th period Pre- Algebra class.(easy enough, right?) However, everything that could have gone wrong WENT wrong and More!

So these are my Top Five Reasons why my first lesson became quite the disaster in a matter of 35 minutes:

1) My resident teacher was sick today so there was a substitute which automatically makes students extra squirrily

2) The substitute remarkably resembles Abraham Lincoln which we come to find out works in his favor as he is an actor in historical reenactments where he plays the 16th President of the United States. He decides to take 25 minutes of the period to explain this along with the meaning behind Mr. Lincoln's "four score" speech

3) Because of this drawn out tangent of the Lincoln inside of him, I am left with 35 minutes to do my lecture and have the students complete their classwork

4) I begin to give my lesson and the substitute attempts to "help" minimize the talking of the students by talking over me and telling them to be quiet. Leaving the students confused as to what teacher to listen to and completely undermining my authority as a teacher.

5) The students decided to erase the substitute's real name and replace it with Mr. Lincoln. So at the end of the lesson I refer to the substitute as "Mr. Lincoln" and the students burst out laughing. (that one was pretty funny though- you have to admit)

So as for now, I figure the lessons can only get better from here. So we shall see when I give my second lesson on Wednesday. Hopefully the only Lincoln I'll be seeing is the one in my wallet. :)

Becky & I are famous!!

Ok maybe not famous famous but we DID make it on the turkey trot website this year with our pilgrim lady instant disguise costumes (the packages name, not mine).

Becky, Me, Jen, Tori, Thomas, Matthew, Kerrie and Corie all ran a 5K on thanksgiving morning and it was fun! Becky and I found last minute costumes to run in and it totally payed off!

So look on the website and you'll see the soon to be celebrities Becky & Sommer! :)

www.turkeybeachtrot.com

RIP Louise the Crab

So, Thomas and Silvia were getting ready to go to bed the other night when all of a sudden Silvia yelps, "Thomas! There is a huge spider crawling across the floor! You HAVE to get it!". Thomas gets closer to it and turns on another light and realizes it's Louise the crab, not a spider! She had CRAWLED from upstairs in my room on my desk (where the fish tank and her home is located), down 20 stairs around the corner and heading toward the kitchen! What an adventurer!

Thomas picked up Louise and put her back in my fish tank. Sadly I thought Louise had died and so I turned off the filter a few days prior. (I hadn't seen her in a week or so - because she was out roaming the house!)
Yesterday, I saw Louise at the bottom of the tank not moving and so she is now in little crabby heaven. (which unfortunately I am quite thankful about) I didn't want her to get inspired and crawl over to my bed to cuddle!

Although Louise is no longer with us, at least she went out with the greatest adventure of her life.