River Brown

It’s still Tuesday! Oh glorious wonderful ever amazing Tuesday! I didn’t miss THE writing day! Happy sprinkles as some may say. And I won’t feel guilty tomorrow…
Speaking of which, I can’t wait to get tomorrow over with. It is a massive PD day for our 5th grade teachers and somehow I ended up being the …uh…what do you call that person who wears a long coned hat and is silly? It is a word indicating how super old you are because no one says it anymore but I need it here…hmmm…dolt? No, not it…hmmm…ha! Dunce!! Yes, somehow I ended up being the dunce who is going to teach some 20 plus 5th graders whom I have never met, a lesson about point of view using a text from the Calkins series incorporating metalinguistic awareness and best practices for English Learners in a direct instruction format while juggling live cats…whew!
Seriously it’s true except for the juggling part, but I am surprised that didn’t get thrown in, you know it could be an engagement technique – “hey kids watch the cats – oh drat! MEOW! That one fell out the window…oh well let’s try it again!” I have reviewed the lesson plan so much now that I can recall it by memory…not good, hopefully sleeping will allow me to forget it so I can sound more authentic.
I also had the brilliant idea of dragging along my iPad so I could capture the insanity. That way I can see what a train wreck really looks like! If anything good comes out of it, I will blog about it.
For now I need to sleep – guilt free because I made it!