holy mother of all things good and sacred!

Okay, so we're less than 2 weeks away from Spring Break, and I'm about to lose my mind! The kids all have Spring Fever, apparently, and I can't get any respect from them. I kinda feel like Rodney Dangerfield at some points.

The worst group of all is my honors class. I actually completely lost it with them earlier this week and have felt awful ever since. But at the same time, they've been listening a bit better. I shared with them that I was in the same position as they are once upon a time - an honors kid who couldn't keep her mouth shut! And the only thing that finally taught me my lesson was losing my status on honor roll and getting grounded for poor behavior grades - all from the diarrhea of the mouth!

I'm trying to keep myself sane by planning for the weeks after our state mandated testing (2 weeks after SB) and making it fun! I'm actually busy doing research on Nancie Atwell's workshop method of teaching reading and writing. And I LOVE the idea. I've implemented it partially already, just with what I've learned from a fellow teacher, but now, I'm learning so much from reading her books.

I'm actually excited about the prospects of teaching this spring, even though my kids themselves are totally draining me! Can't wait for April 14 to get here!!