I just have to say I am feeling much better, however I passed this crude onto my father, who ended up with pnemunia. Ooops!
For all of us it has been a strange week, we at North didn't have school on Monday and then had in service on Tuesday. In services were somewhat informative, they are never my favorite part of the year, but necessary. Though it did give me some good information on what we can do in a crisis situation.
Then came Wednesday, our first day of the week back with students. Our first class was rolling along just fine. We were working with students on writing movie reviews. They did enjoy many of the reviews I had chosen, such as, the review for the movie Ted, Safe Haven, and Identity Thief. I was trying to pick movies that they would see, either in the theaters, rent or watch online. With in the Ted review I did have to censor that one, for those of you who have seen it, they had included some of the lyrics to the 'Thunder Buddy,' Song.
Students seemed to enjoy the exercise, we gave them a graphic organizer that helped them look for important information that they could use as an example for their own movie reviews. We then gave them time to catch up on work that they still needed to turn in.
As student's were working I started to notice the weather was starting to get worse, I called my parents in McPherson to see what the weather was like up there to try and gage how long I should or could stay at school. It became evident that the weather was not getting better and I did not make it through one class period. I appreciate both of my CTs, when I talked to them they both told me to go home. I am glad I did listen to them, because just between 13th street and the I-235 & K-96 Bypass I saw 6 different accidents.
It was a long and slow drive home, but I made it safe and sound and spent one day relaxing and the next scooping our very long drive. I can say this, I am really, really sore today, but at least we can now get to the store with out having to dig our cars out. Hope you all had a lovely and warm couple of snow days. Have a great week.
Shannon,
ReplyDeleteI'm so glad you used your instinct and was able to get home safely. Winter weather is definitely not something to mess with! My dad, and two uncles work in Wichita but live in Hutchinson, so we had a full house in our apartment.
Thunder Buddy song, hahahaha! Way to go, I'm sure that review definitely needed censored. But, what a creative activity for your students to do.
I hope that you are enjoying your time off with the snow days, and that your travels are safe!
Amber
Shannon,
ReplyDeleteWriting movie reviews sounds like a lot of fun! It's a different aspect to get students to write rather than the common essay assignment. While I haven't seen any of those movies, I'm sure that others more hip and in the times (or at least more movie going than I am!)would enjoy them! Movies can also be a great way to connect with the students and get them engaged.
It's good that you had the resources to leave early and make it home. As we've seen, it's been an interesting six days of weather! You mentioned having some Dachau Concentration Camp images. If you still have them, do you mind if I borrow them for this week and next? I'd be grateful for any resources! When I introduced my unit which circles the Holocaust (but is about two survivors) I discovered that the freshmen haven't learned it in their history classes just yet, and most didn't recall anything (or wouldn't admit to it at least) from middle school. Whatever I can get to help them to better understand and relate to the stories we're reading and watching, I'd love!
Have a safe drive back to the school this week! Side streets are still nasty but I've been told the main streets are pretty decent!
Kristal