Reading Tests

Every Friday we take reading comprehension tests. One day one of the questions was something like, "What does this story and this story have in common?" One student wrote, "They have nothing in common you jack_ss! Oh, alright, they both have happy endings!" The kid tends to have an attitude and when he doesn't know the answer right away, he gets mad!

On another note we didn't have school today, but inservice for grades, and no school Monday! How fantastic! Now on to find something fun to do... I borrowed Arrested Development and The Office from a friend, so I have those.... and packing to keep me company! AACK! Moving in 12 days!

No, I'm Not your Boyfriend!

Today our silly student came out into the hall and I said, "Hi there! How are you today?" He looked at me and said, with a funny look on his face, "NO! I'm not your boyfriend!" We couldn't figure out what show this came off of, and he seems to quote movies a ton, so if you know...

Also yesterday he recited the entire cast of the old 1990's Ghostbuster movie to us. Dan Akroyd, Sigourney Weaver, Bill something-or-other... I couldn't believe it! His mom said that he has only seen it once, and it was a few weeks ago during Christmas break! That must be his talent.... movie lines and things that go along with them!

Here is to NO SCHOOL TOMORROW OR MONDAY! (but tmw is a workday)

Oh yeah, I got observed yesterday for an official observation by the principal, and the write-up was great! I got kudos on asking higher-level thinking questions and on the spot assessment! What a great day!

CUESTE Cohort 8

I made this video to finish out our crazy, insane, and fun year as cohort 8. I just thought I would post it on here so my old classmates could see it. This was shown at our bbq, the last hurrah, that we had! What an amazing year! Enjoy!

Picture Update

I had a great time at home during Christmas break! What a wonderful time with friends and family! I can't wait to get back to real life over there! Here are a few pictures of my time there...

At the "Night in Bethlehem" thingy at church I was surprised to have all of us girls back together! This is our youth group, yes all of it, when I was in high school!

A beautiful afternoon at the Hermiston Butte. I had never been there before, and it is beautiful! The boys here are scaling the side of the butte, but I decided to walk on the real trail.

The cross at the top of the Butte. There was graffiti all over it! But a cool sight for the town to see, nonetheless.

My mom's side of the family. (l to r) mom, uncle, aunt, aunt, aunt, uncle, uncle.. I don't remember the last time they were all together! It was for a lunch in Cascade Locks. Yes, we drove 2.5 hours for lunch!

Internet...

So I am trying to give the kids an all around experience this year in all areas. I have a ton of experience integrating technology into all aspects of a day. I took my workshop class to the computer lab to have them research a disease that they are going to write a paper on and make a poster presentation.

First off, they didn't know how to log out of the current system. Basically these kids couldn't get on the Internet. It was amazing... only in Idaho.

I got them logged on to wikipedia (teachers beware!) and TURNED THEM LOOSE to research their chosen disease. A couple of problems:

1. one student ended up researching STD's, with very explicit explanations. I had to shut the boy down...

2. A girl was researching pregnancy and a VERY unclothed example of a pregnant woman came up. I had to shut her down too...

3. A boy was researching asthma and on the search results came "southpark character has asthma attack", he clicked on it and was enjoying Southpark in the corner...

I shut them all down and after 5 mins of research I was too stressed out to continue. We are now using old fashioned encyclopedias to do our research! Everything is a learning experience, for sure!