Wk 9 - day 42

today we watched a video on the ebola virus. i had prepared a handout for students to answer questions while they watched the movie. it was an easy day. while the students watched the movie, i finished correcting homework and entered the grades. the end of the quarter is tomorrow and all the grades need to be entered and missing work changed to zeros. i wasn't using the video as a cop out so that i could work...i really don't need the extra time for student assignments...i just wanted them to watch something really cool and informative on video. if i had played and shared everything with them i thought was interesting...they'd never leave the science classroom!

one thing i have discovered...is that i really love my 7th graders. i don't think i could ever be as happy teaching in a 2nd grade classroom. i love the personalities, dramas, noise, squirrliness, and the level of science we can discuss. sitting in a 5th grade classroom has only reinforced this in me. i respect the teachers that can handle the wee ones...but give me my middle schoolers any day.