More things. Because I am too ADD to blog about one topic

Today I taught a lesson on different genres of books that turned into a ten minute side-tangent on the Holocaust and concentration camps. (It all began when I asked if they had read The Diary of Anne Frank). Super random I know, but my kids kept asking questions and they seemed so eager to learn about that terrible piece of history that I couldn't deny them. They seemed so baffled that the world could be that cruel. They are so innocent and pure. I hate to think that the world is going to take that away from them.

I love Lemonheads. They are so delicious.

This week is parent-teacher conferences. Blaaahhhh. Shoot me now. Three 12-hour days all in a row.

I have a student who HATES reading. Whenever he goes down to the library he tells me that all the books "were the lamest things" he has ever seen and that they didn't have any about bull riding. Which is the only thing he cares about. But yesterday I sent him down to the library to check out a book and he came back with the biggest smile on his face. When I asked him if he found a book he said, "Yes! And it is the best book ever!!! It's a book that teaches you how to draw cats!!!!" Who knew all this boy needed was a cat drawing book to restore his faith in the library? (I actually had him last year as well. He's CW if you guys remember these posts).

I should be doing my reading home work for my endorsement class.. oh well.

Season 9 of One Tree Hill came to Netflix last night so I reminisced over a few of my favorite episodes. Then I made Nathan watch the gruesome Nanny Carrie episode.. the final Nanny Carrie Episode. You know.. where she is brutally murdered? He thinks I am insane.

Yesterday my co-worker Brady texted me to ask if I wanted to go to lunch with him and another co-worker of mine. Which is fine and normal, except he said this, "Wanna grab lunch with V and I? We want something warm." Doesn't that sound so gross?! Something warm.. hahahaha it's weird. He likes to freak me out.

My classroom is always freezing. My hands are numb right now. I need a space heater, STAT!

Nathan and I have NO idea what to be for Halloween this year! It's our favorite Holiday and we are at a loss.

The only way my kids finally grasped the concept of adverbs is when I wrote the sentence, "The seventh grader pooped his pants" on the board and let them come up with adverbs to describe how, when, and where. The how ones were.. really gross. But it worked!

Most of these posts are about work. I am enjoying it more and more. It took me a while to get back into the swing of things and get used to this very new personality of 8th graders. I'm loving it though. And loving the visits from my old students.

I'll end with Pebbles the cat. Compliments of my cat-drawing student.