Simon Says...

This morning I was quite crabby. Why you ask? Well, last night I saw a job on the sub site that I wanted but I didn't get it because my computer was too slow. Then I did not get a call or see a job listed all morning. I sat by my computer and hit refresh. Roommate slept, then got up and sat downstairs and ate breakfast. Sometime during this time she did get a call for a full day today at a nice school. Even though she worked the same amount this week as me and she has jobs for each day next week. So I was peeved.

However, the day did take a turn for the better later. I got a call for an afternoon job in a bilingual 5th grade. They had a student teacher and she did all the teaching. I did some cutting and pasting (I'm quite gifted at this). I also did recess duty. And right after recess we had a surprise fire drill...which for some reason I read the roll to make sure none of the students were trapped in the imaginary burning building. None were. I was surprised they wanted to me read it though - the student teacher and the assistant were both there and I know they both knew the class better than I did - I thought they'd want to do it. However, I am also quite skilled at calling out names loud enough for all to hear - it's called "projecting your voice", not yelling - a skill in which many are sorely lacking.

Anyways, on the way back in from the drill we were locked out of the building. Something to do with the card reader locking all cards out during a drill. So nobody had an actual key - we just had key cards and they didn't work for about 5 minutes. One of the student teachers started playing Simon Says with the kids -which worked mostly well, until "Simon said" to "cry like a baby". In order to get them to stop she had to blow her whistle, which, unfortunately was the *exact* same loudness and pitch of the "crying". You get the picture. Eventually they stopped though, and the card reader worked again and we went back inside and I resumed my gluing.

Tomorrow, it's back to my bilingual 3rd graders from weeks prior. It's afternoon only, so I'm sleeping in! :)