Classroom Discussions

Last night I texted all the parents in my class about their children's behavior, then came up with a plan for a class discussion about how to build back respect between us. The conversation went well and we had a much better day. 

I also had a discussion with the 7-8th graders before recess, also about respect and expectations. We came up with consequences for disrespectful behavior happening during recess and ended up having a very enjoyable noon recess. 

Good talks, but emotionally draining. Praise the Lord tomorrow is Friday!

Incubator update: the broken one has been fixed! It now holds temperature just fine. The other older incubator had a mishap though, or at least one of my students did. He didn't realize the plastic sheet with the black cord attached was the thermometer and he left it outside the incubator. So, the machine read that it was only 68 degrees. By the time we noticed, the temp inside was up around 110. I took the top off to let off some of the heat and we got it back down to the normal temp. Hopefully we caught it before damaging the eggs. 

Tomorrow we can candle them!