Day #28

It was a very chaotic day today. All was normal until lunch. For some reason, the whole town of Vernal was without power for about 45 minutes. Most 1st graders hate the dark. Luckily, our classroom has a window but many do not. The generators provided some light but not enough. The power finally came back but the students were unsettled for the rest of the day. Between the rain and the power outage the day seemed very long and I feel exhausted.

The students were making family trees today and had to use permanent markers for a bit. Mrs. Kester explained the danger of the markers and told them she expected them to be responsible. Later, Josie came to me with marker all over her face. She had deliberately misbehaved. Mrs. Kester marched her right down to the principals office. Tomorrow she has recess detention and she has to spend the recess time in Mrs. Chattam's office. She is often misbehaving in similar ways. Mrs. Kester thinks Josie ought to have a behavioral IEP...and I agree.