Showing posts with label Friday CPR. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Friday CPR. Show all posts
Saturday, October 31, 2009
Friday, October 9, 2009
Friday CPR 10/9 - Who's the Wise Guy?
To view my Friday CPR post for 10/9 - Who's the Wise Guy? click here.
Friday, September 25, 2009
Friday CPR 9/25 - Complaint of the Day
To view my Friday CPR post for 9/25 - Complaint of the Day, click here.
Friday, September 18, 2009
Friday CPR 9/18 - Spell Check Anyone!
To view my Friday CPR post for 9/18 - Spell Check Anyone! click here.
Friday, September 11, 2009
Friday 9/11 - Alternate Forms of Transportation
To read my Friday CPR post for 9/11 - Alternate Forms of Transportation click here.
Friday, September 4, 2009
Friday, August 21, 2009
Friday CPR 8/21 - Who's Distracted
To view my Friday CPR post for 8/21 - Who's Distracted? click here.
Saturday, August 8, 2009
Friday CPR 8/7 - Living Materials
To view my Friday CPR post for 8/7 - Living Materials, click here.
Friday, July 31, 2009
Friday CPR 7/31 - Time to Renew My License
If you'd like to read my Friday CPR post for 7/31 - Time to Renew My License, click here.
Friday, July 24, 2009
Friday CPR 7/25 - What Comes of This Seed?
To view my Friday CPR post for 7/25 - What Comes of This Seed? click here.
Saturday, July 18, 2009
Friday CPR 7/17 - New Door Lock
To view my Friday CPR post for 7/17 - New Door Lock, click here.
Yes, I know it's Saturday. The problem with posting ahead, at least for me, is that you have to go back to the post on the day that it posts to actually link it to another source (like this blog). Otherwise, you link the whole blog, which, in this case might not be so bad because it looks like I'm not getting many visitors to that blog (even my followers!!!!).
So, from now on, I think I'll just put in a generic link here on Fridays. The current post will be at the top anyway, and maybe, just maybe, some of you might be interested in reading on!
But, just in case you're new here, and you're wondering WTH I'm talking about - Friday CPR is my other blog in which I write about experiences I've had, or heard about in school. Some are funny, some are sad, some are just plain stupid. It's just my way of dealing with the absurdities of life in a school.
Hope you take a look and find something you enjoy!
Yes, I know it's Saturday. The problem with posting ahead, at least for me, is that you have to go back to the post on the day that it posts to actually link it to another source (like this blog). Otherwise, you link the whole blog, which, in this case might not be so bad because it looks like I'm not getting many visitors to that blog (even my followers!!!!).
So, from now on, I think I'll just put in a generic link here on Fridays. The current post will be at the top anyway, and maybe, just maybe, some of you might be interested in reading on!
But, just in case you're new here, and you're wondering WTH I'm talking about - Friday CPR is my other blog in which I write about experiences I've had, or heard about in school. Some are funny, some are sad, some are just plain stupid. It's just my way of dealing with the absurdities of life in a school.
Hope you take a look and find something you enjoy!
Friday, July 3, 2009
Friday CPR 7/3 - Movin' On Up
(I'm leaving this post here this week as well as on the Friday CPR blog - hope you enjoy it!)
We prepare ourselves at the end of each year for the students to "Move Up" into the next grade level. On the last day of school the second graders come over from their school and visit their new 3rd grade teachers. The old third graders visit their new fourth grade teachers and, you guessed it, the old fourth graders visit their new fifth grade teachers.
During this time, the old fifth graders are signing yearbooks, watching movies, or are outside on the playground.
Before the day is over we will be visited in the office to sign a yearbook, to be offered something from the class party, or to receive a gift.
It's nice to see our outgoing 5th's to say good bye and wish them luck. We've had them for 3 years. We know the frequent flyers who visit the principal, and we know the one's who have done well also.
But we not only lose students to moving up, we lose parents also. And again, there are the one's you couldn't wait to see go, and those that you will miss.
I received a package from one such family. This mom always treated us at the holidays, secretaries day, and at the end of the year with a container full of puppy chow. The homemade candy puppy chow that is. Delicious! This year was no different except for the note.
The children (twins) each wrote a thank you on the note, but then the mom added her sentiments. We go back a long way. When her older daughter was in 1st grade I happened to be doing a long-term subbing assignment for her teacher. Through the years, while I was subbing, our paths would cross. Then when I took the office job, we saw more of each other.
This is a mom who always takes time to talk to you. To really ask you how you are doing and mean it. She's also a mom who writes her children's notes on any available piece of paper, be it a paper napkin that's handy or the back of a grocery store receipt.
She's a mom who will paint her face green and don a blow-up leprechaun outfit and visit the school each St. Patrick's day and cause mayhem and laughter as she runs down the halls and around the outside of the school. And I have pictures of her dressed as a cow for Halloween, udders and all.
She's a mom who you will see running through the neighborhood with her dog on a leash, sometimes with her children following along on their bikes.
And, she's a mom who will drop what she's doing and come in to clean tables at lunch when someone else can't make it.
These are the one's you hate to lose.
We prepare ourselves at the end of each year for the students to "Move Up" into the next grade level. On the last day of school the second graders come over from their school and visit their new 3rd grade teachers. The old third graders visit their new fourth grade teachers and, you guessed it, the old fourth graders visit their new fifth grade teachers.
During this time, the old fifth graders are signing yearbooks, watching movies, or are outside on the playground.
Before the day is over we will be visited in the office to sign a yearbook, to be offered something from the class party, or to receive a gift.
It's nice to see our outgoing 5th's to say good bye and wish them luck. We've had them for 3 years. We know the frequent flyers who visit the principal, and we know the one's who have done well also.
But we not only lose students to moving up, we lose parents also. And again, there are the one's you couldn't wait to see go, and those that you will miss.
I received a package from one such family. This mom always treated us at the holidays, secretaries day, and at the end of the year with a container full of puppy chow. The homemade candy puppy chow that is. Delicious! This year was no different except for the note.
The children (twins) each wrote a thank you on the note, but then the mom added her sentiments. We go back a long way. When her older daughter was in 1st grade I happened to be doing a long-term subbing assignment for her teacher. Through the years, while I was subbing, our paths would cross. Then when I took the office job, we saw more of each other.
This is a mom who always takes time to talk to you. To really ask you how you are doing and mean it. She's also a mom who writes her children's notes on any available piece of paper, be it a paper napkin that's handy or the back of a grocery store receipt.
She's a mom who will paint her face green and don a blow-up leprechaun outfit and visit the school each St. Patrick's day and cause mayhem and laughter as she runs down the halls and around the outside of the school. And I have pictures of her dressed as a cow for Halloween, udders and all.
She's a mom who you will see running through the neighborhood with her dog on a leash, sometimes with her children following along on their bikes.
And, she's a mom who will drop what she's doing and come in to clean tables at lunch when someone else can't make it.
These are the one's you hate to lose.
Friday, June 26, 2009
Friday, June 19, 2009
Friday CPR 6/19 - End of the Year Circus
To view my Friday CPR post for 6/19 - End of the Year Circus, click here.
Friday, June 12, 2009
Friday CPR 6/12 - Got Splinters?
To view my Friday CPR post for 6/12 - Got Splinters? click here.
As I typed the date just now - 6/12 - I was remembering the old mosquito spray we used to use as kids and the story that my dad used to tell us about it. He was part of a group of students at Rutgers who were human guinea pigs for that product. He told us about sticking his arm into a special aquarium-type container that was filled with mosquitos to see how good the repellent was. The things you remember from childhood! Sorry about the digression.
As I typed the date just now - 6/12 - I was remembering the old mosquito spray we used to use as kids and the story that my dad used to tell us about it. He was part of a group of students at Rutgers who were human guinea pigs for that product. He told us about sticking his arm into a special aquarium-type container that was filled with mosquitos to see how good the repellent was. The things you remember from childhood! Sorry about the digression.
Friday, June 5, 2009
Friday CPR 6/5 - Number Please
If you'd like to read my Friday CPR post for 6/5 - Number Please, click here.
Friday, May 29, 2009
Friday CPR, 5/29 - Minnesota Miracle Matzo
To view my Friday CPR post for 5/29 - Minnesota Miracle Matzo click here.
Friday, May 22, 2009
Friday CPR 5/22 - Drama on the Playground
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Friday, May 15, 2009
Friday CPR 5/15 - Teacher Appreciation Day at the Range
To view my Friday CPR post for 5/15 - click here.
Friday, April 24, 2009
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