A Light Friday

First off, after an email from Chris Biffle I decided to start calling on students that I choose rather than having them raise hands or using sticks, and it worked pretty well for the most part today. Math was rocky again, but I blame that more on poor lesson planning than any management issues. I was teaching extended form with decimals, and for some reason that concept is just really hard to teach. I'll have to keep looking for better methods.

Anyway, I wanted to end the week on a light note. Here is a top ten list of different voices I've used for Class-Yes, Oh Yeah, etc. this week:

10. Loud
9. Whisper
8. Pinocchio
7. Raising volume (like you're annoyed)
6. Lowering volume (like you're bored)
5. Robot
4. Old hag
3. Growl
2. Snake
and the number one voice (this one was Eduardo's idea):
1. The Kool-Aid OH YEAH! (remember the commercials in the eighties when he would bust through the wall? well, for some reason my third-grader does)

Have a great weekend. I'll do a reflection on the first week sometime during it.