I have never taken a sick day. And the few times I've had to do residency things in town during school hours, I have managed to fit it into plan times or while other activities are occurring. Basically, my students don't really know what its like to have a substitute there in place of me.
But that changed recently. Kim and Brian were coming to visit all the way from America!! I couldn't take off Friday due to a school policy, so instead I was going to be gone on a Thursday. I wanted to prep the kids (which means bribe them to behave well for our lovely subs!) but I didn't want to tell them about my friends coming because I knew that would make for a crazy Friday. So instead, I told the kids I would be gone on Thursday, but I let them guess what I would be doing.
Our Wednesday writing topic was "Miss Feldpausch's Grand Adventure" and each student wrote about what I would be doing on my day off. They have some very interesting ideas about what I do in my free time:
"I think Miss F is going to America to buy us more Laffy Taffies" (This was a common thread seen throughout the writings)
"Maybe she will also bring us donuts... maybe she will visit her grandma... maybe she will kill a shark with an AK-47" (...maybe not.)
"She wanted to go to Michigan, but didn't have a car. So she found a dolphin and asked him. 'Of course' said the dolphin..."
"I think she is going to Antarctica to play with penguins. Then she will see a killer whale and ride to the arctic to see a polar bear."
"Last she went on a roller coaster. When she got to the top she saw a plane going to Morocco. So she grabbed onto it. Then dropped money to her grandma so she could pay."
I was also mauled by monkeys, stranded in a jungle, swallowed by a whale (don't worry I had a flashlight), attacked by an angry gingerbread man, and written into another Star Wars movie... but my character was just a floating head. He even drew a picture of it.
These may just be the best stories they write all year!!
But that changed recently. Kim and Brian were coming to visit all the way from America!! I couldn't take off Friday due to a school policy, so instead I was going to be gone on a Thursday. I wanted to prep the kids (which means bribe them to behave well for our lovely subs!) but I didn't want to tell them about my friends coming because I knew that would make for a crazy Friday. So instead, I told the kids I would be gone on Thursday, but I let them guess what I would be doing.
Our Wednesday writing topic was "Miss Feldpausch's Grand Adventure" and each student wrote about what I would be doing on my day off. They have some very interesting ideas about what I do in my free time:
"I think Miss F is going to America to buy us more Laffy Taffies" (This was a common thread seen throughout the writings)
"Maybe she will also bring us donuts... maybe she will visit her grandma... maybe she will kill a shark with an AK-47" (...maybe not.)
"She wanted to go to Michigan, but didn't have a car. So she found a dolphin and asked him. 'Of course' said the dolphin..."
"I think she is going to Antarctica to play with penguins. Then she will see a killer whale and ride to the arctic to see a polar bear."
"Last she went on a roller coaster. When she got to the top she saw a plane going to Morocco. So she grabbed onto it. Then dropped money to her grandma so she could pay."
I was also mauled by monkeys, stranded in a jungle, swallowed by a whale (don't worry I had a flashlight), attacked by an angry gingerbread man, and written into another Star Wars movie... but my character was just a floating head. He even drew a picture of it.
These may just be the best stories they write all year!!
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