Christmas Time is Here

I really haven't blogged much this last week. How is it one can be so busy but not have much to say? I don't know...

I'm done shopping. I didn't have that much to buy anyway. In my family, the adults draw names. So, that keeps the shopping to a minimum. Today I will spend some time wrapping the few gifts I did purchase.

Report cards went home on Friday. I'm hoping that I don't have an onslaught of requests for last minute conferences this coming week to discuss the report cards. Fourth grade is the first year in which students receive letter grades. Seeing your child's first D or F on his or her report card can cause alarm, I know. And there were a few of those, but they should have seen it coming. Most of my students do very well in the core subjects of reading, writing, and math, but they struggle with listening comprehension (we never had listening comprehension when I was in school), and some don't get the support they need at home to study for science and social studies tests - so they pull Ds and Fs in those areas. By the second trimester most kids (and their parents) have the routine down and their report cards are much better. This first one can be a real wake up call!

Speaking of grades, I am waiting on my final grade for the class I just finished last weekend. I'm pretty sure that I have an A because I've received full credit for every assignment - well, every assignment except the last one that hasn't been graded yet. I just want to know how I did! I hate waiting for grades.

Today, I'm going to bake some banana bread with all my overly ripe bananas. I'm also going to start wrapping those gifts and take Buffy on another walk. We cut our walk a little short yesterday because it seemed like it was going to rain any minute and I didn't want to be a mile and a half away from home when it started! Buffy wouldn't mind, but I would have! I have some real motivation now to keep walking and lose some weight, but I'll tell you about that in another post!

Aloha! ;-)