I know this is a long post folks but make sure you at least scroll down to the bottom to look into how you can get your own free Calm app subscription (it's a $60 value!)
Well folks it didn't take long for this substitute teacher to get her first subbing job!
... and it just so happened to be on the 2nd day of school these kids had this year
... and it just so happened to be home economics and art so all of the classes were new to her on this day.
Needless to say there were definitely parts of the day that were a bit of a gong show.
I had 40 plus students show up to my room for art at the end of the day which seemed not right at all so I called down to the office for some help deciphering what the problem might be... turns out I had 2 classes of art in my room (so double the students). Naturally I sent half of the class on their way to their actual class.
In art I had my students doing 2 different name drawings (a graffiti name and a name tangle) here were the teachers examples that she sent me via text.
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| name graffiti |
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| name tangle |
I'll get into what the instructions are in a later post (but it may not be until next year *gasp*)
In home economics I had one class of cooking (we made biscuits) and one class of sewing (I introduced the class to them).
I can't say it was a great day.... but I was still [sort of] suffering from my sinus infection in the form of what seemed like a lot of pressure on my ears.
Luckily, while I was at that school on Monday another teacher asked if I would come back for her the following day and thus began my official busy week!
Next up I was teaching grade 7 ELA which was a pretty easy half day...not much to report here.
Then I managed to book myself a day at another school as a "teacher vacancy"... which ended up being cancelled the day prior by the person who made the job. Which is disappointing because...
Pro tip: If you want to find a way to meet a lot of teachers (and their classes) all in the same day search for a teacher vacancy! You'll likely be in at least 4 teachers classrooms and get to spend time with their classes in their classroom (so you'll know if you want to come back!)
Everyone and their mom has been posting "back to school" pictures of their kids well... here's mine
Finally, when I wasn't working (because lets be honest I wasn't working every day this week)
I made some apple muffins here is the recipe and they are delicious!
Although there is a few alterations I would make... cut the butter you need for spreading on top of them to an 1/8 cup and also cut the cinnamon sugar down by a bit too... because you will have leftovers and that's just wasteful.
I also made some peanut butter chocolate ice cream! Which I regret to inform you was not that good... we'll find a better one and eventually link that recipe!
And I visited the doctor again in the hopes that I would regain proper feelings in my ear
There is one last thing I wanted to throw out there before I closed off this post. A few weeks ago I mentioned how Calm was offering free memberships to educators (a $60 value) and they offered me another membership for my readers (ideally an educator but I'm not going to know if you aren't one). So, if you are interested in one please email me at
confessionofamodernday@live.com
I'll pick a winner from those that email me and announce it here and on next weeks TWAS post.
Although, my guess is I don't actually have THAT many readers and even fewer will have made it all the way down here so if you are seeing this late and I haven't posted a winner please email me... you may not be too late [maybe]!
I'd be interested to know how you would use the app in your classroom. I've been working my way through the 21 Days of Calm (I'm on day 7) and to be honest I'm just not sure how calm of a person I am to focus on it... yet. I do like that it requires me to close my eyes for about 13 minutes a day and relax though.
Anyways, if you want your own membership please email me!
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