sad story

my bathroom walls got graffitied today with some pretty obscene language while i was out at a training.

mood in a word: disheartened.


mildly funny: the words were misspelled.
love sped.

HELLO!

So today was much better. I started working with the kids a bit. Dealt with my first behavioral situation. Learned some great assistive technology! I got no more parent phone calls! I FEEL LIKE AN ACTUAL TEACHER!!!


Now if I can get organized! LOL :)

Z

HELP!

Okay so I am finding myself overwhelmed (what else is new :) ) What did you use for word work and phonics with the upper el kids. Any suggestions for teaching vocabulary and comprehension to kids who cant understand oral words, or really make pictures based on description.


AHHH I am so not used to upper el!!!! What did you use to get them through science and social studies!

I WOULD LOVE HINTS, WS, BINDERS, GOOD RESOURCE BOOKS! ANYTHING IS GREAT!

Any hints for inferencing/comprehension that works with ASD specifically?

OH and I just love parents :) grrrr....
Love you,
Drowning Diva

PS

Tonight I started to catalog all the books I own.

So far 448. That doesn't include any of my childrens books or childrens chapter books.

HOLY CRAP!!!!

The Perpetual Student

So I am still currently jobless but putting my name out there. This kinda sucks BUT I have found a way to make money until I start subbing or being a parapro. I am babysitting. YAY! I am watching two gorgeous girls named Mia and Zoe. They are 3 years old and 8 months old. I am hoping I can still babysit these two amazing girls and sub (if i dont get a job).

That is not the reason for this email though..as told by the title of this post.

I have decided to >>>>>>>> go back to school. I am going to be completing the ACE program to receive my Autism endorsement. I will be starting in January with the prereq course and then I will complete the four other courses (possibly 5) over the summer and possibly into the fall. I dont know but im going back thats for sure. And after that I will probably go back to state too.

Really what I have been doing is spending time at the library and reading when I am not shuffling myself to school districts or applying for jobs online. That is my life.

Talk to ya'll later.

The Perpetual Student

sunny sunday

whew.
what a whirlwind of a week! school is definitely keeping me hopping...quick abbreviated storytime here.
* i had a small child literally use the words "i don't write". i laughed and told him that he would be writing in my room. girls, it's war. this kiddo is a piece and a half of work. i'll win, but it may get messy...
*i endured hours of training...adia, NOTHING like your all day madness, it was two two-hour sessions, one on data analysis, and the other on FBA/BIP. i ask you, WHY is it necessary for me to attend these things when we spent an entire SEMESTER doing this? i swear, everyone thinks that because i'm new, i know nothing. go figure.
*the cde (colorado department of ed) can't process my application for employment because, big surprise here, michigan state hasn't returned the one crucial piece of it that needs to be signed by the dean. i love our alma mater. (lots and lots of sarcasm here.) as a result, i'm technically NOT licensed to teach in CO, thus jeopardizing my school and quite possibly my career as well. go state.
*big news: I BOUGHT A CAR!!!! small news: i may be teaching human development....
opinion time - you girls know me better than most, and you know special ed so well. help me make a decision, please? my 5th grade team approached me and asked if i would be willing to take a small group during science time and teach them. naturally, i got really excited and said YES! before thinking. the small group would consist of my sped kids and a couple NEPs (non english proficient speakers). now, the dilemma is that i would be seeing them for about 75% of their day with this time included. i feel that i would not only be over-servicing them, but i would be doing them a disservice, in that when they go to middle school next year they will hardly be serviced at all. if i took them for that huge amount of time, they wouldn't be prepared for the onslaught of middle school classes. but i really want to to teach science, and i know they'd learn so much better if they were in my class.
what do i do?
opinions, please!

love you girls :)

jefffaaaffaa

Jeff Dunham is on TV right now and I miss you all crazy. My sister asked who he was and didn't know who he was after that! I told her she was living under a rock.

Love,
Jose Jalapeno On A STICK!