Baby Face

I started a new position as a Middle School Resource teacher. One day I was in 8th grade math helping the kids and I needed a minute to work through the problem. I hadn't done this math stuff since I was in 8th grade. So, as they are impatiently waiting on me to finish the problem they start to call me out on it. I responded "Give me a minute! I haven't done this stuff since I was your age!" One of the student's responses: "What? So, like, 3 years ago?"

Show Emotion

So in our Autism classroom we work on reading emotions. One child was standing up in front of the class and was supposed to say Happy Halloween. My co-teacher was whispering to him an emotion he should say it in. The emotion was frustrated....

There is one student in our class that NEVER pays attention. He is always on his finger phone talking to Sponge Bob and Squidward (?).

So as this student is saying "Happy Halloween" in a frustrated voice with a frustrated look on his face, the student who doesn't listen raises his hand...We ask, "what emotion is it? He replies: "he looks like he is on the toilet"


Yes, sitting on the toilet is an emotion.

Now Flip Your Card!

We flip cards in our classroom for classroom management. green is good, yellow is bad, and red is awful. This quote is directly from a parent: " unfortunately his favorite color is yellow, so when you change his card, it doesn't bother him"...Great! Now we are on to something! AHHH

Correct Yourself

Submitted by Alison, a school psych

A paraprofessional to a girl in the hallway....

"how about you talk like a female instead of some gangsta"

Got to love Midland Michigan.

What Does Yo Mama Do?

After talking about what J's dad did for a living I asked him what his mom does.

Me: J, what does your mom do?
J: She just washes the dishes. She doesn't even play video games, my dad does.

I am so glad the family roles are distinguished.

Chucky Cheeeeeessseee!

3) K and D talk about birthday parties...

K: My birthday party is going to be at Chuck E Cheese, yes!! You can come!

D: (begins to cry uncontrollably) NO....no, no!!

Mr. P: What's the matter D, you seem very upset.

D: K is having his birthday party at Chuck E. Cheese, and I'm not going to be able to go!

Mr. P: Well why not?

D: Because it's not going to be clean. It's going to be all dirty!!

Kl: No it's not, the employees are going to make it all clean, you can come!

D: No it's going to be all dirty!

Bathroom observations

2) E's bathroom observation

E: Mr.P, Mr. P, the bathroom, the poop. The poop in the bathroom. It's all crumpled up. Someone crumpled up the poop in the toilet. Fix it. You need to fix the crumpled up poop in the toilet!