Time for Thanksgiving break!

I am definitely ready for a long weekend with lots of sleep! The students are also ready for a long weekend, although I'm sure they won't be sleeping as much as me! Some days I feel like I ran a marathon, and for a while, I was puzzled by what exactly was tiring me out so much. But then I started getting back some of the parent questionnaires. Seven parents described their child as "energetic" plus others who used words like "bouncy," "bubbly," and "bold."

One of my energetic boys almost had a meltdown when I switched some people in reading groups and now he happens to be the only boy in his group. "Is this a punishment?!!" I told him there's nothing wrong with being with girls. (Someday he may even like it.)

However, some girls aren't too happy being with boys either. I received this note in my mailbox:

Dear Miss Weaver,
I don't like where I sit. The boys copy off of my paper sometimes. But I still don't like it. I would put two different people there. 

Meanwhile, my pile of confiscated goods reached a new size this week.

Yes, it's time for a break. I'm surprised we're already a third of the way through the school year. (Although when I wished the class a Happy Thanksgiving, one of my boys said he wished it was Easter.)