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Last Class Before Holidays!

Denise Gagne

Last Class before Holidays

The holidays are coming! Teachers can tell that a school break is coming without having to look at a calendar. I found this post on Facebook - it is too true!

HOW DO YOU KNOW YOU'RE A TEACHER? by Jeff Foxworty

#1 You get a secret thrill out of laminating things.
#2 You walk into a store and hear the words, “It’s Ms./Mr. ____________ and know you have been spotted. #3 You have 25 people who accidentally call you Mom/Dad at one time or another.
#4 You can eat a multi-course meal in under 25 minutes.
#5 You’ve trained yourself to go to the bathroom at two distinct times of the day, lunch and planning period.
#6 You start saving other people’s trash, because most likely, you can use that toilet paper tube or plastic butter tub for something in the classroom.
#7 You want to slap the next person who says, “Must be nice to work 7 to 3 and have summers off”.
#8 You believe chocolate is a food group.
#9 You feel the urge to talk to strange children and correct their behavior when you are out in public. #10 You think caffeine should be available in intravenous form.
#11 You spend more money on school stuff than you do on your own children.
#12 You ask your husband or friends to use their words and explain if the left hand turn he made was a “good choice” or “bad choice.”
#13 You find true beauty in a can full of perfectly sharpened pencils.
#14 You are secretly addicted to hand sanitizer.
#15 You understand, instantaneously, why a child behaves in a certain way after meeting his/her parents. Ah Yes.....I am :

So - the last week of school before the holidays! The kids are wound up, the teachers are tired, and too many teachers are showing movies. Some of us have the kids for so few music classes in the year that you can’t “waste” good teaching time --- even if the break starts tomorrow! My favorite pre-holiday lesson plan was to get out the class games, and let the kids play games that teach some really important skills.