Twilight Zone!

Friday (yes, I'm two days late in posting!) was a day straight from the Twilight Zone.

L came back from a day at the doctor/a day recouping at home.  His mom claimed that he was in an out of time-out at home, so she figured it would be best to just keep him the rest of the day instead of bringing him in.  He started a new medication Friday morning, and I don't want to jinx it (plus I hardly think it took effect that quickly), but day 1 on the new meds was PHENOMENAL!  I seriously had no clue where this new L came from, but I sure do hope he comes back this week!!!!! :)  Once we got him on the appropriate level for working independently (Level 1 = whispering), we couldn't get him to stop!  He was constantly reminding his peers that they were "much too loud", and asking me if I could give the rest of the boys tickets when they were being good :) LOVED IT!

With the absence of the extreme silliness/naughtiness, C tried to step up his naughty game, realized that nobody was reacting to it, and eventually just shut it off. Surprise, again!!!

R had much less of an attitude, though we did have to rehearse a few things; asking for something nicely, not snatching toys out of hands (MY hands...), and sharing. 

Science seems to be the best time to get my kids involved in the idea of Bucket Filling and the Tickets from my token economy.  It has proven to be the best scenario to reward good behavior (as well as L being his new Super L; complimenting his peers work, on task, following directions...) and hand out tickets.  I wish I had the lesson on videotape because it was just SO PERFECT.  Or at least I wish I had chosen to be observed on that particular day by my Principal ;)  We were learning about animals and how they keep themselves safe/characteristics that make them one of the following: amphibians, mammals, reptiles, fish, birds, and insects.  The last page we worked on gave clues about a "mystery animal" and they had to draw a picture of what they thought the animal was.  We would go around the group practicing saying one nice thing about each person's picture, and L proceeded to make a LIST each time he complimented someone :) So sweet!

For Friday Fun Day, we decided to watch the Alvin and the Chipmunks Squeakual (sp?) with the Chipettes, and listening to them all laugh was just priceless.  What a perfect way to end a perfect day!

Tomorrow, we are going to the Special Olympics Bowling! I get to see some former students that I LOVED as well as my old mentor teacher Amanda, and I can't wait!  I can't wait to see my kiddos out there bowling :)

Friday, I was Specially Educated in seeing that these kiddos are capable of achieving everything I expect of them when given the right opportunity.  Friday. Was. Perfect. :)

Praying for a repeat!

P.S. Due to the perfectness of this Friday, I barely got to use the "Bad Word Box" (thank goodness!) but when a kiddo DID owe me a ticket, they earned it back shortly after every time :) I'm hoping this will be a success!