I cannot seem to shake this writer’s block. Usually I have to stop myself from writing too much, but this is not the case now. I cannot force myself to write. I have some writing to do for LMU to clear my incompletes. Usually this would be a breeze, however, I just cannot do it right now. What is wrong with me?

Today is my little sister’s 23rd birthday. I love her so much. After all, she did give Moriah to the family. Here’s to 23 more. Happy Birthday  Yelli!

Yes, people, I am slowly but surely getting it together. I am in the process of clearing the incompletes. It’s taken me about 2 weeks to get started, and will take me about 2 weeks to finish, but I’m going to do it. Wish me luck!

Well, I added a new element to Book Club- field trips. I also dropped it to 3 days/week instead of 5. Five days/week was way too much. It made me feel like I was still teaching. I didn’t feel like I was on vacation. Anyway, I digress.

So, we went to FREE TUESDAY @ The LaBrea Tarpits. I packed them a lunch (Water, mini carrots, Austin’s peanut butter crackers, a Jona gold apple, Smart & Final tortilla chips, toffee coated almonds, and Ritz wheat sticks). I brought along a blanket to sit on after our tour of the Pits. Everything worked out fine. One of my charges tried to get mouthy, but I nipped it in the bud. They had a great time. Of the five children I took along for the ride, only 1 had never been there.

On Thursday I’m planning for us to go to the Autry Musuem (which is free the first Thursday of the month after 4 p.m.). Join us won’t you!

Yes, dear readers, I, the true blog-a-holic, have writer’s block. There is nothing I can think of to write about. Help!

Always remember… Watch your thoughts; they become words.

Watch your words; they become actions.

Watch your actions; they become habits.

Watch your habits they become character;

Watch your character; it becomes your destiny.

Homemade Ice Cream in a Bag

By: The contributors of Kaboose.com, plus additional recipe testing and photography by Christina Stanley-Salerno

Difficulty: Very Easy

(4.3/5)

Parental supervision is recommended

What you’ll need:

How to make it:

1. Fill the large bag half full of ice, and add the rock salt. Seal the bag.
2. Put milk, vanilla, and sugar into the small bag, and seal it.
3. Place the small bag inside the large one, and seal it again carefully.
4. Shake until the mixture is ice cream, which takes about 5 minutes.
5. Wipe off the top of the small bag, then open it carefully. Enjoy!

Tips:

A 1/2 cup milk will make about 1 scoop of ice cream, so double the recipe if you want more. But don’t increase the proportions more that that — a large amount might be too big for kids to pick-up because the ice itself is heavy.

Here’s an improvised version of the homemade ice cream recipe from another parent:

These are the homemade ice cream ingredients . . .

• 1/4 teaspoon imitation vanilla butter and nut flavor
• 1 tablespoon sugar
• 1/2 cup 1% milk

These are the other supplies . . .

• Plastic sandwich bag (e.g., Ziploc)
• 12 water softener pellets
• 1 tray of ice (My ice cube tray makes small cubes, so it produces only about half a tray.)
• Large plastic bag

Put the ice-cream ingredients in the small bag, and then put the bag, salt, and ice in the big bag. Hold the bag shut and stir it around on the floor for about 5 minutes. Although the salt pellets hardly dissolved, I got ice cream. It was not as smooth as ice cream, probably because of the low-fat milk. Instead, it was a little like sherbet. I think if I had more ice in the bag, I could have shaken it better. I’d recommend wearing gloves. It is incredible that it is ready in 5 minutes (not counting assembling the ingredients.)
Next, I changed the recipe, using a tablespoon of cocoa, a tablespoon of sugar, and a cup of milk. I really wanted to use carob, but I didn’t have any. It was a tad too chocolatey, but good! My daughter has milk allergies, so I suggested she try this with fruit juice. She used straight pineapple juice and got a terrific fruit sorbet.

Well, the title says it all. Happy 4th of July!

I had a chance to go the theater and didn’t take it. My day didn’t go at all the way that I planned. Now I’m so bored!

Here’s the craft we did for today. Well, it was more like a treat. We made chocolate frozen bananas. It was very simple. For the 6 of us, we used:

Approximate freezing time (depends on your fridge): 90 minutes

3 bananas (cut in half)

nuts & whipped cream (optional)

6 popsicle sticks

Chocolate syrup or Chocolate fudge (may take longer to freeze)

bowl for the chocolate

plate for the bananas to put in the freezer

fingers for licking

Instructions: Cut the bananas in half. Let the children peel the bananas. After the bananas are peeled, insert the popsicle sticks into the wider half of the banana. Pour chocolate syrup or chocolate fudge into a medium sized bowl and let the kids have at it. They will have fun coating them. For variety, you can also use nuts & whipped cream when the bananas are ready. After coating, put bananas on the plate and place in the freezer. Now, for the grand finale- lick chocolate off fingers!!

Have fun! Until next time!

Happy July- my birthday month. The 27th to be exact. I will be 39!. I cannot believe it. I still feel like a teenager. How can I possibly almost be 40??? Also, how can I have two men-children that are graduated from high school? Two done, two to go. I’ve said it before and I will say it again, “My how time flies!”

What you’ll need:

How to make it:

1. Print the pattern onto plain copy or printer paper.
2. Cut the square pattern out, cutting on the solid lines.
3. Lay pattern on top of colored paper and trace the square. Cut out the square from the colored paper.
4. Keep the pattern square on top of the colored square. Either hold it in place with your fingers or tape it down lightly on two of the sides.
5. Cut through the pattern and the colored paper along the dotted lines but do not cut in to the center circle.
6. Use a thumbtack or stick pin to poke out the holes in every other corner as indicated on the pattern. Set the pattern piece aside.
7. Take one corner (one with a hole) and fold it toward the center of the square. Fold the next corner that has a hole and fold it toward the center on top of the first holed corner. Repeat with the other two corners with holes until all four are folded into the center. Glue the folds to each other and to the center. Hold together until dry.
8. Push the thumbtack through the center of the pinwheel and into the eraser of the pencil. Make sure the pinwheel isn’t touching the eraser or it won’t spin.
9. Glue some sequins to the flaps of the pinwheel and let dry.

Tips:

• You can use plain white paper and have children color with crayons or markers to decorate before cutting out the pinwheel pattern.
• Decorate with lightweight items such as sequins and stickers or glitter glue. Items like buttons and craft jewels are too heavy.
• If the pinwheel isn’t turning properly, try using a longer stick pin rather than a thumbtack to allow more room between the pinwheel and the eraser.

Necessity truly is the mother of invention. While I am grateful for L.A. Parent magazine, all of the happenings are in the outerlying areas of L.A., like Torrance to Pasadena, even as far away as LaCañada Flintridge. I don’t mind traveling sometimes, but LaCañada Flintridge is way too far for a 2 hour event that I could find closer in.

That’s why I’m going to put out a weekly or bi-weekly newsletter (I haven’t decided yet) for those who want something a little closer than Torrance, Pasadena or LaCañada Flintridge. I will compile a listing of things in the surrounding areas of free or very low-cost activities to do with your children and family this summer. I wish I would have thought of it sooner. I know it’s because I have more time. Last year at this time the only things I wanted to do was sleep and absolutely nothing. That is not the case now. I’m so less stressed now. I am very, very near to completing my Master’s/Credential program, so my mind is clearer. I’m adjusting to life with much more time on my hand. Something I haven’t had a lot of these past couple years. Now that I have the time, I plan on using it wisely.

Here’s to the summer and having fun with your family! Bye for now!!!

I wouI would like to offer my apologies to several people who e-mailed me and requested a copy of my OCR lesson plan template for Special Education students. There were many things that happened. First, I took a two month leave, the laptop with the lesson plans were on the laptop, I was swamped with school and my family, etc. Everything that could go wrong, did go wrong. However, I would like to correct that. I offer my apologies to: Elona D., Candace T., Jennifer Y., & Cindy W. I will get the lesson plan off the school laptop and e-mail it within the next day or so.

Sorry guys!

Leila

Well, it’s that time again- Book Club time! I will start tomorrow. As of now I have my own children, David & Phillise, and 5 other neighborhood children. I am planning activities for them as we speak. We are going to:

• Make & decorate the cover for the Memory book before I laminate them.
• Take pictures for their library card.
• Visit the library to get library cards for those who don’t have them.
• Check out books from my library or the public library and explain the rules of the book club regarding behavior and participation.

That’s all I got for now. Will post pics tomorrow before the weekend. Bye for now!

Keeping it to a clap! Well, what does that mean? It means that I will keep the noise down, as far as my thunder thighs are concerned. They used to make so much noise. I’m embarrassed to admit this but, before I started exercising, they used to rub together. Now, they do not. My inner thighs have toned up so much from walking 3.6–5.2 miles/day. Plus, I’ve added the Sand Dunes in Manhattan Beach to my exercise regimen. Oh, the Sand Dune!

So, dear readers, I am going to keep it to a clap! No more thunder! Only the thunderous applause when I reveal the thinner, inner me that’s been waiting to get out for years!!!

Ellen’s 11 Star Spectacular Super Deluxe Hotel, written by Larry Schwartz & illustrated by Kelly Denato, is the perfect little book to use with the Open Court Imagination Unit. I guess everyone’s feeling the crunch, ’cause this book is my most recent purchase from Barnes & Noble. It was a great buy: $3.99 for a hardcover book.

On to the review. I would say this book is for someone as young as 3-4 years old. It is the cutest little book. The young heroine, Ellen, lives in an 11-Star spectacular, super deluxe hotel. Her life is fabulous. She has a pet monster who she feeds. She’s a world famous detective who foils jewel heists. That’s a pretty tall order for an 8 year old.

Her life is so exciting. Well, not really. It’s actually a motel outside of Las Vegas, Nevada. She experiences  a series of adventures. Or does she? I guess you’re going to have to read it and find out what happens?

I really like this book for use with the 3rd grade OCR Imagination unit. Check it out!

The whole question is, “How many substitutes does it take to teach a special education class?” Apparently it takes 9. Yeah, you heard me 9. Apparently 9 is the magic number because that’s how many subs my students ran away during my 2 month absence. Wow!!!

Yesterday, the last day of school I might add, I had two students. Two little girls. One rambunctious, the other very quiet. So, the day worked out very well. So, me and my assistants actually outnumbered the students. It was a pretty quiet day. Oh, what a day!

I am so freaking tired. I have not had any rest since the weekend. I just finished my presentation. That’s a load off. Now, I’m going to bed!

Well, the name says it all. Congratulations Lakers!!!

Well, the title says it all. I am tired and cranky! I have barely had any sleep this whole week. Between summer school, work, and my family, I am exhausted. I was supposed to go to karaoke tonight, but just don’t have the energy. So, I think I’ll take a nap now. Good-bye !

“But, I can only read those books! ” said one of my students, Mike, as he pointed to the Bob books on the shelf.

“What do you mean,” I asked.

We talked about the reasons for his misbehavior. I intervened when he was misbehaving with my assistant. I realized that he was misbehaving because he didn’t think he could “do” the test. So, we talked for a minute as I pointed out High Frequency Words (HFW) and sight words. He was amazed that he could read words in the passage of the test.

I let him know that they were the same words no matter where they were. I would like to say that he took his time and diligently read the test, but I can’t. He dashed through the test and circled any answer. However, the good part is that he realized that he could read other books besides the Bob books and other “easy” books he’s been reading from. I’m glad he brought it up because I would not have thought he thought that he could only read from certain books. It’s amazing how kids think! I can use this information in the future!

It’s nice to know!

Bye for now!

I say that my class is too comfortable because when children come into my class, I have a hard time getting them to leave. One of my 5th grade students did not want to participate in the 5th grade activities. I know it’s because he only knows 4 people because he came late in the year. However, I still pushed him to do it.

“I don’t wanna’ go,” he said. “I wanna’ stay here. This class is comfortable.”

Needless to say, I still made him go. However, I’m not totally heartless. I sent one of my assistants with him. She stayed with him for about 10 minutes.

I have to make sure that I make my students comfortable, but not too comfortable.

Until next time people!

My students took a survey yesterday. You know those school survey the students are being asked to take. I wasn’t trying to peek. Honest, I wasn’t. Its just that I had to read it to them. Well, I helped them with it. I did not, however, lead them in their answers. It was all their own answers. A couple of their responses made my eyes water. The questions were about if I cared about them or not. All of them answered without hesitation that I did. It really touched my heart. They know that I care about them. Without a shadow of a doubt.

It means they understand when I’m hard on them! They understand that I need to discipline them. They understand that I love them!

Someone by the name of Bio Teacher left a comment and his e-mail address on this blog. He wants anyone who has not received their A.P.L.E. payments as promised to contact him, so you can fight together. If you would like to contact him, his e-mail address is: APLEaction@gmail.com

Let me know how it works out!

What an odd title. What does that mean? Who doesn’t sweep the floor? Why does it have significance that I swept the floor? Well, I’ve been back from stress leave for a month. During that whole time I hadn’t swept my classroom. I let the students sweep it. So, you know it wasn’t as nice as if I’d swept it.

I take great pride in my classroom’s cleanliness. However, I just didn’t have it in me yet. I wasn’t ready to jump back in with both feet. I needed time to sort of get with the flow; time to readjust.

Well, today, I guess that period of adjustment is over because I did it. I swept the floor. Now, it looks good. It looks like the classroom I remember.

As I continue my journey, I think I’ll sweep the floor more often. I mean that literally and figuratively. Join me, won’t you!

Tuesday’s usually go very smoothly and very quickly. However, today was a little rough. There also seemed to be a snail in the clock. It moved sooooooooooo slowly!

I know what, or more appropriately who the problem was- it was Nu. He has been out of sorts lately. Even more so than usual. He starts around 7:30 a.m. He’ll eat and then throw his left-over food @ whoever happens to be near him. Whenever an adult intervenes and sends him away, that doesn’t last for more than 2 minutes. As there are a lot of children to take care of and limited adults to supervise them, he’s soon back disturbing others trying to eat.

From there, he lines up; but not before he runs into everyone else’s line. Soon, it’s time to go to the classroom where it all begins again. Usually I will have one of my assistants take him for a walk to calm him down about 30-40 minutes in. When he returns, he usually runs around the classroom throwing stuff. Shortly thereafter, I gratefully welcome Recess. Only to have it start all over after Recess.

Yeah, it was an unusually tough Tuesday!

I know it’s not his fault, that this is part of his disability. It doesn’t make me any less tired though. That said, I’m about to take a nap!

So, until next time!

Hey everyone! Happy June to you. You know what that means? Less than a month left in school.

YIPPEEEEEEE!

Hopefully I will have time to write this month, ’cause I didn’t last month. I was so overwhelmed with summer school. It’s Monday & Wednesday- 4:30-10:00 p.m. Believe me when I say that we stay the whole time. Sometimes it’s so boring. I’m not going to stress though. After tonight, I only have 7 more sessions. Then I am free until at least August.

So, until next time!

I have a lot of what you call “bad kids”. It’s no accident either. I spoke with my Program Specialist who basically told me that they were being sent to me because they knew I could handle it.

Okay, so you’re just going to burn me out, huh!

I know that I have excellent classroom management skills, but come on! This is what happens to a lot of teachers during the first 5 years who end up quitting. I know that I’m not going to be one of those ones. I have my mind made up. I know I want to teach. I’ve known for more than 12 years. But, why does the system work like this? Why are new teachers burnt out and not offered much support? I’d really like to know!

Yes, people, the countdown begins! There are only 19 school days left in the school year. Believe me when I say that I’m counting down. I am really tired. I thought that after my leave that I would breeze through the last couple of weeks. Not so! I am so looking forward to summer. To sleeping in and doing nothing for days at a time. To cleaning my house and having the time to maintain it.

Here’s to summer break!

I would like to say Happy Memorial Day to everyone, especially the Veterans!

I am in summer school. I would have been finished if I’d taken these classes last year but just didn’t have it in me then. So, I have to do it now. Oh well, I gotta’ do what I need to do.

Well, last night, am emergency temporary restraining order (tro) was issued against U.T.L.A. So, it looks like there will be no strike after all. I don’t understand how this coud be. How can a judge stop us from striking? Isn’t that taking away our rights? What is the union for if not to unite and protest?

Yes, people. U.T.L.A. has decided to strike on Friday, May 15, 2009. We are to report to our worksite and picket from 8:00-9:00 a.m. and then go to the Beaudry building and picket there.

The last time we picketed for an hour, we had much parental support. Hopefully, this will happen this time also. If you’re reading this and you can support your child’s teacher on Friday, do just that. However, having said that,

(this is just my humble opinion), I don’t think this is going to work. The school district has already shown that they do not care. Don’t get me wrong. I’m happy they didn’t lay teachers off in the middle of the year, but laying them off period is not any better. However, only time will tell!

I’m only one person. That’s what I told my students today.

“Why did you stop trying just because I left?” I asked.

I left because I didn’t feel safe here (at school). My leaving had nothing to do with you. I didn’t leave because I don’t care about you. I didn’t leave because I don’t care about your success. I left because I had to take care of me. If I didn’t take care of me, no one else would have.

“That’s what you have to do now,” I told them. You have to take care of yourselves. You take care of yourself by getting your education. How is the information going to get in your head if you don’t put it in there? Think of education as something very valuable. It’s like money. As long as it’s good money (education), it almost doesn’t matter who gives it to you. So, get into your heads that education is money.

Don’t let you getting your education be dependent on me. Take care of yourself and get your money (education)!

Wow, it’s my 2-year anniversar of blogging. Today I’ve been blogging for 2 years. Can you believe that I, the original blog-a-holic almost forgot. Yeah, I know! This blog has become so much more than I thought it would. It became my outlet for expressing myself, working things out, and meeting and networking. I’ve met wonderful people  doing this. And I hope to meet many more. Here’s to year 3 and many more to come!

Happy Mother’s Day to all the mothers out there!

• sitting next to someone who has it
• being friends with someone who has it
• playing with someone who has it
• being in class with someone who has it

This is what I wanted to tell a very ignorant and uninformed parent today. This post is a follow-up from an earlier post. The post earlier was a little short. I just wanted to get it out. I was so angry. How could someone in this day and age think like this?

The parent in question was afraid of her “normal” daughter sitting next to my student with Mental Retardation (MR). She said she didn’t want Pink Socks sitting next to Julia. Initially I did not understand what she was saying, but my assistant did. Once I caught on, I asked her if she wanted Pink Socks moved because Julia has MR. I then asked her how she would feel if someone said the same thing about Pink Socks when she mainstreamed to a general education class. She skillfully avoided the question by responding that she didn’t want Pink Socks sitting next to Julia because Julia hits Pink Socks.

Are you kidding me? Julia is the sweetest, kindest, gentlest person you ever want to meet. Not to mention that she’s non-verbal. The next thing the mom said is that there were sick children in the class.
“Well, come in and take a look,” my assistant and I said.

“No, that’s okay,” she said.

After I spent about 10 minutes talking to her, I realized that I was wasting my time. That’s when I told her if she wanted to talk she could do so when the classroom is empty.

“No, thank you,” she said. I’ll work with Pink Socks to get her out of “this” room.

I was absolutely floored that someone thinks like that. I was even more floored, nay horrified, when I heard how she talked to her own child- calling her ugly & stupid like it was the thing to do. What is this world coming to???

I love my students. For some of them, I am the only love they know. I feel so bad for one of my students who I call Pink Socks. I didn’t see her this morning until after nine. The trouble started when her mom came up to the school because she called her crying. I was going to go down to the office to talk to her, but she (the mom) came up to the classroom. I had a sub helping out for the day so I was able to spare the time. I’m kinda’ mad that I did. She had nothing nice to say. About her own child.

I found out my student was crying because her mom called her stupid and kept comparing her to another child who was getting straight “A’s”. I tried to tell her that she can’t compare children. Ever!!! She wasn’t listening. She just kept telling me that she didn’t want her daughter in my class because there were sick children in my class.

“Well, what do you mean by sick,” I asked.

She wouldn’t say. (The coward).

“Oh, the children don’t look like my daughter,” she said.

Again I asked her what she meant. Again, she cowardly would not say. Unfortunately I knew what she meant. She meant my student who has MR, and the other black students. I was so proud of myself that I was able to keep my cool. I don’t know how, but I was able to.

I am so sad that my student has to grow up like this. This is the reason she has no self-esteem. She is so talented, but she refuses to believe compliments. Anytime I tell her that she can sing, or dance, or draw, she says that she can’t and that she’s ugly.

I am so mad at her mom. How could you do that to your own child? That’s why her daughter has been acting up. She already didn’t want to be in special ed. Now, with the input from her mother, this situation is next to impossible. How are children expected to thrive in situations like that?

What am I going to do?

That’s right. I can see myself in my “Big Ole’ Shiny Balls”. That’s what I like to call them. My balls, of late, had been a little dull. They hadn’t been shined up in a while. I’d lost my heart. I was being a doormat and not standing up for myself. I was a shadow of my former self. Well, that is not the case anymore. I am returning to ME. You know what did it? Going out on stress leave. During my time off, I had a chance to stop, think, re-evaluate, listen, get back to loving me, get to know me again, and reassess my priorities. One of my priorities I decided that needed to be the top priority was ME. I knew if I didn’t take care of me, no one else would. This is not to say that my husband and family was not there for me. It’s to say that I came to a realization- I matter. I matter to me. I matter to my children. I matter to my husband. Most importantly, I matter to me. I put myself on the backburner for too long. No more. I have to live. Life is too short. I refuse to let something (like what happened) get me down. It could possibly have been a really bad thing, but I didn’t let it. I fought back and regained ME.

So, here’s one of my favorite videos. It’s called ME by Tamia. Enjoy!

What do you do when you realize that a good friendship is coming to an end? You realize there’s some kind of animosity there but don’t know what it is or how to ask about it. What would you do????????????

I have to present my literature review tonight @ 5:00 p.m. I’m really not that nervous. I don’t know why. I’m really not prepared, but still am not that nervous. Well, wish me luck. I should be finished at 6:30 or 7:00 tonight. We’ll see how it goes!

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Here’s the most recent information on the L.A.B.B.X. direct from Charles Chatmon, director of the L.A.B.B.X.

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I have been doing a lot of reflecting lately. It’s because I have to return to my work site where not so good situations are, as yet, unresolved. Should all of my paperwork come together, I could be returning to work on Wednesday. It remains to be seen how things will work out. I’ll report. As for now, I have some work to go. There’s still a post brewing about this situation. I’ll write more tomorrow.

Until next time!

Today, I, along with Phillip & Phillise went to U.C.L.A. for the L.A. Times Festival of Books. Let me just say that I got a workout from all the walking. It was very nice. Huge, but very nice.

Giada De Laurentiis, granddaughter of Dino De Laurentiis, was there promoting her cookbook. I thought that I was going to have to chin check my husband because of the Giada comments. He just happens to love her. He says it’s because of her cooking, but you be the judge.

Which do you think it is?

At what point do you take a threat on your life seriously? Is it when the person says it once? Twice?

When they’re 12? 13? 14?

Well, how about 8?

Yep, that’s right, 8!!!

I have been the recipient of death threats and threats of other physical harm from an 8 year old and his mother who I believed had the ability to act on his threats. I work in a very rough area where daily violence is definitely a reality. So, when the school police suggested that I should not take the threats seriously because the child was only 8 years old, I was livid. I know that, if you’ve never dealt with this situation, that this may sound a bit paranoid, but trust me it’s not.

I am scheduled to return to work next week. But the situation is still unresolved. The child is still there. I may have to have contact with this parent from hell. I don’t want to go back but have to do silly little things like have money to pay the bills. So staying out any longer is not an option. I have to go back.

That is why I would like to hear someone else’s take on this. Should I have taken these threats seriously? What would you have done?

Yet another person has become a verb. Yes people, it has happened again. Someone has become a verb. Only this time it’s a television person. It’s Liz Lemon from 30 Rock- my alter ego. If you’ll recall, I wrote on post on it a couple of weeks ago. If you read it then you should know that to Liz Lemon someone means to terrorize someone and totally turn it around so you look like the victim. With that being said, don’t become a verb- Don’t Liz Lemon anyone!

I am so nervous about returning to work on next Monday. I’m a little rusty. I haven’t made lesson plans for the whole time I’ve been off. I haven’t been in any type of structured environment except school, and that’s only every Wednesday and every other Thursday. So, how I’m going to feel on my first day back remains to be seen. I’ll definitely report on it.

I will also keep Morocco’s words in mind that Summer break is just around the bend. So, until next time people!