March 28, 2011 When I was 17 weeks along. . .
A second grade girl came up to me and gave me a hug. Her hand lingered near my waist, then she said, "It's not kicking?" I said, "No, but" then I moved her hand from my rib cage to near my belly button, "but the baby is here."
Tuesday, June 28, 2011
Tuesday, June 21, 2011
That's a Long Time
March 28, 2011
When I was 17 weeks along. . .
8th Grade Boy: Mrs. Gardner, when are you going to have your baby?
Me: In August
8th Grade Boy: That's a long time. Why does it take so long?
Me: (I shrugged my shoulders) It takes 9 months to make a baby.
When I was 17 weeks along. . .
8th Grade Boy: Mrs. Gardner, when are you going to have your baby?
Me: In August
8th Grade Boy: That's a long time. Why does it take so long?
Me: (I shrugged my shoulders) It takes 9 months to make a baby.
Tuesday, June 14, 2011
Quiet Students
March 11, 2011
Inspired by my neighboring teacher, I began to tell my classes if they were too loud the baby could be born deaf. This tactic worked great on the younger students.
I did not want to keep bringing that subject up, but I did want to keep my students quiet.
The computers are set up in four different groups. I began choosing a student (usally the noisiest) in each group to monitor their group, and if they were too loud, that student was to quietly remind the students to be quiet.
One day when I asked one of the 1st grade boys to do this for me he asked, "Is your baby taking a nap?"
Inspired by my neighboring teacher, I began to tell my classes if they were too loud the baby could be born deaf. This tactic worked great on the younger students.
I did not want to keep bringing that subject up, but I did want to keep my students quiet.
The computers are set up in four different groups. I began choosing a student (usally the noisiest) in each group to monitor their group, and if they were too loud, that student was to quietly remind the students to be quiet.
One day when I asked one of the 1st grade boys to do this for me he asked, "Is your baby taking a nap?"
Tuesday, June 7, 2011
Noisy Students
Thumbing through a pregnancy book I read that being exposed to extremely loud noise could damage the developing ear drums of the baby and the baby could be born deaf. (I never told anyone about what I had read, though I thought it was interesting).
The middle school students aren't the most well disciplined students on campus. Sometimes they are so noisy they disturb the classroom next door. One day my neighboring teacher came over to talk to the class. She told them how her class was trying to learn, how they were disrespecting her, and they were disrespecting me. She told them that if they are too noisy and cause my baby to be born deaf they would feel so sorry that they were so loud.
The middle school students aren't the most well disciplined students on campus. Sometimes they are so noisy they disturb the classroom next door. One day my neighboring teacher came over to talk to the class. She told them how her class was trying to learn, how they were disrespecting her, and they were disrespecting me. She told them that if they are too noisy and cause my baby to be born deaf they would feel so sorry that they were so loud.
Tuesday, May 31, 2011
I Know Why. . .
March 8, 2011
I had just read in a book that it is normal to be forgetful during pregnancy. The book gave a tip to write things on sticky notes to help you remember what to do while you are at work.
A couple of days later during the first hour of the day, a teacher asked me if she could bring her class into the computer lab during the last hour of the day when I did not have a class. I told her that would be fine.
After my escorting my last class to their next class I returned to my classroom. The class was lined up in front of my door. Surprised I said, "Oh, I forgot you were coming."
One of the sixth graders said, "I know why you are always forgetting things, Mrs. Gardner. It's because you are pregnant. When my mom was pregnant she was forgetting things all the time."
I had just read in a book that it is normal to be forgetful during pregnancy. The book gave a tip to write things on sticky notes to help you remember what to do while you are at work.
A couple of days later during the first hour of the day, a teacher asked me if she could bring her class into the computer lab during the last hour of the day when I did not have a class. I told her that would be fine.
After my escorting my last class to their next class I returned to my classroom. The class was lined up in front of my door. Surprised I said, "Oh, I forgot you were coming."
One of the sixth graders said, "I know why you are always forgetting things, Mrs. Gardner. It's because you are pregnant. When my mom was pregnant she was forgetting things all the time."
Tuesday, May 24, 2011
How Does the Baby Come Out?
A fifth or sixth grade girl asked me how the baby comes out. I told her there are muscles in my stomache that push the baby out when it is ready. (I didn't tell her it was the uterus). A boy listening asked, "Doesn't that hurt." I said, "Yes." Another girl asked, "Are you afraid?" I said, "Yes."
Tuesday, May 17, 2011
First Baby Gift
March 3, 2011
The following day, the very same 6th grader came to see me at lunch again. She gave me little mittens for my baby so he/she doesn't scratch his/her face. They are yellow, green, and orange - neutral colors because we didn't yet know if it was a boy or a girl.
It was so sweet.
The following day, the very same 6th grader came to see me at lunch again. She gave me little mittens for my baby so he/she doesn't scratch his/her face. They are yellow, green, and orange - neutral colors because we didn't yet know if it was a boy or a girl.
It was so sweet.
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