Adventures in Substituting

Today I was a roaming teacher at West Lake Elementary, so I was in and out of four classrooms. It made the day go faster, but I had to learn four different plans for the day. I've found that most teachers aren't very good at explaining everything to the sub; but once in a while you get someone who will go over everything with you. I'm learning that my detail-orientedness must be rare amongst subs. 

In one of my classes the students were cutting out pictures of Abraham Lincoln and George Washington.  I was surprised that a number of them were putting lipstick on the former presidents; I got quite a kick out of it. And one boy even gave Mr. Lincoln a mohawk!

Something I've learned as well is that if you ever want to invoke laughter in elementary school children, you just have to say the word "fart" and they will crack up for a solid five minutes--boys and girls alike. A couple times we finished an activity early, so I would say someone farted and that would take up the rest of the allotted time with cheerful giggles and laughter.