Day Forty-five: Are we there yet?

Technology, I will defeat you. Or at least bring you over to the dark side. Tonight I figured out how to download Youtube videos using Safari. I found a clip of TV static that we're adding to the haunted house after an idea a few of my students came up with today.

I think today was a bit of an ARD circus. I was scheduled to be at one during a class. So another teacher agreed to go for me (it was that or cover my class). Then I was asked to go to an ARD for another teacher who was scheduled for one during her class, until it started way too late and another teacher was pulled in to cover for me during 6th.

1st period we went into the cafeteria to hang up some decorations. The boys had their hearts set on stapling rings of orange and black construction paper together. I had put it in the storage room in my classroom. They pulled it out and brought it to the cafeteria, when they lifted it out, a HUGE spider ran out from under it. My one girl that is new in the class jumped on a bench. The custodian in the room ran away. Yes, I jumped up on the bench too. Still gives me the heebie jeebies. Unfortunately for the spider, its time came to an end and it is no longer running free in the school.

2nd period I grabbed some newspapers, paper towels, paint, and a few pairs of boots another teacher found in their room and had the students turn them into severed legs. I never thought I would do this kind of stuff. Two weeks ago I thought I wouldn't be able to handle fake blood. Now my students show up and I say, "Hey, lets make some severed limbs. Wooooo!"

3rd period we made more guts and fake hands with jello and paper towels. I love seeing the stack of hands in the fridge in the teachers lounge. The students went through costumes to find something to wear tomorrow and I laughed as they tried on some really ridiculous outfits. I told the kids that since they are in the class and in the haunted house, they could borrow any costume for free, as well as get their makeup done. Everyone else gets to donate a dollar.

4th and 6th we added more finishing touches, making fake spiders to hang from the ceiling and drop on people, then painting "Help me" with red paint and fake blood on the window between the two rooms. We managed to keep everything together even though we had a fire drill during 6th. I had everyone wash their hands off before the alarm was supposed to go off (we were making bloody handprints of course). Can you imagine kids running around outside with red paint all over their hands? Oh the disaster.

Well tomorrow is showtime. Either we'll get shut down in the first few minutes, or it will be a ton of fun. Fingers crossed.