North Dakota!

Well things here in the North (haha) are going pretty well. We have Open House tonight for the school, I don't remember going to these when I was in school so it should be interesting.

Me, Nicolette, and my roomie Amanda

Friday night we went to the high school football game. The team is not so great (sorry Braves) but it was fun to watch some football!!! Get off the hill for a little while. It was sooooooo cold though! The coldest I think it's been so far. It's constantly staying the 4o's now though. It is interesting to see the different reactions to the weather change. The heat is running in our house now and I think it's too warm, tempted to turn the fan on!! Ha but I know I will be thankful for the warmth when it is 40 BELOW!! But for now I just wear my shorts and t-shirts :P

Things are pretty quiet here though. Fall is starting and the leaves are starting to change. I have discovered there are BEAUTIFUL sunrises here. It's still baffling me that I am seeing the sunrise, and most of the time I miss the sunset. Ha not what I would of expected!! I wish a camera could catch the real beauty of the sunsets but here is my attempt.

I hope everyone is doing well!

Pray for me
j!

Moving on Up!

Well after much prayer and consideration, my roommate and I moved upstairs. Not getting into the reasoning completely but it was a good choice for us none the less. The room however neither of us had really seen, but man it is BIG!

a closet AND a bookshelf!

Anyway after rearranging the room several times and putting the bed exactly where it started here's the new layout

No more bunk beds!

 bedside table with in and out internet and a very cool gift :)

Time Flies!

Wow it amazes me how quickly and yet how slow times goes here. There are so many things to do but yet there is peace and calm at the end of day. I think I stated this earlier but I have a whole new respect for any teacher that I have ever had. There is so much time and effort put into teaching. And the weekend is only considered "off" because you don't have kids to watch over and guide. I now understand why there are so many holidays during the school year!! And I'm just an aide and part time teacher!!


We had a great family night last week, some bowling and 80's cranked. Not to mention TACOS for dinner and the company of so many wonderful people. And in case my roommate is reading this I at least missed you!

We may have done more dancing then bowling....

Labor Day was a nice day off, we had an indoor picnic because of the cold and the rain but then played some games outside. Lots of balls and what not flying and lots of dogs trying to catch the ones that weren't hitting something!

I had a 4th grader ask me if I had kids last week, I hope that was a compliment of patience?!


Favorite Quote of the Week so far, was from one of my 6th graders though.
Me: "Alright the only thing on your desk should be a pencil, everything else please put under your desk. POP Quiz"
Student: " You didn't tell us we were having a quiz!"
Me: "That's why it's called a POP quiz"
And what makes it funnier is he was the only student to get a 100%, not sure why he was worried. ;)


I hope everyone is doing well :)
Please keep me in your prayers
jordan~

Tales of a 4th Grade Nothing and one BUSY dinner table!

Haha ok I couldn't resist the title, it's a Judy Blume book :)

So once again I apologize for being so overdue on posting!!! I'm officially working as the 4th grade teacher's aide, Sister Kateri teaches. I am also teaching 6th grade Social Studies and Kindergarten through 6th grade Library ( or if you want to get technical Library and Technology Literacy). But I spend the majority of my time in the 4th grade classroom, or going up and down the 4 flights of stairs!! 6th graders may be giving me gray hair but we did GREAT yesterday so I hope it keeps up. Do believe they may start calling me "Mean Miss Jordan" before too long! I have written down a lot of names! I also need to remember to dot my "i"s because I don't think that is a great habit to pass on to 9 year olds. I was grading spelling and had to write the word correctly and realize, hmmm that's not good! I only dot SOMETIMES!! Working on that.
We have had to have indoor recess the last couple days, which makes me realize that recess is not only for the kids but also for the teachers :) We've all gotten a little squirrely! Here are a few pics of 4th grade

He was so proud!! Miss Jordan Miss Jordan LOOK!

View from my desk

 And just a little tidbit of what community life is, here is the dinner table from Monday night :)

and there are a few people who didn't fit in the picture :)