Is it Misdemeanor or A felony?

So this morning I showed up ready to leave yesterday behind me… Trying the new day new attitude thing… Not letting yesterday dictate the rest of the week… All that kind of positive attitude… In the morning after the kids were at Technology (another special) Scott blew up balloons for their initiative while I wrote the definitions of Simile, Metaphor, Onomatopoeia and Personification for the kids. When they came back for Crew we played “balance the balloon” where the kids break into smaller groups and try to keep their balloon in the air… More collaboration of figuring out a strategy of tipping with their fingers, holding wrists to free hands and generally working together. It was great to see the progress they had made with each other. We then started to time them to see who could keep it in the air longest… There is just nothing like competition to get 5th graders going… The noise level went up, their concentration went up and the fun level got blown into outer space. We then challenged them to keep the balloon up as a whole class…Not as successful since they all wanted to be silly and goofy and generally, well 5th graders. After each failed attempt Scott and I would have them talk about what worked and what didn’t work in the hopes of them making more progress. At the end we let them have all 5 balloons and just go for it. It was so much fun to watch them, it just made me want to jump in and keep the balloons up with them! We transitioned easily into poetry and lunch. After lunch Scott had me read aloud to the kids a book (Pictures of Hollis Woods) that I had started reading on Monday… Knowing we had a limited amount of time for reading I tried to get the kids totally drawn into the story… When it was time to transition into math there was a collective “AHHHhhhh mannnnn”. The sigh of sadness from the whole class literally made my heart jump in excitement and happiness! All I could think was they love me! They love me! They love me! When math got going I was so jazzed and so pumped… About half way through… I hear “Miss! Miss” As I’m turning I hear “Miss Demeanor!”… Holding my laugh in I tried to process being called “Misdemeanor”… I said, “Close! My name is Ms. Detmer” When I finally got to laugh about being called that it seemed like a whole other life. I’m beginning to realize that my days are going by so quickly and it’s because I’m so caught up in my kids. They are so lively and wonderful and creative... It’s hard not to love them… Everyday will be such a joy as long as I get to have little moments like “misdemeanor”…