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8 2026 an overlooked detail the very special ed class friday the last time i subbed for ms h the class was going on a field trip this day same this time they were going to some event hosted by the lausd for their special ed classes something about a dance performance why was i needed some of the kiddos weren t going so someone had to stay behind to supervise them i had two students and then a third joined us as her whole class was going as well as the teacher why book two subs for two different teachers i was sufficient to cover all the kiddos not going it was a fairly chill day alice was wheelchair bound and only spoke in grunts and cries nate arrived and put his head down on his desk and slept apparently this was his usual this was good as alice does not like nate nate has a tendency to when awake hover over alice and bother her when nate awoke near the end of the day he hovered over me and i had to make it very clear i did not want to be touched and he still touched me angela was from the other class she took a seat and asked for paper so she could draw i suggested a movie alice s one to one suggested encanto so things were mellow but then i noticed a problem ms h s prep period was the last period of the day usually her students would join the other teachers classes for the last period but the other teachers were gone too what to do i called allie the secretary i check in with while i had looked forward to getting to leave early for the day i was fine with staying and supervising the kiddos but i wasn t going to do it for free once i explained the situation to allie she readily agreed to credit me with the extra period and so once we finished encanto angela suggested lilo stitch the original version we were barely fifteen minutes into the last period when the field trippers returned it had been a long bus ride the kiddos had been outside they d been in the sun they were wiped out which was fine it wasn t like we were going to be doing work or anything movie and computer time some days my job isn t much more than this it balances out the more difficult days posted by liz a at 6 00 am 18 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels subfiles field trip ias sh special ed substitute teaching thursday may 7 2026 zzzzzz thursday seventh grade spanish i for spanish speakers eighth period they had a student teacher so the class went on as normal for this day the students were doing oral presentations on various central and south american countries in spanish the student teacher taught the class in spanish i may have mentioned before that the language i took in school was french so yeah i wasn t understanding a whole lot of what was going on i mean i got the gist but i definitely didn t get the specifics i may have also mentioned that i write about what happened last week so this happened on april 30th as it was the last day of the a to z challenge i had distracted myself all day by reading blogs but by eighth period i had completed that and there s just something about sitting there while the kiddos were going through slides about cuba speaking in spanish way better than i could ever attempt that did not help my drowsiness sometimes before bed i ll play on my phone or i ll read and there s that point where i kind of blank out and when i go back and try to continue what i was doing i ll realize i m not comprehending anything i m doing and it s time to put that all aside and go to sleep this is what i was feeling while in that eighth period class not good while i was not actively teaching i was still there as an observer it s a legal thing since the student teacher isn t employed by the district a district employee needs to be present and i was fading fast i needed something to wake me up i checked my email i flipped through some catalogs i worked on the note to the teacher which was largely unneeded because the student teacher would see her the next day even the fidgety seventh graders couldn t keep my attention and they were not behaving well did i fall asleep no well i took a lot of micro naps i definitely blanked out many times but not for long at all each time not ideal but somehow i managed to stay mostly awake i did not stay up too late the night before and i had gotten a good night s sleep i should not have been that tired but some days posted by liz a at 6 00 am 12 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels subfiles 7th grade crazy middle school student teacher substitute teaching wednesday may 6 2026 a school is a small world when i arrived at school on wednesday allie the secretary i check in with was assigning the sub in front of me an extra period so when it was my turn i asked if she needed me to cover a class for my prep that day she did she assigned me to the ap environmental science class my prep period that day was the class after snack at snack i first headed for the restroom while i waited another teacher arrived ms k the teacher i was scheduled to cover the next day before i could say something ms k noticed the restroom line and decided to go and find another restroom allie had said to call her at the end of snack so she could call security to open the classroom door for me but the classroom i was going to be in was in the steam building i had covered a couple classes over the last month or so in there and i had noticed that the building has its own security staff i figured i d find him and if i couldn t then i d call on my way to the steam building i passed mr t the teacher i was going to be subbing for i was going to say something but he was talking to two students and heading the opposite direction i decided against and i headed inside i found security talking to a group of students when he spotted me he asked me if i needed something i explained that i was period subbing and i asked if he could let me in the classroom he did and i had a couple minutes before the end of snack to eat the muffin i had brought with me the bell rang i opened the door to start letting kiddos in the room who was outside mr t the students questioned why there was a sub and the teacher mr t told them he had a doctor s appointment mr t briefly went over the lesson plan which wasn t necessary as he had left written lesson plans on his desk and he asked if i would do a task that he had only just gotten an email about the ap test was to start the next week as you read this the ap tests have started and will continue through next week they asked that the students each fill out an index card with their name student id number college board username and password because apparently students don t all remember it and rather than having to look it up for them as they have in previous years they ll have it available mr t left class started i passed out the index cards and explained they had done this last year so the students knew what to do i collected the cards back and then they started on the lesson for the day studying for the ap test realizing that i now i didn t have to call roll i alphabetized the cards and then i compared them to the roll i called the name of the missing student somehow he had not gotten an index card sigh i passed out the cards and then asked out loud if i missed anyone grrrr mr t had printed out the email so i saw that the cards needed to be returned to allie who is the secretary who checks in us subs and checks us out who i would have to see when i left for the day anyway i left this info in the note i left for mr t at the end of class i grabbed my stuff and was almost out the door when i came across two students waiting to get in for the next period i knew the next class would also be period subbed because the school is on a two lunch schedule and my lunch was next i had time to let the kiddos in while i waited for the next sub so i did the bell rang to start class no period sub before i had a chance to ponder that the next period s sub arrived just a touch after the bell ms k the teacher i was covering the next day she was grateful i was there as she would have had to find security to let her in while the class waited outside after the bell again i didn t have a chance to mention i d be subbing for her as class had started and the room was full i told her the lesson plans were on the teacher s desk that the biology class had a test and i headed out to my lunch i passed the main office on my way to the classroom i would be in for the rest of the day or i could go through the office i went to allie s desk i gave her the index cards she deposited them into whatever basket she had for that purpose and then i headed to the teacher s lounge to eat my lunch i ve been around long enough to know the various teachers and where things are and how things work sometimes i can even make use of that knowledge posted by liz a at 6 00 am 22 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels subfiles extra period assignment high school steam building substitute teaching tuesday may 5 2026 stoppable so far despite their best efforts it s not working out for them one of the things that i ve been so afraid angry about is the attempt to build more concentration camps rachel maddow had something to say about these last week and it s very good news it seems i m not the only one who absolutely is against these things in case the video doesn t work for you here s a direct link we have got to stop suing people for hurting our feelings this one s just for fun in case you re in the mood for a giggle and if you can t see that one either here s that link that s enough for today the comments are open for those who wish to vent or giggle posted by liz a at 6 00 am 9 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels mpp resist video link monday may 4 2026 inside out since last week i only added about an inch in length but i m only working on this on saturdays i really really need to get going on the reluctant sweater but i never quite find the time however i had my father try this on and we re at the point where i get to start decreasing for the crown woo hoo although once this is done one thing i don t think i ve mentioned on the blog is how i like to knit things in the round inside out i m not sure why i do this my very first in the round project just naturally ended up inside out and ever since then i do it like that in this case it might be a good thing the floats from the colorwork need to be a little loose or else the hat is too tight an or puckers so as i knit this is what s on the outside i m rather happy at how even that looks of course it s because i m holding the purple in my left hand and knitting continental while i m holding the yellow yarn in my right hand and purling that the english way because it s two stitches of one followed by two stitches of the other doing it two handed makes it go a whole lot quicker will i have a finished hat next week unlikely next weekend well the plans aren t the usual plans so i might not get much of anything done although that s fine it s not like this is on deadline posted by liz a at 6 00 am 18 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels knitting photo friday may 1 2026 broken it had been a pretty mellow friday i had special ed biology and the kiddos were starting a project on genetic disorders it was getting towards the end of the last period i finished up my note to the teacher and i sent it off i email my remarks nowadays i started to pack up my stuff it wasn t quite time for the kiddos to pack up yet i like to get ready early so than i can focus on making sure they clean up without worrying about my stuff i had put away my computer my pencil and i was putting my water bottles back i picked one up and crash i heard something clatter all the way off the desk and onto the floor my water bottle had hit a knickknack the teacher had on her desk it was a big wooden s part of her ms a tableau a student came over and picked it up it was in three pieces he tried to make me feel better he told me that one of her letters was already broken but there was no way that letter stood up if it was already broken then it was time for the kiddos to get ready to leave so i left the broken mess and tended to the finishing up of the period the bell rang and the kiddos left i looked around for some glue found some elmer s it kind of stuck together i left a note i should probably find where these letters are sold and replace it stupid mistake but it wasn t intentional sigh posted by liz a at 6 00 am 19 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels subfiles blunder high school special ed substitute teaching thursday april 30 2026 zhuzhing up the ai tuesday graphic arts fifth period the day s assignment using canva s ai create a poster picturing the student in a future career and then include information about that career i m not a fan of ai and many students have expressed their dislike as well the word on how the data centers steal resources has gotten out but this is not my class and my job is to execute the teacher s lesson plan so that s what i did some of the students dove right in finding the right site and application most did not like that they had to upload a picture of themselves as the ai would insert them into the career image but they did it well not everyone a bunch of them did as little work as possible i m sure their grades already reflect their lack of work ethic i walked around making sure the students didn t have any questions one boy was staring at his image it had him as an electrician he didn t like it he said i drilled down what was the problem with the image what could he tell the ai to do differently turned out the background was pink and that was his only problem with it we found where one could refine the image by telling the ai what to change he typed get rid of the pink and i pointed out he should be specific so he added make it white the ai replaced the pink background with a white one changing nothing else and the student was satisfied okay then it was kind of eerie how the ai took their faces and put them into a real looking work setting this would be a great way to help students see a future that they might not be able to picture but ai ugh have you made images using ai did you complete the a to z challenge do you plan to attempt it next year today s a to z challenge post brought to you by the letter posted by liz a at 6 00 am 43 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels subfiles a to z about a student ai work graphic arts high school lesson plans substitute teaching older posts home subscribe to posts atom search this blog about me liz a i am a writer a knitter and a substitute teacher not necessarily in that order view my complete profile this site contains affiliate links to products we 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