No air, no air!

If you're familiar with the Jordin Sparks/Chris Brown song, "No Air," the title about sums up the temperature of my classroom.  UGH!  I was definitely spoiled last week when it was only about 80 degrees in my room.  Today it hit (drum roll ...) 90 freaking degrees in the room!  I was grumpy, the kids were grumpy and we were all so tired.  During math, which is at the end of the day, they were dragging so much that no learning was going on.  My clothes were sticking to me all day long.  I know some complain that the air in their buildings is too cold.  Here is my thought - You can always put on more clothes in school but I can only take off so much!!  No stripping allowed!!  I told my little darlings to lay on the floor with their heads down while I read a chapter from our current read-aloud.  They seemed to enjoy that immensely, as did I.  We are constantly trying to stay hydrated but it is almost a losing battle.  With ISTEP coming up very soon, I will have to come up with some creative ways to keep us cool.  Sitting on blocks of ice is probably out of the question, huh? 

Until next time ...