My day started off with sleeping in since I currently
teach 2nd shift (this means 1:20 - 5:30 regular classes). After doing some work, watching Glee, and eating
lunch, I walked to work. My teaching day started at 1pm with the after
school spelling group (3rd and 4th grade are the only ones who trade off for morning or afternoon shift, everyone else is in the morning). This group is comprised of 4th through 6th
grade students and each week we have a spelling bee based on a certain number
of words from the wordlist. Today’s bee was from all the A-C words. What
started off as a good, energetic group soon became problematic. In the middle of
the spelling bee, I ended up asking two students to leave. One of the students was simply
continuously talkative and noisy even after several warnings that he needed to
be quiet. The other student continued to use language inappropriate for a
learning environment (who has been told many times in the past that he needs to
refrain from speaking with such words during school). I think it is the most serious
the students have ever seen me get though I was happy I was able to continue
sitting in my “judges” chair and watch them walk out. This was all thanks to
the other students in the room. You see my spelling kids are there to learn and
they honestly want to not only do well in the competition but also learn
English. I was happy they were all on my side and happy to see the boys leave. We then had a wonderful class. The boys are welcome to come back next week however I hope they now understand the
severity of their actions. Therefore, my school day didn’t start out in the
best way however once the 2 boys had left everything was good and we finished
our bee with the top 3 kids choosing prizes from a poster, track bag, and
sticker sheet.
Then it was on to third grade. Let me emphasize how much I
ENJOY teaching 3rd grade this year. No matter how disruptive a class
may get these are some extremely kind, caring, and compliment-filled children.
Most days I get plenty of hugs and today one of the girls even gave me a kiss
on the cheek. Today we played Bingo at the end of each class which is always a good time and the
students are usually super excited for prizes which always consist of stickers
and something else. Today there were also toothbrushes and Justin Beiber
Valentines (complete with a temporary tattoo). Since I had lesson until the
last hour I also had the pleasure of walking away from school with several
students. They were very sweet and all wished me a nice break. We have Thursday
and Friday off of school. Anyways, I just wanted to share a day that went from
good to okay to great. I hope you’re all having an enjoyable Wednesday :) I promise to post photos and videos in the next post.
Peace, Love, Literacy, and Reckless Curiosity.
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