Week 10 was my last week in first grade :-( I've had such a great experience that I was so sad to have to leave it! I was also apprehensive about moving to the older kids... some of them are taller than me and have worse attitudes. I talked to my new CT (CT2!) Tuesday afterschool, and I felt much better about the transition. But first let's talk about my last few days in first grade:
My CT and I decided that I'd give her back 1 subject a day, so that she wasn't just thrown back into the last trimester alone. She took back subjects a little quicker, though, since I kept getting sent out of the room for reasons unknown! ;-)
The kids made leprechaun traps, and overnight a leprechaun came and hid them all around the room! In the morning a few of the kids had a disagreement over whether leprechauns were real. My response? "Well, someone messed up our room, who else would it be?" "The teachers!" "I bet it was Mr. Principal." "No way, CT and I always clean the room, why in the world would we mess it up?!" Oh, the troubles of first grade!
Another student tried to tell me he heard on the news that there was a 400-year-old man, and still said I was wrong even after I looked it up online! The closest article I found was one about a 400-year-old mummified cat...
More fun stories from the kids: Student 1: "Is President Obama smater than God?" Student 2: "No, I don't think so." Student 1: "I think there's a God Obama!" LOL.
Different student: "It's like he speaks Mexican!"
Yet another student: "Girls have cooties!" Me: "No way, boys have cooties!" ... There was an entire debate about cooties. Totally cute :-)
I got to be in their picture for picture day, too! I was so happy :-)
On Friday, I walked in with a GIANT bag full of little things for my CT and a few other teachers, little things for the kids, and donuts for the teacher's lounge :-) My CT and the kids surprised me with an ADORABLE bag that they painted with their handprints that I will no doubt keep forever, AND with a book of 20 reasons I should be hired as a teacher! Those ideas were just absolutely perfect and heart-warming, and I can't believe it :-) I feel like the luckiest student teacher ever!!!! My CT and those kids are just fantastic!!! We celebrated all day (for one of the kids' birthdays, too!). I managed not to cry until leaving my CT at the end of the day... I can't believe that experience is over!
Luckily, I think I'm going to have another great experience in 6th grade. My CT2 wants me to have the best experience I can, too, so I once again am so grateful for everyone's willingness to help me learn!!! I'm not quite as comfortable with the older kids, so I didn't get very involved today for day 1, but I know I'll get there! I get to plan a writing unit for research skills, so I'm hard at work on that already. Super exciting! I'm also going to have the opportunity to do a few lessons in different classrooms, just to get a bunch more experience with other staff members, age groups, and students. Thanks to PSH for suggesting that!!! I went to observe guided reading in 5th grade for awhile, and had some fun looking at everything on the classroom walls.
At the end of the day, while in line for bus duty with CT2, a bunch of the first graders saw me when they walked in! I got a GIANT group hug, and I just loved it!!!! They're adorable! I'm glad I'm in the same building, so that I can still see their cute little faces. I also got to see my CT!! All in all, it was a good day! I'm excited to see what the rest of 6th grade will bring -- I just have to learn to deal with their attitudes... wish me luck!! :-)
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