Today was a dreary Monday that felt more like a Thursday. The kids were fine until the cold front started to blow in after lunch. After that they became very talkative and resembled the class that I have trouble dealing with most days of the week.
The morning went close to fabulously and we were on target for behavior and work to be done. We were able to do a very interactive lesson because everyone was being very attentive and quiet. I like teaching like that...I hate teaching where I talk and the kids listen because they don't know how to participate appropriately. That's why I became a teacher...not to lecture. Kids don't learn by just listening.
On the way back to class from the bathroom this afternoon, I was bombarded with stories and questions. My kiddos seem to think that walking in line is the time to ask questions and tell stories. I know they have all kids of things they want to talk about and not enough time in the classroom, but walking down the hall is not the time. I may need to put a box on my desk for questions they have or stories they want to tell.
I almost forgot to write about my educational lunch. Each week, I give a group of kids the opportunity to win Lunch Bunch. This consists of me eating lunch in the classroom with the kids and sometimes we watch cartoons as well. During today's lunch we turned on the Disney channel to see what was on. Apparently the kids were in agreement that they didn't like the show that was on and they had a long list of shows they preferred. I heard them all sing the theme song for Witches of Waverly Place and some Miley Cyrus (Hannah Montana) songs. Did I mention that this is a group of boys who won Lunch Bunch today? They also taught me the difference between a few shows and why certain shows were better than others. I was moving furniture during most of this TV education, but I did catch something I thought was funny. So, I was asked what happens when a genius and rocket scientist get married...(because it happened on Kim Possible). You never want to marry a rocket scientist if you're a genius and vice versa because your kids will be so smart that they know how to build rockets and they'll do it in the house. I had no idea such issues were happening on the Disney channel. haha...Oh and The Suite Life of Zach and Cody is the best show on Disney!
Writing this blog has caused me to reflect daily and make changes accordingly (i.e., adding a story and question box to my desk)...it's been a wonderful thing.
Oh yeah, the title...I was asked that while walking down the hall by our resident hermit crab fanatic. Am I really supposed to know things like that?
We now have a whole class of 4th graders who have been sworn in as President of the United States! My class, of course, watched the inauguration today. I was super excited about it and transferred that energy onto my students. They sat and listened very respectfully to the entire inauguration. They also stood when they were asked to and raised their right hands to be sworn in. What can I say? They were only following the directions of the announcer!
