Well I made it through the first day of student teaching kindergarten! I am pooped! Who knew 32 kinders could wear you out so much? Yup, I said 32. 32 kindergarteners in one class. I about peed myself when I heard that. I only had 30 when I was student teaching third grade. It wasn't as bad as I thought it was going to be though.
My master teacher seems pretty amazing. I feel bad because I am always a little shy at first with people I don't really know. I felt like I was being such an awkward llama when we were getting to know each other, so my goal for tomorrow is to try not to be so shy.
Everything in kindergarten seems like it moves at such a fast pace. The lessons are quick, the students are quick, the day is quick. I think it is going to take me a while to get used to. I am not quite sure how I am going to teach lessons to students because they are so quick. I am sure everything will work out though, it always seems to.
I am teaching afternoon kindergarten so in the morning we prep and then help out the morning kindergarten teacher. My lunch time is at 9:30 in the morning!!! Eating chicken at 9:30 in the morning was not the most exciting experience of my life so I had to reevaluate my meals for tomorrow. I packed a bunch of little snacks to eat throughout the day so I won't be starving by the time school is out.
I am beginning to remember a few of the student's names. One little boy reminds me of a kid I pictured as being a character in the book The Hunger Games so he will be easy for me to remember. Every time he smiles at me his chubby cheeks turn bright red. PRECIOUS.
There are two boys in my class that are identical twins. Today they wore the EXACT same thing too. My master teacher told me that she recognizes the difference between the boys because one of the boy's eyebrows are lighter than his brother's. I don't know how helpful that is because they never sit still long enough for me to get a glance of their eyebrows. One day I will get it.
After school a little boy from my third grade class ran into my kinder class and gave me a hug. I guess he knew that I started my first day in kinder. Seeing him was so wonderful. His hug made my day.
I think I keep comparing kinder to third grade. I need to stop that. The two classes are completely different. Although I loveeeee my third graders I need to make more of an effort to get to know my kinders or I am not going to have the great experience that I want. I just need to figure out a way to stop connecting the two classes.
Quote of the Day:
Student 1: "Bikes are fast."
Student 2: "Jesus is fast."
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