Week 1- Day 2- Kindergarten

I survived day two.

I am having a really hard time adjusting to this fast paced day! I am still starving by the time snack time rolls around because my lunch time is at 9:30. I am also having a really hard time getting used to centers.

If you don't know what centers are, it basically consists of students being split into groups of 5 or 6. Each group goes to a different table for a half hour and completes an activity relating to the content standards. I think I just love whole group instruction, so teaching the same thing during centers all week long is getting old. I don't know how high school teachers teach the same thing for 5 periods a day. I think once I am able to make my own lesson plans for centers, I won't be feeling so weird about the whole thing.

I am getting to know my students better which is really enjoyable. It is funny to see cliques already forming in kindergarten. Today during snack time a bunch of girls and I sat together and discussed how we like each others hair and we talked about how we like to play with nail polish, etc. When I got up and sat with the boys, they talked about how they all didn't like girls but had girlfriends and how much they loved them. One little boy, a five year old, thought he was super rad because his girlfriend is a six year old that goes to a different school.

After school we had a staff meeting. I enjoy seeing all of the other student teachers from my program. When I taught third grade, my friend Katie was right across the hall from me and we spent our morning together talking and hanging out. This morning she text me and told me she accidentally walked to our old student teaching stomping grounds. I got slightly nostalgic thinking about it.

Tomorrow is day three!

Quotes of the day:
1.
Teacher: Where would you go in your hot wheels?
Student: A concert.
Teacher: Who would you see in concert?
Student: Diana Ross

2.
Student: Miss. Hobbs, my mom says "love" a lot.
Me: Does she say "I love you" to you?
Student: Yes, and I always say it back. I love girls.
Me: Oh, what a good son!
Student: Yeah, I love all girls... especially Ava and Madison!