Observation

I was able to observe and work with my first graders today. CUTEST. KIDS. EVER.

We had a fire drill today and on our walk back a little girl that I had last year grabbed my hand and held it all of the way back to the classroom. She is just the cutest thing ever. I was also able to work with them during their math lesson. It was amazing. I am so excited to get started.

Last year there was a little boy in the morning kinder class I worked with who liked to be mischievous. For example, I told him to put his gummy bears in his backpack outside. When he came back inside, he had a huge mouthful of gummy bears. After I confronted him about it, he put his head down, held out his arms, and jumped on my lap for a hug. Today the same little boy went on the computer to take a reading test after I told him he couldn't. When I told him that he wasn't listening to directions he put his head down and gave me sad eyes every time I looked at him. It took every ounce of strength to keep from laughing at the little guy. I just love him.

I think I have mentioned before that I am the worst person in the world at remembering names. Like seriously, I will memorize faces but if you want me to remember a name, forget about it. Luckily I have 23 kids in my class and more than half were in my kinder classes from last year. There are a few names that I am still working on but if I am able to continue to go in between now and break, I will have their names down and all will be golden in the world of Cass.

Danielle, the teacher that I am long terming for, is explaining everything for me as we go which is making me feel very safe. Maybe safe is the wrong word, but I feel like everything is going to run very smoothly because I will already know what to do. I am an extremely organized person so having Danielle spell everything out for me in detail is a great help. It just makes me that much more excited. Only a month-ish to go!