My Cowboy Fish!

Yup.... one of my students drew a fish that was a cowboy.  He also drew a worm as a cowboy and an alligator eating a cowboy.  All are now in his science notebook and today during science I heard him exclaim to his table mates "Look!  My cowboy fish!"  Best. Science. Notebook. Ever.

The Triumph:  Today I led a small math discussion.  I have been working on the types of questions that I ask of students, as well as advice from my cooperating teacher on the delivery of those questions.  Students were involved in the discussion of dot cards (which are just that... half sheet cards, with a varying amount of dots on them) AND there was actually a great deal of sharing going on!  Students were listening to each other.  Students weren't shouting out!  I only had to remind them a couple of times of what it was they were supposed to be doing.  I really am just excited about both my development in questioning and the growing that they are doing as learners!

The Struggle:  As I was leaving school, I noticed a student of mine and his two brothers walking away from the school.  Normally these students walk home, but recently they have been crossing a busy street to head to a nearby city bus stop.  It worries me, and knowing the background of these students it worries me even more.  Another intern and I wondered if we should follow them, or even offer them a ride home, but is that crossing the line?  I wish I knew what to do to help them more!

The Ludicrousness:  During share-time at the end of the day, I was sitting next to one of my students who stated that he had not been feeling well.  We were going around the circle and stopped on two of the girls in class, who wanted to share together.  They were sharing a drawing that one of them had done as a gift for the other, and then stated that the boy sitting next to me was in the drawing.  He turned, looked at me with a slight smirk on his face and said "Now that's just creepy."  I just laughed and told him he must just be a popular guy.  This is the same little guy who, a few weeks ago, gave me the 411 on Justin "Beaver".  In his words, "He is a weird kid, that all the girls think is cute!"  When I asked if Justin "Beaver" came to our school, he looked at me as if I was absolutely insane!!