The Triumph: The big Mondays with all of the Kinders are always a little more difficult, so I consider getting through the day a triumph. I got the kids where they needed to be, on time, all throughout the day. We didn't have to wait to wash our hands at the sink before lunch (which we mostly have to do on Mondays since we come straight from P.E.) AND they all made it home! Success!
The Struggle: Hearing heart-breaking information about students is just hard. I wonder how some teachers manage to be so involved in the home lives of their students, when others seem that they just don't care what happens once they leave the classroom. I feel like I am always thinking about how my students are doing at home and how that effects them when they come to school.
The Ludicrousness: Some teacher and student quotes today. I had some time to go observe in the other Kinder classroom today (Thanks!) during a lesson on Thinking-Maps and analogies. The book being read was "Tacky the Penguin," and it is about a penguin that is very different from the other penguins. The teacher asked her students if they ever felt like Tacky and one boy next to me says "I'm silly a lot of the time!" And he most certainly is!
My favorite teacher quote today was in the hall, as one Kinder class (mine) was passing the other Kinder class. And the other teacher stated to her students: "Remember, mobs scare people and lines make people happy!" I lost it and just started cracking up! My kids were curious and wanted to know why. I just said, "Because Mrs. _ is funny!"
Did we read Tacky the Penguin one time while you were home?
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