Tuesday, October 25, 2011

First Day!

Today was my first day in my fourth grade class for a month. And boy are those kids cute!! I am always reminded of why I choose teaching the minute I walk into a classroom. The little girls in there were full of compliments which made my day :)

Yep...I'm gonna take a moment to brag about those cute quotes of the day:
1. You're really pretty.
2. That's a cute shrug.
3. Thanks for being our cool student teacher.

Warning: The following may not be very exciting if you aren't a teacher...but I had to share.

So one hobby of mine is reading. I always have a book that I am currently reading. Lately I've been big into children's literature because I think I need to know more of what's out there so I can introduce kids to a variety of books. So today I thought of a cute/useful idea. Walking around the class every student had a different book and I really wanted to know what it was and if they liked it, etc. So I went to the store and bought a little case and index cards. I then created labels (A-Z). Each student will write their name on the top of the card. They will keep it filed in the box at all time. If they want, when they finish a book, they'll come to the box, find their card and write down the title and author and a quick opinion...whether they liked it, loved it, it was okay, didn't like it, etc. I am super excited because I'll finally see what the kids are reading and it will also reveal their likes and dislikes based on the books they choose. So I am going to try it out and see how it goes!! I think I will then start a database that will have the titles of all the books students read from previous years so that students can look them up and see what others kids thought of the book. I don't know how that will work yet but I think it's a good idea for now!

Well I'm off to bed. Got to wake up early so I can look cute. Gonna be at school all day and then go straight to work for some interviews. Thankfully I'll get off around 9 so I won't have too long of a day. We'll save that for Thursday when I'll have to be at school by 7:30 until 3:30 and then I'll work from 6-2:30. WOOT WOOT!! haha