Days 1 and 2

Well, I've begun my final, and probably most difficult, semester at UM-Flint.  I've started student teaching at a local elementary school in a 2nd grade classroom.  The age level scared me at first, because I'm used to upper elementary children, but I've already fallen in love with these kids.  I've only been there for two days now, and I already know all of their names.  The staff members in the building are all amazing, and welcomed me with open arms.  I think I was more nervous about meeting all of the adults than I was the students, so that was a huge relief!

This first week is meant to be pretty simple for me.  I am mostly just observing and doing small things here and there.  Tomorrow morning I will be reading them a story and working on comprehension; Thursday, I'll be teaching a science lesson and planting grass seeds with them.  The first subject I'll be taking on is Math, which I'm very excited about.  I feel the most confident with Math and Language Arts, and know that there are many different activities I can do with the children that relate to math.  I cannot wait!

As we all know, kids say things sometimes that can be quite entertainning.  Right now, they're all trying to get to know me as much as I'm trying to get to know them.  So, they often come up to me to tell me something completely random.  For example, on day 1, a girl came up to me to say "I was working out on my Wii Fit last night, and I burned 153 calories!"  Later that day, a boy came up to me and said "Wanna see my muscles?" as he flexed his arm.  I said "wow, impressive!" So, he then asked "Wanna see my pushups?" and before I could respond, he was on the ground doing pushups.

So far, it seems like I'm going to have a wonderful experience.  I cannot wait to get in there and get my feet wet!