Thank-you for first graders

I haven't written here for awhile. I intended to write here whenever something really funny happened or something interesting ahppened, but I never got around to it. Oh well. But, I wanted to (in a way) say thank-yous for my first grade class this year. Technically, you weren't really my students, but I enjoyed helping you and watching you grow. You have all changed so much since I first came in September. Thank-you for showing me all about what first grade is like. Thank-you for making me laugh and think and listen. It's wierd to think that when I am out of college in four years, you will be in *gasps!* FIFTH GRADE! But it is okay. I will teach other kids, but your class will always be remembered as a special one. So, thank-you :)

Something I noticed...

Usually I come in to the class working on writing assigments, but today they were working on a math lesson. I sat at a table with five students. Many of them were so easily distracted and were doing pretty much anything besides "spill the beans" except for one little boy. He was speeding through the paper so fast! This is the kid who usually sits in front of his paper and says, "I have a headache, I can't think of what to write." So the question is, is he more interested in math related things or is he more skilled in math? O_o

So nice to be loved...

I walked in today and I was asked to help two students fix their sentences they had written about fire safety. One of the girls saw me and patted the table for me to sit by her. (Usually, I sit at the round table and watch a group of students while they write.) I sat at the smaller table and starting working with someone else. She came and sat down at the other chair, so I asked her, "Are you supposed to be sitting here?" She nodded yes and then I asked, "Did the teacher say you could be back here?" Again, she nodded, but I told her I was working with another student today. She said, "I wanted to sit here with you today."