Week 2 Service at Thomas Edison Elementary

          My second week went very well. I am still working with the same students and they are beginning to warm up to me. But I have also worked with other students. Some have been challenges like a kid named Cory. He is a bit of a trouble make, and his reading is under average. I'm really trying to work with him because he needs to step up his act and his reading. I have also worked with this girl named Tamyra. She is a sweet little girl and loves to read to me. Not only that but she is a superb reader, way above her grade level it seems. The only problem is that I don't get to work with her a lot because she is doing so well. I think a weird part of this class is that, besides Cory, all the troublemakers seem to be the best readers. I'm not sure why this is but it is the truth.

         I have also been doing the same things with the first graders, which is just listening to them reading to me. I can tell that this class has a lot more behavioral issues but that's probably because they are younger and immature. But it seems that the first graders are warming up to me a lot faster. Most of them are not afraid to talk to me and a few have even come up to me and given me hugs, after just two weeks! I do enjoy this class just as much as my fourth. I'm trying to keep the kids in check, but it is hard. But just like my fourth grade class the best readers are the biggest troublemakers it's a little weird. But in all I have had a good couple of weeks working with these kids and I'm glad to work with them for the rest of the semester.