Week 11 Service at Thomas Edison Elementary

       Week 11 was a short yet fun week. My class behaved so well and were extremely attentive, I was very proud of their improvement. We didn't do much though, since I was only their for two days but I had a good time with them. The kids love me and cannot stop hugging me. I get there with about with about five minutes left of recess and all the kids always run over to me and want me to play with them or talk to them. There is this girl named Alison who cannot keep away from me. She always, always comes over to me during recess and when the bell rings she stands by my side while we walk to the line, she is so sweet. Unfortunately I will not see my class for two whole weeks! I will miss them a lot and I can't wait until I will see them after thanksgiving break. Hopefully they do well without me and by the time I get back hopefully they will be very attentive and always listening instead of having off an on day.

       I really had only one day with my first and second grade class last week. On Tuesday they had a field trip that they didn't inform me about, so I just did playground duty the time I was with them. It was kind of boring but it wasn't that bad. When they came back the next day it wasn't any different than the usual. They just read to me and they did well. I'm happy that they read well but same as my kindergarten class, hopefully they do well when I'm gone. I will miss that class two while I'll be gone for two weeks.

Week 10 Service at Thomas Edison Elementary

     Compared to last week, this week was ten times better. The kids behaved and actually listened and payed attention, I was very proud. Nothing extraordinary really happened last week, everything went routine as usual. The only difference was that one class was all about bullying, and the whole week was dedicated to anti bullying. This just makes me remember when I was back in kindergarten getting to dress up in crazy socks, or dress up as a super hero for the week. Or just discuss about bullying. Luckily both schools I've been to have really had no bullying what so ever. I'm not quite sure about bullying at Thomas Edison. I haven't seen anything that bad except kids being kids in the sense that they will hit each other now and then but that's it, nothing long term. But at the same time I'm also only in a kindergarten class.

     My first grade class is doing well also. I'm doing the same thing with them, just having them read to me. I think they did a lot better two weeks ago in reading because last week I saw a few kids not knowing easy words. Hopefully though, they pick up the slack in this upcoming week. I have seen a great improvement in following directions during physical education, and the teacher only has to tell them once what to do. Hopefully the stay like this the rest of the year. And I'm looking forward to working this week.

Week 9 Service at Thomas Edison Elementary.

       My kindergarten class didn't have the greatest week last week. They weren't paying attention and were being very disruptive. There is this one girl who never sprays attention and is always wandering around the classroom. Last week it seems that everyone was following what she was doing, so everyone was just not behaving. Even at recess this one boy was hitting kids and when we got back to the classroom the teacher had to have a discussion with him and I was kind of left in charge of the class. Well you probably know how kids behave when their teacher isn't present. I couldn't keep them under control. I had to give the kids verbal warnings, which is like a punishment to them, it's hard to explain. But hopefully they are better next week and I am looking  forward to working with them tomorrow morning.

       I guess it was opposite week last week because my first grade class behaved better than my kindergarten class. What surprised me the most and what made me proud of them was that during physical education they were actually paying attention and following the instructions of the teacher. They are even doing better in reading. The teacher put out a rule that if they missed a word that I had to take a tiger ticket from them, which is like a reward. So this really put them into concentration mode and only a couple of kids missed words. Hopefully they can keep up their work and attentiveness into this week.