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.
Your love for your students come through in your writing, Tony. It is so obvious to me that you want only the best for them and from them. Keep up the great work.
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