Just like always, when I stepped into the classroom a bunch if kids said hi and welcomed me. I wish I could go back to the time when my whole class were kids. It would be more of a welcoming entrance than an awkward one! They were all in the reading corner reading a book. I could tell it must have been funny because the kids were all giggling.
I remember being that little first grader listening to my teacher read stories. Our whole class would read "Captain Underpants" (I know shocker!), but it was so funny and we really loved it. It was such a big hit, we made our own versions of "Captain Underpants" stories and drew our own illustrations. Old memories... REAL old!
After the story was finished, I worked with a kid on their spelling words. I noticed how all the kids were faster than before. A few kids still got they and there mixed up but I was so grateful that I didn't have to explain to them why the L is silent in walk (Thank you Mrs. Teacher for making my work a little bit easier! It must be like that for the teachers; they'd sure want the parents to make their job a little bit easier!). There were new words too but overall three out if the four kids I worked with had no trouble. I still decided to play that game where I would flash the cards they got wrong back and forth and then have them point to the words I said (it became a favorite game, I guess), but I barely had to do it. It seems as if Mrs. Teacher has taught them well!I always thought that my help wasn't really needed because I only did flashcards and stuff, but the teacher is always so grateful.
We used to have a peer tutoring program at my school where NJHS would help kids but I was always so hesitant to help because...well... they were my peers! Now I love tutoring these little kids and each week I know them a bit more than I did the last. Now it's finally not weird when a middle schooler walks down the halls of an elementratry school. I no longer have little eyes looking my way probably thinking "What is she doing here?!? Now whenever I pass the kids in hallways, they always smile, say hi, and tell me they'll see me in class. I apart of the class now ;)
I'm really glad I got assigned to this class. Even though I don't learn like they do, I learn simple lessons about friends, teaching, and being a leader.
-WRITTEN 1/18/2012
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