First Day Back!

Well, okay, I guess subbing isn't so bad. Today was one of those days when I go "Oh, yeah! I guess this can be a pretty sweet job...sometimes".

So, today I had the pleasure of hanging out with a class of 5th graders in south Salem - at one of my top 5 favorite schools. This class had I think 21 or 22 students on the roster (AMAZING!), and there were 20 of them there when I arrived, only 19 left when I actually took over (one got called out by the office shortly after I got there). Anyways, when I came in the door a few of them saw me and said "yay!" - so either this was because they remembered me and liked me or they were thinking that they had a new person in the room to torture. I was hoping for the former. :)

Turns out their teacher wasn't leaving until 2, so she had me hole-punch some stuff, and cut up some other stuff, and count some more stuff, and check off still some more stuff. It was pretty simple, and it gave me something to do while everyone was at lunch - I'd eaten before I came.

When they got back from lunch they did some math with their teacher, and I walking around a little, then they did some writing and then sharing of their writing, so I just listened - and laughed and lot because a lot of them were pretty funny with their writing. After this their teacher left and I was supposed to have them do this interview worksheet with a partner. Basically I randomly paired them up by pulling popsicle sticks out of a pile and then I had the kids pass out the papers and then I walked around and made sure they did the worksheet! haha that was some pure teaching skill I tell ya. When they finished we went outside for their second recess and that was it! We came in 20 minutes later and they packed up, cleaned up and I sent them home (a couple minutes early even I was feeling so generous!)

So yeah, I only actually did anything sort of resembling teaching for about 30 minutes and I'm going to get paid for half a day's work! Pretty good deal for me today.

Oh, and turns out the kids (at least some of them) did remember me from last year - hence the "yay"s. Didn't remember my name, but I wasn't too offended - I didn't remember any of their's either! :)