But I went back to sleep for 30 minutes or so before I had to get ready.
I arrived at the school and signed in, and then made my way to the kindergarten classroom. The room I was in was bilingual. The morning class was all in English and the afternoon class was all in Spanish. The assistants arrived (I got 2!) and I was glad to have the help. Then I realized why I got 2 assistants - because there are 36 kids on the roster for the am class and 34 for the pm. The morning class' attendance list was so long it didn't even fit on one page!!
So it was a wild day. But we made it work. The assistants were amazing help - it was like have extra teachers in the room. We did station time, which was fun. The kids cracked up when I made a giant tower of unifix cubes and then it fell on me. One boy in the morning class liked me so much that on his way out the door he happily exclaimed, "See you tomorrow teacher!" When I told him I probably wouldn't be here tomorrow because his teacher would be back, he made a sad little face and said, "I wish you would stay and be our teacher! You are cool and nice and funny!" (Something like that at least). I told him maybe I'd see him again sometime and he said he hoped so. Its nice to have the kids like you.
2 comments:
Wow! That many kids with an older group would be crazy enough (I imagine), but 36 little wiffers! Yikes. You are one brave cookie my friend. Hugs, Rhonda
I know what you mean about it being fun to have the kids like you. I can't believe they have that many kids in the classes. I can't imagine much of anything going on but crowd control.
Love you!!! MOM
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