Miss Girl

Today I subbed in a fifth grade class for the first time this year. It was a good day - the kids were pretty good and we had some fun.

It was not without adventures though!

First off, there was a new student in class. He was legally blind and the teacher hadn't yet received any special large texts or magnifying glasses for him yet. The LRC teacher photocopied (enlarged) a few things for me in the morning and we kind of just had to make due for the rest of the day. He was a nice kid though, and wasn't afraid to tell me when he needed help. Once I wrote something down that was on the overhead larger for him to copy. A few times I had to read the questions in a book or on a worksheet for him. It really didn't end up being that big of a deal.

Secondly, we had a surprise fire drill! I couldn't find the fire drill class list when the alarm went off, so I was just thinking I'd have to count the kids. However, once we got out there I saw no one else had theirs either and some adult was bringing the attendance folders around to all the classes. It was cold and windy but at least it wasn't raining! And I didn't lose anyone. That's always good.

I guess the funniest moment though was during the literacy block. They switch classes for this time so I had some kids in my room that I'd not met yet. I'd introduced myself when they came in, but later in the class one kid needed to ask me a question but couldn't remember my name. He started out saying, "Excuse me, Miss...." but then couldn't remember, so he just finished with "....girl." It sounded so funny to me that I just laughed and said, "Miss Girl?!" The rest of the class of course was very quick to inform him that my name was Miss Barnes, as students will invariably do when someone makes a mistake. We had a good laugh though...and I suppose it's better to be "Miss Girl" than "Miss Old Lady!" :)