It was an exciting day once again in the K/Gr1 class! It’s my FULL day in the classroom and I absolutely love it! The students were filled with so much energy to learn and play the entire day and their smiles were definitely infectious. At first I thought it was difficult, seeing that the kindergarten-grade 1 split is a pretty big learning gap… but the teacher handled the split really well. I thought that she was able to orchestrate the day in a way that allows the kindergarten students to work on activities that are suitable for their grade level and same with the grade 1s. I especially liked how the students behaved during “carpet time”, taking turns raising their hands and sharing their thoughts. They were all really well behaved for the most part. They did a math lesson today as well and the teacher read a book called, “1 is a snail, 10 is a crab”, which was one of the most brilliant story books I’ve read! It teaches math in a way that isn’t very intimidating to the children. It’s definitely a book I want to use in the future with my students.

I wasn’t able to take as many notes down as I wanted to, but that was mainly because I was helping out with the students most of the time and it was just so great. I can’t wait to be doing this for a longer time. It’s so great that the students think of me as their “OTHER TEACHER” now instead of a helper (which I was really worried was going to happen). Some even introduced me to their parents as “my other teacher in the classroom today”. It was the sweetest!

But I think the best part of the day is when a student came up to me and asked, “You’re going to be a teacher right? Like when? Tomorrow?”
I wish! 🙂 I really really wish!