A.C.E.S. Week 2
So things are SO much better. At first I wasn’t quite sure if I wanted to go back to the same forth grade classroom that I was at last time. But I’m really glad I did. I’m not sure what was with the kids the first week, but I feel a lot more comfortable with them now. I felt as though the kids were actually excited to learn and be there. Which is great, I had a lot more fun interacting with them. I think that they took into consideration what I had to say, and learned from it. They didn’t have much homework because of the long weekend they were about to have. The teachers had conferences on Thursday and Friday, and the kids seemed really excited to have a few extra days off from school. But who wouldn’t, I’m not going to lie, I was a little jealous. Anyway after homework, we continued with our “fish story� project. Becca (which is the 4th grade teacher) conducted an activity which allowed the kids to pick characters, a location, and a main theme. The kids seemed to have some great ideas and their minds were really running. Their suggestions to the activity were extremely creative. The setting was in L.A. and the main character was some singer…that I’ve never heard of, but the kids seemed to all know him. This didn’t have a lot to do with the fishing story, but it was just to motivate them and to get them excited about the story they would be starting. We ran out of time with this activity and moved to different areas where the kids got to pick what they wanted to do. I always have to leave early because I have class, so I left about 15 minutes into it. But I’m glad that I’m starting to like it more. I was really nervous after the first session, but now I’m excited to go back.