The girls are really starting to communicate with me, and not just when it's necessary. Today "A" sat with me after school for 5 minutes and told me how her horse had a baby and her dad is going to America for a week. She told me that she loves to learn English because she wants to go to America, too. She told me maybe I could come to her house on 11/16/ 2011 - not sure why that date - to see her horse and baby.
"S" is my little morning helper. She is dropped off at the school at 7 am each morning so her mother can be a bus monitor. I invited her to come into the room to do small tasks for me, things like cut, write the schedule, and staple worksheets. She talks and talks, and sometimes I understand her and sometimes not. But at least she's talking, and each day it gets better and better.
"H" is my ADHD child. She is never in her seat, and she cares nothing about her work. Today was our first day in centers and she worked hard to write down the words the other girls had put in ABC order. She is so far behind, still writing backwards her name and most words. While in centers she seemed very focused and when she brought me her paper she was so proud. I sat with her for some one-on-one time and showed her how to write the words forwards. Even though she wrote 3 word sentences instead of 5 word sentences I gave her the sticker - she did the best she could for her language development. Later in math she did not understand what to do. Instead of the usual "do it and get it over with" attitude, she approached me to help her. She told me she did not know. So again, we sat one on one (on the floor, as we have no table) and she got it!
Overall, if I can just figure out how to adjust the levels in the centers to each group and then have TIME to make all the centers I guess things will be on the right track.
I tell myself each day - my job is not nearly as bad as it could be. I have stories from other teachers that amaze me. One teacher had 7 fist fights in one 45 minute class period. One teacher reported being stalked by a student. Another teacher had a heart attack from his stress. My girls chat and steal my stuff and are generally slobs, but they do love me, and I'm starting to love them, too.
"S" is my little morning helper. She is dropped off at the school at 7 am each morning so her mother can be a bus monitor. I invited her to come into the room to do small tasks for me, things like cut, write the schedule, and staple worksheets. She talks and talks, and sometimes I understand her and sometimes not. But at least she's talking, and each day it gets better and better.
"H" is my ADHD child. She is never in her seat, and she cares nothing about her work. Today was our first day in centers and she worked hard to write down the words the other girls had put in ABC order. She is so far behind, still writing backwards her name and most words. While in centers she seemed very focused and when she brought me her paper she was so proud. I sat with her for some one-on-one time and showed her how to write the words forwards. Even though she wrote 3 word sentences instead of 5 word sentences I gave her the sticker - she did the best she could for her language development. Later in math she did not understand what to do. Instead of the usual "do it and get it over with" attitude, she approached me to help her. She told me she did not know. So again, we sat one on one (on the floor, as we have no table) and she got it!
Overall, if I can just figure out how to adjust the levels in the centers to each group and then have TIME to make all the centers I guess things will be on the right track.
I tell myself each day - my job is not nearly as bad as it could be. I have stories from other teachers that amaze me. One teacher had 7 fist fights in one 45 minute class period. One teacher reported being stalked by a student. Another teacher had a heart attack from his stress. My girls chat and steal my stuff and are generally slobs, but they do love me, and I'm starting to love them, too.
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