Okay, so the second day is over and wow! I had my kids do this shield project. I cut out a shield from posterboard. They then had to put their photos on it (I took them yesterday and had them developed so they were there when the kids got here today) and then they had to divide the shield into four parts: Goals, Favorite things, people they admire, and uniqe things. They also had to come up with a motto along the sash. Some were more creative than others (I gave them magazines, markers/crayons, glue etc. My fifth hour was the most amazing...they really got into it and I can't wait for them to present tomorrow. I really hope they let me hang them on the walls in the hallways.
So, about my classes...They're pretty cool. My biggest class is 24 kids, but it will probably be about 22 once everything shakes out. My AP kids don't start coming to that class until next week, which is nice for me becuase I can get my feet wet this week before havign to actually teach at 7:15. There are only three kids enrolled in that class, too, which is awesome, but also makes me nervous since it's my first time teaching it and none of my collegeboard materials have come in yet. Neither have my French textbooks, which would be okay, except I forgot to order dictionaries so the activities that I have planned won't work very well with three dictionaries to split between 22 kids!
So, that was my day in a nutshell. Still have kids hasseling me about my height, have kids harping me about my heels, and I think I have found my "James/Mike"... no Matt yet, though. Definately found my "Veronica/Katie" team and my Ashely Vaughen. I can't wait to decide who my other kids are and send you all photos of them!
Capy (for six more weeks!)
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You found someone to replace me? No, wait, US?!? You really think that is possible to replace to of the greatest students you have ever had in your entire life?!?
Sweet, Capy. Real sweet.
So how about that Appalachian State, huh? Go Blue!
No, no, not replace...the student REMINDS me of the two of you!
Yeah, go blue...eh....
thats right mike. you get replaced. but no one can compare to the awesomeness that is me.
how ironic that your fifth hour was your coolest hour two years in a row...
that shield project is really cool, i wish we could have done it :[
I didn't know about it before the FW institute. Sorry.
I knew you were going to say something about the fifth hours. But, they really do remind me of one another. One day they can be lively and fun, and the next, I want to pull my hair out...which was yesterday!
Hopefully today will be better. We're playing "getting to know you bingo" and describing our life as a crayon...they start with the sentence, "Ms. Capy's students think outside the box of Crayola Crayons..."
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