School Visit

I went to the Cosgrove school this week and again it was a very nice visit, but some interesting topics came out of the topic this week. We were working on a syllable activity and I was incorporating some of the spelling words the children had been using in class. By doing this this I would have the kids come up with sentences with the words and some of the sentences they said were quite sad. For example one girl said that her grandmother had a disorder thats why she couldn't get off the couch or another boy said my mom said never to be disrespectful or I'd get a slap. Like some of the sentences that were saying were so heart-breaking, but at the same time time some of the other ones made you think about how smart these kids really are. But anyways, as I walked thru the hallways before I got my children I walked slowly and could hear some of the teachers yelling at their students which is typical at the Cosgrove school. I guess they use it as a way of spreading some type of order throughout the school. Then I entered my classroom where the class had just gotten back from lunch and they were preparing to take some type of test, so the kids put up their folders or books to protect their answers. Ms. Alice was extremely nice to me as usual, she told me about how her son was choosing a school and how stressed he was so I gave a couple words of advice, I don't know much it helped but I tried.

After all this I met up with the three 3 students I always teach and they begged for me to start coming three days a week, but I tried to explain why I couldn't so they moved on to the next topic, which was if I was ever going to bring them a treat. They are too funny :). After our discussion about how their weekend was, we got to work . The kids were extremely well behaved this time and tried there best to practice there reading skills. It was a complete turnaround from the last time, but I was definitely glad to see it. After we worked we talked a little more about college and they were asking me funny questions like if I was a good student and stuff like that. When we were done chit chatting I left and told them I'd have a surprise for them next time. Well, that was all for this week see ay in a week....:)