I've enjoyed my students so much this year. I actually do often think about my old students, and really do miss them. Whenever I want to illustrate something that I want my class to do or not do, I often say something like... "My third graders last year where really good at..." or "My third graders last year always forgot to..." It's funny because they all feel like they really know my old students and talk about them like they're best buds. So, anyway, my class last year loved that Dynamite song that was (is?) really popular... you know, "I wanna celebrate and live my life sayin' aay-oh..." and they would just sing it randomly together while they were working. On Thursday, my second graders, while working on a science project just started singing it...the SAME song! It made me really happy... :)
My other story involves two students... we'll call them Maria and Juanito. Maria is a smart, feisty chica. Juanito is a super spazzy, not always with-it chico. They sit next to each other. I look over at their table to see Maria standing with her hands on her hips glaring at Juanito. I said to Maria, "You look very angry. Is something wrong?" She says while giving Juanito the death glare, "He keeps calling me his girlfriend!" I look at Juanito and ask him, "Well, is she your girlfriend, Juanito?" He bats his eyelashes at me and looks down at his desk. Then I say, "Well, it looks like Maria is pretty angry about you saying that. Do you think you should continue?" And he looks at Maria, looks at me, and says "But, Mees Meechelle, is that she is so linda..." (linda=beautiful) His english is still very much coming along. Maria just stands there hands on hips ready to breath fire. I about died laughing on the inside, and may have let it out a little...
Happy weekend, everyone!
