Second week started off well today! I started the day off in a fourth grade classroom, and after morning meeting I had a writing workshop for the kids. The fourth graders are currently each studying a state and are working on writing a persuasive essay on why we should visit each state. I met with each child separately and we went over basic mechanics, spelling, as well as making sure everything made sense. Then, I went and worked with some second graders. The first grade is currently studying Africa, and so each child chose and animal from Africa to study, and at the end of their research they each are going to make a "book". So, during my time in that class I helped them with research on their animals, and towards the end of the class we started making their books!
Today I really felt like a teacher... from time to time the teachers have asked me to do organization things, and even grade a few things, but today I spent the whole day grading and organizing. It was pretty wild to think that I am grown enough to grade things! I always thought of that as something that held a lot of responsibility. It was really cool to do, and I was able to work with kids who I found we having a harder time understanding certain concepts. Putting numbers into grade books made my eyes sore! I really do have a greater appreciation for teachers and understand how sometimes they take a little while to grade a test or a paper. Aside from grading and organizing and the occasional sit down with kids to go over their work, I played a really good game of checkers... I am not a checkers player, but a second grade girl asked me to play today and I couldn't say no. She plays with her family so she was surprisingly good, and I was a little embarrassed to be getting beat by a...
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