Wow! It's hard to believe we are two weeks into this year already but time flies when you're having fun! This is our second year of team teaching and it's going great! I've actually got the kiddos' names down already (which is amazing compared to last year...I swear I was still calling them the wrong names in December. Of course, Lauren, had their names memorized by the second day! ha!) One day last week, one of our little guys decided he wanted to be called, "Dave" which is nowhere even close to his real name. There was just something about him with his little face and missing front teeth that made his wanting to be called Dave absolutely hilarious and precious at the same time.
So, it's been two weeks and we've completed our milk carton communities http://simplysecondgrade.blogspot.com/2013/08/milk-carton-communities-map-skills-and.html and are moving on to directions and more mapping skills. Lauren and I were the celebrities this last week to model what it's like to be the celebrities in our classroom (the kiddos cannot wait!).
One of the best days are always on Thursdays when they get to share 3 special items from home. Saying that, of course Thursday morning came and as soon as I got to school, I realized I had forgotten my 3 special items so I quickly scrounged around the classroom for something 'special'. After finding and sharing my items, one of which was a gift that my mentor teacher had given me several years ago, Dave came to tell me how cool he thought it was that I had followed in my teacher's footsteps :) It was then that I realized that the very grownup name 'Dave' fit him well because he really is an insightful, old soul (even with the missing teeth!).... I have a feeling he's going to help make this year pretty memorable. Unfortunately, he's changed his mind about his new name....*sigh* :)
