It’s a tough challenge, being in the classroom with 20 six year-olds. Oh it’s glorious, to be sure, but the task of keeping them challenged, learning and engaged is not an easy one.
I try very hard to keep all of our important educational
standards embedded in most of what we do, but I always try to remember how old
they are, and that things are sometimes easier to learn when using a “spoonful
of sugar.”
And some days, I’m just disausted.
Today for our Café Literacy stations, I was using an
engaging (or so I thought) story about a boy named “The Black Tooth
Pirate”. We read the story and
talked about the events of the book. I then pulled out the conveniently attached after-reading
assignment.
The children were supposed to complete a story map of the
book. This was not complicated,
but a bit time consuming.
“Mrs. Smythe, I’ve decided that this really is NOT a fun
activity! What is it, anyways?”
“It’s called learning. Now, get to work and try to enjoy it.”
(It can’t all be
glitter and unicorns.)
9 comments:
I'm pretty sure you meant to say you were disausted. ;-)
You really need to stop writing posts that make me miss my job. I can usually count on the other teacher blogs I read to remind me how glad I am I left. Then I come over here, and get teary-eyed cuz I miss the babies. Stop it already!
xoxox
You are doing a great job, Vodka Mom!
The worst part about school was doing assignments! lol
It says something about your teaching that Max expects the whole day to be fun--but a dose of reality is good for him, too. He might not be as lucky next year! (I can see him telling the next teacher, "You don't make it fun like Mrs. Smythe does")
Go visit this link for a smile to end a long day.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KdxEAt91D7k&feature=share
Yeah, Max!! It ain't!!
Ditto
I love the quote shared in the beginning. So true. I love that I am hearing that quote more and more lately!
Funny, my boss says "Now, get to work and try to enjoy it.” about 5 times a day.
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