I have spent 8 hours at my school so far. I can honestly say I have completely loved every minute I have spent there. Because of scheduling conflicts, the majority of my time has been spent in Mrs. Carpenter's 4th grade class. Today however, I was able to spent an hour and a half in my son's 5th grade class. His teacher is Mrs. Woodruff. She is an amazing teacher and I thoroughly enjoyed being able to be there.
Today I was able to spend a little one on one time with some small groups in his class. Naturally I helped out my son's group first :). They were working on persuasive essays on why or why not the school should allow vending machines. I was not in the slightest bit surprised to see that my son's group was for vending machines. They had finished the majority of the paper but were stuck on the conclusion. I helped the boys think of ways to reintroduce the topic and their reasons for wanting the vending machines. I didn't agree with their reasons but they did a great job nonetheless! When the students were finished with their essays they were ready to be typed. I was expecting the kids to put their papers into their backpacks to take home and type. Instead they went to the back of the room and grabbed some laptops to begin typing on. When I was in 5th grade we went to a computer lab that had ancient computers. We didn't type our reports until 7th grade and even then we had to do it at home or set up time in the library. Craziness!
I wish I could have spent a little more one on one time with the kids but my 4 year old at home was needing his mom so hopefully next time I can get that opportunity!
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