Throughout the past few months, the smallest victories have proven to be my saving graces.1. Whenever I ask my kids WHY we are doing a lesson, I can 100% count on one (sometimes all) of my kids to say "so we can be ready for third grade and then go on to COLLEGE!"
2. I can see the difference in my kids reading fluency/skills. One day while watching ITeachFor read a math problem from his book I told him "Wow, you are really getting better at reading bud, I'm proud of you!" To which he replied "Ms. M, before I came to your class I couldn't read very good. But now with all those books and stuff you letting me borrow, I'm gonna be the best in the whole class." (This would be an appropriate place to say THANK YOU to my parents, Aunt Jannie and family friends who single-handedly built my library - you are making a DIRECT impact in the lives of my students... for that I am SO grateful!)
3. Getting called "Mom or
Auntie" by my students. I know it's silly, but sometimes I think they're actually confused. If nothing else, I give these kids LOVE!4. My student's behavior is steadily improving (let me rephrase... MY behavior management is improving) and teaching is subsequently becoming easier. My students respect the authority I have in the classroom, and know that I have their best interests at heart.
5. They are developing confidence. The other day a student from a different class came up and said "I hear you are doing college and high school stuff in your class." "YEP, I replied, we are!" My kids are finding missing addends in word problems (algebra!) and writing letters on laptop computers (college...? I for one did a lot of typing on the computer those four years). I tell them EVERY DAY how smart they are. Because it's true.
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