First Week: Check!

My first week of student teaching is officially over!

I am absolutely loving my little first graders; they are so precious.

And my mentor teacher is amazing.

I'm so thankful to be placed in her class.

She is soooo awesome with the kids and I can't wait to learn from her.

So far, I have been called:

Ms. Burt

Ms. Burn

Ms. Bird

and my personal favorite, Ms. Burger.

{as you can imagine, they thought that was hysterical}

Favorite conversation so far:

Student: Do you have a mom and a dad?

Me: Yes ma'am.

Student: Still?

Me: Well yes.

Student: They're still alive?!?!

Me: Ummm yes...I'm not that old.

Oh children. They slay me.

"I know what Easter is all about."

My kindergarten class had an Easter egg hunt today after lunch. We hid the eggs on the playground and the kids went crazy!

{Oh and by "hid," I mean we literally just threw them on the ground. We had over 200 eggs and about 10 hiding spots.}

After we came back inside, a little girl in my class started tugging on my shirt to tell me something.

Student: Miss Sarah, I know what Easter is all about.

Me: You do?! Tell me.

S: It's about Jesus!

M: That's right! And what happened??

S: He died.

M: Andddd...

S: He came back alive!

M: Yes He did!

Seriously made my day. Child-like faith. I love it.

Conversations with Kindergarteners

Lots of interesting happenings in Kindergarten today. Those kids are just crazy.

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Upon entering the classroom this morning

Student: Ms. Sarah! You went to the beach again!

Me: No I didn't! What makes you say that?

Student: You have all those brown dots on your face again! (referring to my freckles)

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We were talking about fantasy vs. reality in our reading time.

Teacher: Is Ariel from The Little Mermaid fantasy or reality?

Students: Fantasy!

Teacher: What about Cinderella?

Students: Fantasy!

Teacher: How about leprechauns?

Students (except for one girl): Fantasy!

Girl: But I thought they were real!

Teacher: Nope, sorry.

Girl: Aw, shoot!

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PS in case you were wondering, school has completely taken over my life. Hence all the posts about kindergarten and the lack of posts about anything else.

Hope everyone is having a wonderful week!

Conversations with Kindergarteners

For those of you who don't know me (which is most of you), I am pretty pale. In the summer, I will burn if I don't wear 30 SPF on the reg. When I do wear sunscreen, I will eventually tan. But without fail, my face gets thousands of freckles. And I'm not really exaggerating.

So after Spring Break, my body was tan and my face had all these little freckles, which from far away, make my face look really tan. Up close however, you can see them individually. Gives me a child-like quality. I'm used to this but apparently my kids are not. This is what went down last Tuesday.

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Boy: Whoa what happened to your face?!

Me: Ummm...what do you mean?

Boy: I mean what happened to your face?!

Me: I'm not really sure what you're asking...

Boy: You have little brown dots all over you!!!

Me: Those are called freckles.

Boy: Whatever. They look weird.

Me: Wow. Gee thanks.

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Well I thought my freckles were cute.

Leave it to five-year-olds to tear you down.

Overheard

"I don't wanna go to Mexico no more more more.

There's a big, fat policeman at the door door door.

He'll grab you by the collar,

make you pay a dollar.

I don't wanna go to Mexico no more more more."

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Two Hispanic children were singing this today in line.

Ironic? Weird? Confusing?

Answer: All of the above.

Fried Oprah

On Friday, we had a potluck lunch for the teachers in honor of Black History Month. I'm not really sure what a potluck has to do with anything. But I never pass up free food. Especially when it's fried chicken.

I was also excited to see fried okra. Yummmm...my favorite food ever.

I generally eat with my students so they were all excited to see the goodies I had on my plate.

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            Student: Is that fried oprah?

            Me: I'm sorry. What?!

            Student: Fried oprah. Is that what you're eating?

            Me: Ummmm no. That would be cannibalism. I'm eating fried okra.

            Student: Oh right. That's what I said.

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Oh kindergarteners. You just never know what they're going to say.

And just for your enjoyment:

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Conversations with Kindergarteners

Time for more quotes from my little cuties!

Me: Alright let's line up!
Student: I love your shirt.
Me: Thank you! Now get in line with your friends, please!
Student: Okay but I really like your scarf.
Me: Aww you're so sweet! But I really need you to get in line.
Student: Alright but you're a really pretty girl.

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Student: Do you like to wear dresses?
Me: I sure do!
Student: Oh well I was thinking that you could come over to my house. You could wear a dress and I could wear a dress and we could dance around like ballerinas.
Me: Hmm...I'll have to think about that one.

Kids Say the Darndest Things

So today was my first full day in a Kindergarten classroom!

Let's just say I am exhausted.

I don't know how they do it...I could never teach that age.

Second or third grade is more my style.

Despite the fact that this isn't my favorite, I'm still really looking forward to the semester.

I love my teachers and the students are really sweet, even if they are so young.

What I'm most looking forward to are the conversations I'll be having.

Here's a sneak preview of what's to come:

Student: How old are you?

Me: 21.

S: Oh wow! Have you ever had a baby?

Me: No silly! I'm not married!

S: Oh okay. Where do babies come from?

Me: Sooo how many brothers and sisters do you have?

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Student: Do you have a boyfriend?

Me: No ma'am I do not.

S: Well I know an older boy and he was just telling me he was looking for a Ms. Sarah.

Me: Oh really?! Send him my way.