tales of a student teacher.

Today was honestly so good I am smiling in my room alone as I write this…awkward.

I was nervous, because I knew we were getting a new student today. Not any new student- a student from Puerto Rico, a student getting Special Education services, and a student that MIGHT have to take the CMT’s next month! SO.

But I sat down with her today and did as much as I could with the LIMITED Spanish that I know- meaning I sat down with her and wrote addition and subtraction problems in a piece of paper, trying to gauge where she’s at. She can do double digit multiplication, single digit subtraction, AND she can read/write on grade level in Spanish- which was so much better than we were hoping for!! We also found out she is exempt from the CMT because she’s been in America for less than ten months- so that was also a huge relief. So much less stress than we thought. (:

Then during math, I sat down with a group of four students who had trouble adding fractions yesterday, just for some extra practice. Another non-English speaker was in the group with me- and I MADE HER UNDERSTAND adding fractions!!! Somehow the way I drew the pictures/wrote the numbers/made hand gestures/spoke my horrible Spanish WORKED and she can add fractions now!!! SO GRATIFYING. :D

Because today is Tuesday, the kids had a half day and we had professional development, which today was CMT Prep & Lesson Writing, which went SO WELL, and we were out of school by 3:30……..where I found a stray chihuahua throwing up by my car. My life is literally a movie.

(: In such a good mood right now!