More 2nd grade humour

"If you could change anything in Sioux Center what do you wish you could change?"


Response: "That they don't cut down the trees in the forest".......

hmmm...last time I checked Sioux Center didn't have too much forestry..lol

We were talking about Martin Luther King Jr. today, and we were talking about his I have a dream speech. The 2nd graders are going to write down their dreams later this week, and when I asked the students what their dreams are, this is what one little girl said :).

Funny 2nd Grade Quote:

What is your dream???
"I don't remember my dreams."

Haha, I know I know I said I was done writing after that last post, but then I saw something on my fri'dge that reminded me of a something that happened this week, actually it happened yesterday. So *Jake (name change :) ) was messing around during math, and I didn't see what he was doing, but apparently he was writing funny numbers on his white board making the kids on the other side of the room laugh, but from where I was standing I couldn't see that, however, the teacher did..haha so he had to write me a note of apology and read it to me, this is what it said :
I'm really really sorry that I was goofing off when you were teaching us math Mrs. Boggio. I will try not to do that again.

He was so cute when he read it to me, his little cheeks were so red and he looked like he was going to cry, I felt so bad for him, but then again, it probably taught him something! :)

Oh another story!!! HAHA we were singing today, and we typically sing with the other second grade class and this little 2nd grader (in the other 2nd grade class) kept staring at me and he wasn't singing, so the other 2nd grade teacher was like Eddie (not his real name of course) stop staring at the student teacher, I know she is pretty but I think she is a little old for you, any who this kid turned like bright red and all the little girls were laughing, oh and the 2nd grade girls always want to sit on my lap, which I find funny ;) OK I am seriously done for the night! Time to spend some time with the hubby!

Here I am again! The end of my third week, well I have made it this far and there is no turning back now I guess! :) So this week was pretty trying for me, I am now teaching Math, Bible, and Science. My Science unit on matter is now finished and I am moving onto Social Studies, which will be about map skills..oh the fun 2nd graders have. Anywho MATH...I HATE MATH, or maybe I just hate the textbook this school uses. Anywho I just had to get that out. Actually I don't mind teaching math, but so far I have been teaching the 2nd graders about telling time, it had been going okay, and I had been drilling them throughout the week having them practice on little clocks while I give them times to find, but some of them just do not get it..like for example, this one little girl thinks it is 1:1 when the hour hand is on the one and the minute hand is on the one. I have tried to explain to her that you count around the clock by 5's, but she still doesn't get it, finally after drilling her today over and over again it seems like she is getting it, but I had to sit with her for over a half hour, ignoring the other students..it is hard to because some of the other kids are done with their math worksheets in like 10 minutes while it takes others 45 minutes, what do you do with the ones that get done, well most of those kids are excellent mathmaticians so they have special math folders that they can work on or they read a book, but I would like to be able to move on once every one is done..ANYWHO and THEN today I had to teach about quarter after, quarter to..wow this is way to hard of a concept for 2nd graders. They did not get it at all, plus who really says at 6:40, oh it is 20 minutes to 7, I don't..so I don't see how they will really use it anyways, however I do think that quarter to and quarter after is pretty important..I just somehow have to get it across to them how that works..yea..good luck with that I say!

Oh and then there is Bible, these kids are so bored with Bible stories, probably because they have heard most of them a million times :) I mean I love the Bible and I want to learn more about God, but it is so hard to teach Bible because you can't act out the stories every day, but you do want to have some variation as well, and you want them to learn the important messages that come out. I had a lot of fun with the Bible story today though, and I really think the kids did too, we acted out the story of The Centurion who had faith that God could heal his servant from a distance, either way they were excited about it and I think it will overall help them remember the story better :) OKAY well it has been a busy day, I hope all is well in Florida, California, and DES MOINES, :) I miss seeing each of you every day! Oh and I loveeee loveee loveeee all your stories! Can't wait to hear more!!! That's all for now!

So...after an email from Geron I decided I better start up a blog, so you guys can see what is going on in the world of teaching in Sioux Center! For those of you who don't know I am in the 2nd grade at Sioux Center Christian, and I started my student teaching on January 5! So I am into the 10 day mark and this past week has been bitterly cold. We got out early on Monday, and we had late starts every day except Friday. It was actually really nice though because the days flew by! :) The kids were very hyperactive, but what can you expect for 2nd graders! Ok so here are some pictures of me teaching my Science Unit :)

This week I taught a science unit, which the kids were super excited about because they don't normally get to be so hands on, yea I realized why after I taught the first day. The classroom was totally out of control. Ok so I am doing a unit on Matter, right, and I wanted it to be hands on because it is kind of an abstract concept. So the second day into my unit I gave the kids balloons to show them that they can change the shape of a gas, they were all running around and being crazy, which was minorly hilarious, ok so it was REALLY hiliarious! Anywho I couldn't get there attention back, and I was trying to talk over them, so then I just gave up. This led to my purchase of a whistle. You know the whistle your PE teacher always uses, yea that kind of whistle, so the next day I told them if they got out of hand again, I would use the whistle and they would have to look at me and stop talking, well it actually worked, and I didn't have to blow it more than like 5 times! YAY!

Oh and is anyone else thinking some of our professors were dreaming when they said you can do cooperative learning in the early grades. I split the students up into groups during science to wiegh different materials, pretty sure 2nd graders don't work so well together. Note to self: when there is only one teacher in the room, do not do three different centers becuase you can control them all or get all there attention or make the group smaller.

Well that is all I have for now, I am sure there will be more interesting stories later on. Oh I am starting a Bible unit as well, I taught my first Bible lesson this week, I think they were sort of bored, but I am doing a skit with them next week and hopefully they enjoy it. Oh yea and I forgot I made one of the students cry, not purposely, but I yelled at her and told her to listen to me, so she started crying. I didn't feel bad though, because she needed to listen. I know call me mean, but I need to gain some respect from these kids, haha well I am really going to be done for now, because you are probably bored by now.

ps...I miss you all :)