America, I Am Proud of You!

America, I am so proud of you. We have made progress. I have never been so proud to be an American as I am tonight. I have never been so hopeful for our country as I am tonight. May tomorrow be as wonderful as tonight.

"We rise and fall as one nation and as one people."

Warm Moment

During my M.Ed class, they told us to keep an eye out for warm moments. Warm moments are when you feel particularly proud or excited during teaching. I had a wonderful warm moment today. As mentioned in yesterday's post, I taught my kids about election day, voting, and the presidency. Today, my mentor teacher quizzed them. How did they do? They did freakin' awesome! Here are the questions that they were able to orally answer.

• How old do you have to be to vote?
• How old do you have to be to be president?
  
• How long can a president be president?
• What is the maximum number of years that he can be president?
  

Not too shabby for wee ones. I'm so proud of them. My hubster asked me how much is it the kids and how much is it the teaching. I told them that they didn't have a lot of the info coming in, but their willingness to listen and desire to learn does help. Yay for my kiddos!

Wish I - Jem

Hawaii is totally calling my name! Yes, I do wish I could be there too! Enjoy this little Hawaiian inspired video.

Election Day

Tomorrow is definitely going to be a historical election day! Today, I went over election day with my kiddos. Here are some of my favorite responses. Enjoy!

Q: Who works with the president?
A: The assistant president.

Q: What is the name of president's office?
A: The president's place.

Q: What do you know about voting?
A: There's a voting card.

Q: How old do you have to be to be president?
A: 20
A: 70

Q: What does the president do?
A: He runs the state.

Q: How long can someone be president?
A: 100 years

Malcolm

Our poor fish fish died last night. As previously mentioned, he had a terrible case of fin rot. He did hang in there like a trooper. He was very brave. I didn't think that I would miss him as much as I do.The one thing that I'll miss most is him flaring his gills and giving me sass. We heart you Malcky.

Things I Thought I Wouldn't Have To Do Anymore

After I moved onto college, I thought there were some things I would never have to do anymore. Then, I decided to become a teacher. Just kidding! I'm totally stuck with all of those things again. Here's my running list in order from least to worst.

• Checking out picture books from the school library.
  
• Eating cafeteria food.
• Having to remember all the sounds that vowels make and differentiating between short and long vowels.
• Being covered in tempra paint.
• Living in fear of lice, chicken pox, and stomach flu.
  
• Taking school pictures!