"I think you'll love these first grade students. There are 20 in the class with 6 being ESL students with varying degrees of competency. We also have 2 identified Asperger Syndrone boys and some very bright and "interesting" other children. Makes for a lot of fun...and I mean that truthfully."
Oh boy, oh boy. Not only have I never actually worked with ESL kids, I have very little experience with Asperger's Syndrome and I have NEVER worked in a first grade classroom. Yikes. Yikes. Yikes.
Glossary for Non-Ed People:
ESOL- English for Speakers of Other Languages, my graduate emphasis
Practicum- Part-time placement in a classroom where you teach small units & groups
GTF- Graduate Teaching Fellow, assisting in a college class to pay for grad school
Asperger's Syndrome- High functioning Autism
First Grade- Primary elementary grade in which students still publicly pick their noses
"Interesting"- Children that are hell on wheels
4 comments:
HEY! Lots of people publicly pick their noses. I mean, not me personally, I think it's best to wait till nobody is looking and wipe it on the shirt of the next person you see, i.e. your grandma, priest, electrician, whoever. I just think it's not right to stereotype people who manualy remove their nostril obstructions (just being PC here) as first graders. =)
Fortunately, you're not one to shirk at a challenge. Unfortunately, neither are first graders. :)
Aspergers is really interesting. A teacher friend of mine has an Asperger's student. They're very sensitive kids. Very sweet, but highly sensitive to everything around them. I could put you in touch with this teacher if you want some advice on working with those students.
I just wanted to let you know that your theme parties look like so much fun! It makes me miss college.
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