Today was a sunny but windy day, therefore, we didn't play outside for that long. This time I was assigned table 1 since there were more students that needed to complete homework. I had a total of eight kids, five finished early and the rest didn't. Today was a bit more difficult because I worked with students that usually don't do homework with me since they do it at home, but this time they did it with me. While we were working on homework, students kept distracting each other. This made the process much longer. One student began to get lazy and decided not to do homework, she was telling me to read the directions for her. I told her that I wanted her to read the directions out loud but she tried telling me that teachers are supposed to read the directions for the students. I said "No Gaby, please read me the directions out loud so that we can both understand what you have to do." Luckily, she understood and read the directions. I learned that students try to take advantage since they get lazy but it's up to me if I give in and just give them the answer. Patience is key!
After, we had some fun and played with play-doh. We sat in table 2, the kids helped set up the supplies and began working right away. I told them to sculpt their favorite food. A few made thin strings, which represented spaghetti, and others made waffles since it was the easiest thing to make. One of my student decided to get creative and made a hot dog, it came out really nice. One student was misbehaving, she constantly kept saying mean things to other students and me. I tried talking to her but she didn't listen. I told her that she was a nice big girl that shouldn't be acting like that. She responded by saying that I was being to her, I said that I was only telling her to behave. She later understood and began to behave.
Today was a rough day, I dealt with good and bad attitudes. I tried my best to keep my cool and be patient. It was an efficient day.
Time logged for today: 2 hrs
Total time logged: 25 hrs
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