Sixth visit to my elementary school

      It was a normal day as I walked into the school after being buzzed in. I walked past the kid lined up outside  up the stairs and into the main office. I signed in on my VIPS paper in the VIPS binder and grabbed my visitors pass. I head to my classroom to wait for my students to come in from recess. They pile through the door and line up at the bathroom. The children that have to go take turns while the other who don't go to the back of the time. This goes by quickly the girls are told to enter the classroom first while the boys finish going the bathroom then the boys join the girls. They scurry into the classroom and put their jackets and lunch boxes into the closet and head to the rug.
     The teacher then talks about the story they were just reading before lunch and what they just read to just refresh their memories. She asked them question's about what they have read so far. What I love about this teacher is she make sure everyone participates even the student with autism. Once they went through what they just read she sent them back to their seats and together we started to read the rest of the book. After each page the teacher would ask questions about what they just read. Literally more then half the class almost jumps out of their chairs with their hands in the air ready to answer the question. It's nice to see their enthusiasm for learning. We got through about two pages before the public librarian came to visit our classroom. She is the librarian at the Mount Pleasant library. She was visiting the school to read to the second graders. When she walked through the door all the kid's got so excited. They all recognized her immediately. It was amazing to see how excited they get over reading. She read them a new book that no one has checked out yet. It was about a tracker and how he saved the day. The librarian read with incredible enthusiasm. I wish I could do that, but I guess it takes practice. The kids loved the story. They all sat there quietly and paid perfect attention. Too bad they can't be exactly like that with the teacher. Maybe it's because they have gotten so use to her. When the librarian was done reading her story the children were allowed to ask questions. She answered about ten all together. At the end all the kids kept telling her that they were going to go to the library after school. It was great to see them so excited to read. It's a great ability they should have at that age. It helps them grow and learn. The librarian said bye and the children were sent back to their desks.
    The teacher had a student pass out the worksheet on prefix's. I help two boys  when they arrived back in the classroom. First they had to work on the worksheet then they had to take the four prefix's on the board and figure out which one belongs to the twelve words she wrote up on the board. I helped them get through both exercises very prophetically. They were so proud of themselves. They had a little bit of a hard time sitting still but overall they did pretty good. After that I sent them back to their desk's while another student went around and collected their worksheets. Then the teacher had them rip their spelling homework our of their workbooks like usual and calls the rows one by one by the students who are ready. They grab their bags and jackets. They put their planners, homework, and any other objects from their desk they need to bring home. Then they put their chairs on their desks and went to the carpet. By that time the teacher signed my paper and I waved good bye to the class and head on my way home.
   Overall it was a very productive day. I had a blast working with the kid's and watching them be all excited over learning and reading. I can't wait to see them all again.