There are just some days that I absolutely love teaching, and Friday was one of those days. It wasn't because it was Friday, but because I just had fun with my kids. Their personalities were very clear to me Friday. I saw them clearly that day. One particular student had all my first graders laughing including me during DOL (Daily Oral Language). We had our sentences on the board and the children were writing and correcting them in their notebooks. During this process this one particular student thought it would be funny to make little noises. I asked him to please stop and get back to work, and he respectfully stopped. A few minutes later he continued to make his noises. I told him for every noise he made I would take a minute of his recess. He looked at me wide eyed and began working. When it came time to correct the sentences aloud I called on several students to tell me the corrections they made and why. Well, this one little boy who had been making noises earlier raised his hand. When I called on him to tell me the correction he showed me just how very witty he was by mouthing the answer. I had forgotten that I had threatened to take his recess if he had made any more noise. We all just looked at him and he sat there with this very innocent smile. When I gave him permission to talk he answered, and we all laughed.
