To introduce her to the class, we played a "Get to Know Us" jeopardy game. The students had to guess who the story/information was about. There were stories about our childhoods, embarrassing stories, habits and pet peeves, favorites, etc. She ran track in high school and at BYU and one of the stories about her involved track. When we asked who the story was about, an 8th grade girl looked at me and said, "Well, I know you don't work out, so it must be her." hahahahaha How delightful...and observant. (Just for the record, I DO work out. Rude.)
Another favorite story came in 3rd period. I don't know how this story came about because I was on the other side of the room when the conversation started. The next thing I knew, my students were asking me how old I was. I'm not shy about my age, but I didn't know why they were asking (I didn't want to give them any hints about the answer if that's what they were attempting). I gave a vague answer and said, "I'm in my 20s." One of my sweet little 7th grade boys then said, "Wow Ms. Damron. You need to get a date and get married!" My student teacher was laughing so hard. I was cracking up. It made my day! I loved sharing that story.
As a follow up story, my classes created Edmodo accounts (kind of like Facebook between teachers and students - it's pretty cool). This student sent me a message that said the following:
"Dear Ms.Damron,
You need a date. Really it's long until to you will become into a mom.
Sinserly, XXXX"
I'm not 100% sure what he meant by the mom thing, but I just loved it and he certainly made me laugh. What a good kid.
My student teacher begins teaching Resource Learning tomorrow. She already has an excellent lesson planned on learning styles. I can't wait to see how it goes.
-Ms. Damron-
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