Substitute Schmuckstitute

Today was an eventful day on the CAP scene for me! we went early to the office to get supplies for our project with the kids. this week they made winter cards fore a city-wide contest! we explained to them the difference between winter and the holidays, because they wanted to draw christmas things mostly. i was afraid of them asking again if Santa was real or not! Alex said Daishaun asked her but answered her own question and said, "he's not real cause i only got clothes and those are from my mom". lol!

Mrs. K wasnt here today, but Becky came to observe us. the substitute teacher was a horror though! i feel like Becky didnt get to see us in our true environment bc the sub was so stiffling. Alex and I agree that we  cant stand the way some of the teacher treat the kids in that school. they just yell to get them to stop and are always mad, even when the kids are behaving. the sub even said to the class that art time was PLAY time and when they started CLASS again they better not complain. BITCH PLEASE art is class time too! art is learning and growing just as much as math and science. i was so mad i wanted to sass her but i didnt want to make a scene in front of the class because they might get the wrong idea.

when we left, the sub didnt even let us finish and reflect on our lesson. we had to sneak out and as we were leaving, one of the boys passed me a note. it was the cutest thing ever!! it said "I hope you come back!" sooo adorable i love them so much! and i hope i can stay with them next semester and get to know them better, but i dont know if thats how it would work or not.

afterwards we were supposed to have out midsemester meeting, which i think was stupid because its way past the middle of the semester. but anyway we went back to the office and Anges and Becky werent there. we waited for like 20 minutes but then just decided to reschedule for next week, which is a little stressful but im sure it will work out in the end.

Settling in

I was right about this classroom! Mrs. K is fantastic and so are her students. today we went along with the lessons they were learning in class, which was outer space. it was a quick lesson on watercolor/crayon resist, partially because we didnt have much time to gather supples. Mrs. K got back to us on the lesson at the last minute because she misplaced our emails, but it al worked out in the end and the projects turned out so well! I HAVE TO REMEMBER that the kids love paint! they said they wanted to paint again next week, but paint gets so messy!
The one girl who we think is trouble, Tajai, was a good today but told me she was "going to be in so much trouble" because she got paint on her thirty dollar shoes. lol! i wiped it off for her as well all all the other messes the kids made but it wasnt too bad.
they really love to reflect and show and tell the class what they made and what they liked best about it. its a good time killer! this is finally turning out as i wanted it to and im even starting to learn more names! hooray!