This will be short and sweet, since it's almost bedtime in Boston. I do a read aloud with almost all of the class everyday while Ms. Moulton does an intervention with the lowest level readers. It's usually pretty chaotic and kids are a little riled up after recess. There are lots of clip changes and sometimes we don't even get to the story.
Anyways, they've been telling us that we need to start preparing our students for us leaving. I have kind of mentioned it to a few of them offhand, but not anything serious. That all changed today. We had inside recess due to rain, so there wasn't a transition to calm them down and get them a little more centered. They were all kinds of crazy when we were trying to do calendar. It all of a sudden clicked and it was like "this would be the perfect time to have THE TALK." It went a little something like this.
"First graders, let's talk about something. We're on day 150 of first grade, which means the year is almost over. There are only five more weeks that I'm here and six more weeks that you're in school. I'm really excited for you all to go to second grade, but I'm also really sad that I'm going to be leaving you soon. I want to make sure that these last few weeks are really good, so when I leave, I remember all of the good times we had in first grade. I don't want to remember having to yell at you during our read alouds because people were yelling out or not sitting still. I am going to miss you all so much, but I can't wait to come back and visit next year and hear all about second grade. So, let's make these last five weeks awesome! Okay?"
"Okay"
It was really cute because some of them got really sad. There were lots of "I don't want you to leave" and "Staaaaaayyyy." EE came and sat on my lap and both he and LP completely shut down. I hate seeing them so upset, but it was really sweet that they were so upset about me leaving. I'm dreading the last day that we're in school because I feel like it's going to be so hard to stay composed. I know I'll probably spend the majority of the day crying, which I don't want to do. The only way to make it a little easier on them is by helping transition and prepare them now for yet another person in their life leaving them.
It's incredible the bond two people can make in just eight months, even with someone as young as first graders. They may not be able to tell you exactly how they feel or explain concepts beyond two plus two, but they are some of the most crazy, hilarious, wonderfully fantastic human beings and I love each and every one of them.
Because I know for a fact that the world...MY world is a better place with you in it
-grey's anatomy
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