I then asked him about his day and he said, “I’ll tell you when we get in the car” I reply, “OK”
When we get in the car, I asked how his day went. He replied, “I’ll tell you when we get home.” “OK.”
When we get home and settled in I asked if he was going to tell me about his day; “No, I’m too sad to talk about it.”
So, after an hour and a half of him crying, me consoling, me making a snack, more crying, more consoling, and him finally calming him down, I asked again, “You gonna tell me about your day?”X: “No”
Me: “Did you have a bad day?”
X: “Yeah…No…Yeah… No… Yeah… No… I don’t want to tell you about my day.”
Me: “OK”
Eventually, over dinner, he opened up and was willing to tell me about his day.
They started the day with singing s “Days of the Week” song. That sings the days of the week, twice, then they whisper them , and then scream them.
This week they have been discussing family and since grand parents day is Sunday (9/11) they have been reading the book Abuela. According to X, “Abuela is a book about a gandmuvver that speaks Spanish, like M_______ ( a boy in his class) and her granddaughter. They are on an adventure fwying in the air and then they land in a park. And in the park they want to ride bumper boats.” And that's about all he could tell me.
“and because of grand parents day Miss Holt made da cwass draw and color a picture of us. So, I drew a baby as me, a big Mamaw and her jacket, and a little Poppa and his jacket.”
Grandparents were invited to eat lunch with the children today and I asked how many grandparents were there and he said, “One hundred fousand, twenty two, and ninety nine, dat's many Mamaw’s and Poppa's”
“After wunch the Mamaw’s and Poppa’s came back to the class room. We watched a tumble book. I don’t remember what it was about but it was funny. It was about this kid that was asleep. He woke up and said, 'What dat? What dat? What dat?' After that, they (Mamaw's and Poppa's) left.”
In Gym today they had a climbing wall. I asked him if it was tall and with eyes wide open he said, “Wes!” I asked him how tall. He looked around for a moment, handed Shannon his sandwich, and said, “Dis tall.” He was measuring the height of the wall with his hands. The bottom of the climbing wall (his left hand) was at the bottom of his chin and the top of the climbing wall (his right hand) was at the top of his head. It was a lot funnier to see than it is to read.
After the climbing wall they did a hula hoop. Or, if you're Xavier, it's a "Hoowa Hoop." He really enjoyed that part and then, “After dat we came back to the room and did Maff. I wove maff.” He then blew three kisses in to the air.
And finally. We received his Interim Progress report today. Here’s what it said:
Reading/Language Development – E
Writing Development – S
Fine Motor Skills – S
Mathematics Development – S
Work Habits – S
Behavior – E
Teacher Comments: Xavier has been a joy to have in class. He is a hard worker and extremely caring in the classroom. He knows the rules and enjoys following them. Continue to work on Xavier’s letter and sound recognition.
E = Excellent
S = Satisfactory
And so we don't leave Gideon out. The kids were playing "dress up" when I got home. X was Batman and Gideon was an "intha" (that's Ninja in Gidzilla speach). Xavier was trying to jump rope and wasn't really getting it. Gideon jumps off the couch and says, "I'm gonna give you some of my intha (ninja) skillz power, Hyaaa, HYAAA, HYAAA." As he was giving his Hyaaa's and doing his ninja moves, he was circling Xavier in this very funny martial arts dance thing.
