Everything I learn...I learn in Kindergarten!

Everyday I have the priviledge of teaching wonderful kindergarten students. As I am teaching them everyday, they teach me or remind me of how wonderful life is when you are 5 years old. Recently, the students in class were to go around the room and find words that either began with the letter "a", had an "a" in the middle of the word or ended with an "a". We had brainstormed and came up with many words for each section. I left all the words on the board for them to copy and they could find more. I looked at one student's paper and they had filled their paper with nonsense words, but had followed the letter "a" criteria. As I was calling this child over to talk with them about how we needed to fix their paper, they asked me "Are the words TOO complicated for you to read, Mrs. Smith?" Lesson learned - 5 year olds are adorable! Check out my class website to see all my wonderful kids. The link to the website is http://classroom.leanderisd.org/webs/jodena.smith/