Not Every Teacher Can Be A Rap Star

Yesterday at school my kids were learning more about how to tell time. We've been working on this during our daily calendar time since school started but right now we're focusing in on it and starting to hold the kids accountable for knowing how to read a clock. When I'm teaching I love to use songs. I think they're a good way to help kids remember skills and strategies, plus its just fun to stand up and sing and dance with 18 2nd graders! For telling time I have a "rap" that talks about how the short hand tells the hour and the long hand tells the minute and goes over how you have to count by 5's to tell the minutes.

So, we're getting ready to start math and I said, "Y'all are so lucky to have a teacher who is also a great rapper!" And then one of my cute little boys responds, "Yeah, you're good at wrapping presents!" Hahaha, oh the wit of an 8 year old. I guess he was implying that I'm not quite the rap star I imagined myself to be. I love it when my kids throw me off and make me giggle so much I have to pause for a second. Its moments like this that remind me that part of being a good teacher is relating to my kids with humor. I think positive laughter (laughing with them, not at them) is a way of encouraging them and making school a fun place to be. Maybe next time we sing the time rap I need to carry a boom box and wear a hat sideways....