Con pena de dejar mis clases.

Last week was my last week of teaching. My first thought I had about not teaching was " oh yeah ..." sort of feeling, but now that I'm actually in the back of my classroom, observing and helping only, I really miss teaching my little ones. My CT and I. we both have been sort of co-teaching, whenever she was not ready for the class, I jumped in to help her and it was very nice to be able to do it by myself. I'm still helping her with classes and evaluations, which also make me feel more productive here at Joyner.
It is funny to see my students to come into the classroom wondering who is going to teach the lesson today. They are always very curious of  how these swapping positions occur:)
Today, will be my last official day of teaching since I have a test to give to my 5th graders.  With this group, 5th grade, I have had really good experiences. Although they are very chatty and sociable, they are very respectful and love being in the Spanish class. 
In the other hand, I had my 4th grade class, which class was one of my biggest challenges while being at Joyner. However, things has got a lot better when I finally decided to listen what they wanted for the class. The problem was that they always refused to sit down on the carpet and that was an established ruled for them. A rule that was causing me so much trouble and headaches when I had them. One day, I let them go to the tables to sit down. The only requirement for the class was to be still and pay attention to my class.It seems it worked beautifully and my students' attitude toward the class changed dramatically since that day.So, something I learned last week was that listening carefully to you students is a great tool to improve not only your classroom's management, but also it helps to improve the quality of you teaching time as well.