"Samantha the Potato"

This week I worked with CE1 (second grade). These students began the English immersion program last year, which was the first year of the program. Many of the CE1 students are able to express themselves in English using complete sentences, which makes communicating with them much easier.

During math this past week, the CE1 students practiced how to count using ones and tens blocks, and they were introduced to the hundred chart. For language arts, I began to read the book Winnie the Witch to the class, a book that the teacher had selected to get students excited for Halloween.

Perhaps the biggest highlight of the week happened Thursday during language arts time. To have students practice adjectives, the teacher created an assignment in which students had to make a wanted poster for an object. As part of the poster, students had to select an object (like a piece of food, a school supply, etc.) and describe it with the adjectives they had learned. Students also had to give a name to the object, so the teacher asked me to call out some common American names. The class insisted on adding "Samantha" to the name list, and soon there were many posters that read, "Samantha the Potato." The name is very appropriate since I love anything with potatoes. Needless to say, I was very touched that at least some students were inspired by my name!