zoebartlett
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I just wanted to mention that my thoughts are with the families and friends of the victims of September 11th. I didn''t know anyone who was a victim of the tragedies, but I know that so many people all throughout the country did.
When I heard the news that day, I had just begun a teaching internship in first grade. My cooperating teacher and I were doing assessments with students in our room when a coworker handed me a note. The note briefly explained what had happened at that point (it was in the morning but I can''t quite remember the time). The guidance counselor made her way to all of the classrooms, making sure that everyone was okay. Parents began arriving soon after to pick up their children, just to be close to them for the rest of the day. Because we taught 6 year olds, my cooperating teacher and I didn''t address the events to the class that day. We knew when the kids got home that day, many (unfortunately) would watch the news with their parents. The next day we began our morning meeting talking about it, taking our cues from the kids themselves. My cooperating teacher actually began the conversation by talking about how sad someone feels when a pet dies (she must have been thinking that many kids can relate to the death of a pet). That was meant to segue into a brief conversation about what had happened, although I think we then heard everyone''s stories about their pets (not necessarily death related) and then moved onto the deths of some of the grandparents. the kids were trying to make sense of it all in their own way, and they were trying to relate the tragedies to what they knew in their own lives. Some of the kids who really seemed to understand what had happened began drawing pictures and writing about what they had seen or heard about. It was tough for many reasons, but we continued to tell the kids that they were safe. It was hard for many to grasp because of their age, but also because we don''t live anywhere near the sites.
Where were you?
When I heard the news that day, I had just begun a teaching internship in first grade. My cooperating teacher and I were doing assessments with students in our room when a coworker handed me a note. The note briefly explained what had happened at that point (it was in the morning but I can''t quite remember the time). The guidance counselor made her way to all of the classrooms, making sure that everyone was okay. Parents began arriving soon after to pick up their children, just to be close to them for the rest of the day. Because we taught 6 year olds, my cooperating teacher and I didn''t address the events to the class that day. We knew when the kids got home that day, many (unfortunately) would watch the news with their parents. The next day we began our morning meeting talking about it, taking our cues from the kids themselves. My cooperating teacher actually began the conversation by talking about how sad someone feels when a pet dies (she must have been thinking that many kids can relate to the death of a pet). That was meant to segue into a brief conversation about what had happened, although I think we then heard everyone''s stories about their pets (not necessarily death related) and then moved onto the deths of some of the grandparents. the kids were trying to make sense of it all in their own way, and they were trying to relate the tragedies to what they knew in their own lives. Some of the kids who really seemed to understand what had happened began drawing pictures and writing about what they had seen or heard about. It was tough for many reasons, but we continued to tell the kids that they were safe. It was hard for many to grasp because of their age, but also because we don''t live anywhere near the sites.
Where were you?