Highlights from Yesterday's Lesson

I forgot to mention some of the highlights of my lesson and yesterday's class in my post, some of which were commented on by Sam. Yesterday, during my lesson, I had the students give me suggestions for classroom management! It was the better behaved students who did this who are perhaps more aware of those that struggle with behavior or staying on task. I am not sure whether this is a good thing or a bad thing but I think it is great that these students are thinking of strategies to manage the class and that they understand and appreciate the important of good behavior like listening, following directions, etc.. It was so cute because one of THE cutest and well behaved little girls made me a drawing of flowers and clouds and a rainbow and then told me on the other  side I should write down and keep a list of all the "bad students". It was so funny because then after my lesson she came up to me and asked if I had kept track of all the bad students on it, which of course, I said that I did. Another funny thing- after the fire drill Blake told Sam and I all about what they do if a "bad guy" is at school and how they shut all the windows and turn the lights off and lay down for "19 WHOLE MINUTES!" (which I am guessing seems like an eternity for a kindergartener or maybe it is more like 5 minutes but feels like 20). He wanted to be sure that we would know what to do if we had one of those drills. He asks a lot of questions and as we were going out for the fire drill he wanted to know exactly what would happen to you if there was a fire and you did not go outside. How exactly do you explain that to a five year-old without giving him nightmares?