Thursday, December 1, 2016
Birthdays!
Today was one of my student’s birthdays so I got to experience what my cooperating teacher does for birthdays! The first thing I noticed was the birthday girl got a crown, a balloon on her locker, and a cute card with a pencil. During our morning meeting (or circle time), the kids got to “bake a cake.” The birthday girl chose what flavor cake and what flavor icing we made it with. We all stood in a circle and pretended to make a cake! We poured in the flour, the sugar, the milk, the butter, and then we mixed it all up. The birthday girl got to choose how long we “bake” it for, and then we get to ice it. Then she stood in the middle of the circle, we all acted as candles and walked around her singing “Happy Birthday”. It was such a cute little idea, and the kids LOVE it. She also explained why we were celebrating two of the students’ birthdays on the wrong days. One of the students had a June birthday so we celebrated her half birthday, and the other student had a birthday during winter break!
It was so fun and exciting to see the kids celebrate a birthday, and it was fun to get to see how my cooperating teacher does a birthday celebration.
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I really like what your co-teacher did for the students birthday. It sounds like such a good idea to celebrate the birthday with the class. Most teachers I know just give out a crown or pencil, but to bake a cake during the morning meeting is really creative. We had a birthday in our class today and he brought cookies but the teacher never gave him a crown or pencil or anything.
ReplyDeleteWe have also had a number of birthdays this month in our classroom. What makes it difficult in my classroom about celebrating birthdays is that in the Somali community, they do not celebrate birthdays. My coteacher even told me that sometimes when the Somali students first come into the district, they don't even know when their birthday is. So basically in our class, we say "Yay it's 'so-n-sos' birthday" and then move on. We didn't even sing! And this was for a student who wasn't even Somali. I think personally I would have handled it a little different, but I can see where my co-teacher may not have known what to do about the situation.
ReplyDeleteI really like the idea of celebrating the half birthdays for the students who have summer birthdays though! I will definitely do that in the future for my summer birthday students.
In our class we also had a few birthdays during the time I was there. We didn't celebrate or do anything spectacular as your cooperating teacher did. Our student got a crown at the beginning of the day that they decorated themselves. They were able to bring treats if they wanted and the teacher gave them a small little gift bag. We didn't sing happy birthday when I was there but she said we usually sing them happy birthday after lunch and hand out any treats if they brought any. I love your teachers creative idea with the cake.
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