It's a Doggie Birthday Party and You're Invited

I love my first placement for internship. My cooperating teacher is the greatest person and is doing so much to help me. I have been there for three days now, and feel right at home. This is a very small school, and thus very charming. The people are so genuine. I'm absolutely amazed at the staff who learned my name after meeting me just one time!

So many funny things happen in the 1st grade, and for this reason I would like to share some of the funny things that I hear throughout my internship. Today I was talking to "Fred". Fred was daydreaming when he was supposed to be working on his spelling words. I told Fred that he needed to focus on what he was doing instead of looking around the room. His response was, "I am focusing! I'm thinking of a word to write!" Well, the words just had to be copied straight from the board or his Spelling Schedule, but you just had to be there. His tone and his seriousness about the whole thing was enough to make me just have to walk away as not to laugh right then and there.

The next day, "Fred" came up to me and said, "Mrs. Dilbeck, how do you spell your name?" I told him how. He came back over with a piece of paper that was his daily assignment for the station he was at. The assignment was to write a letter to a friend. He wanted to write down my name by looking on my portfolio. He says, "Mrs. Dilbeck, how do you spell your name? I want to invite you to my dog's birthday party." He wrote my name on his paper. As he walked away he says, "The party is at 9 p.m. on "Main Street". I said, that was past my bedtime and I would not be able to attend. He said, "Well, we'll make it at 8. See you there."