Corinne Coia Union Street School

Everyday that I have been here has been different. Yesterday was one of my favorite days thus far. We started off the day with meetings but then we got to go teach in classrooms. We went to a 5th grade classroom and talked to them about how to talk to each other in a positive way. We also talked about rumors and did exercises to show what rumors can do and how a lot of the time the story is changed. Then we had our lunch groups with the kids and took them to an animal shelter in the town to let them play with the animals. Students get to go on the trip if they do something well in the classroom and have good behavior; its something for the kids to work towards. When we got back to school we went and taught in another classroom. We talked about how to stand up to bullying and how to deal with bullying. After school I went with an after school group called Girls on the Run. It is an after school program for girls grades 2-8 and they go for runs and train for doing marathons. It also gives them something to do after school while incorporating exercise. They are preparing for a 5K marathon being held at the end of the year. All of the girls were having a great time and it was fun to be a part of it.