Finally Friday! When I got to the school there were a lot of cars in the parking lot. Finally I was informed that today they were having the “AR Parade”. All the kids that met their AR goals get shown on the news show and get to walk down the hall as the students and parents clap for them. I think it’s a really good thing that these kids get praised when they actually accomplished something. All but four of my kids (two were the new boys) were in the parade. I was so proud of them. They finished up the parade and came back in the class. Once they all came in and sat down and did their calendars. They then went to the rug and danced to “Silly Willie” again. After they danced they read “Run Turkey, Run” again except this time she got the kids to help her read it. I could really use that in my lesson. After she read to them they were sent off to their groups. While they transitioned to their groups on of the new boys was giving Mrs. Gandy a hard time. He was arguing with her about the group he was in, his chair, and everything under the moon. She put him in his place and he stopped quickly. The rest of my time there went smoothly and well. My groups were very, very well behaved.
Today my students had a test which they started at the beginning of class. But, before they started Mrs. Mathis took up their homework. Only a few students did it, and they got ten extra points on their test. This I thought was pretty neat. Then they started their test. It was a pretty long test, and it took the entire class to complete. Some students didn’t even finish the test. Mrs. Mathis asked me to staple the rest of the test for all of her classes. There was like 100 test I had to staple. I was okay with doing this because I like helping Mrs. Mathis out. After I stapled all her papers, I actually took the test. She always lets me take it in order to make the key. Of course it made me nervous, because what if I get the questions wrong? I don’t know, I get kind of nervous because I don’t want to mess up the key. Then after that class left, the Algebra one class came in. They also had a test. When they came in, I took up their homework for the day and gave it to Mrs. Mathis. They then started their test. After they started their test, I left. Mrs. Mathis doesn’t make me take the Algebra test. Thank goodness, because I don’t think I would be able to do.
I taught my first lesson today! Well, technically, I did not teach anything new. I got to lead our classroom’s Morning Meeting. When I got to the class, the students, along with the rest of the school, were participating in Mt. Pisgah’s AR Parade. If students met half of their AR Points goal, they got to walk and be on live TV! They loved it. There were a lot of students from the second grade class; I was so proud. When we got back to the classroom, I began Morning Meeting! I was so nervous. I was nervous because I did not want Mrs. Catoe to grade me poorly and I did not want to teach something wrong to the children. But, unlike my expectations, it went really well! I did everything right and I was enthusiastic. I remembered to ask questions that followed the Bloom’s Taxonomy Levels. When I finished, Mrs. Catoe and the class gave me a round of applause. She graded me right after and gave me an “Oustanding” for everything! I was so happy!
When I arrived to my placement today, Mrs. McFarland was giving the vocabulary test to the class. While they were working on their vocabulary test, I took one of the kids and did one on one tutoring with them. Fridays are the busiest days, because there are so many things going on. Once they were finished with the test, they continued to work on their extra credit. I worked on putting their homework together. When they were finished with their extra credit and I was finished with the homework, I took them to the restroom. When we returned Mrs. McFarland took the class to a room where dentist were checking the class’ teeth. When I returned, Mrs. McFarland wanted me to read to the class. I started reading and then she realized I had to leave. When I started going to my car they had two bloodhound puppies. The police was coming to talk to the 1st grade class. I hated to leave.
Today I began class by going over the South Carolina Facts with the students. I had to wing it because Mr. Leininger did not send them in advance like he normally does. After I finished going over the facts, I began my first lesson with the students!! The students are learning about the road to the Civil War which is one of my favorite time periods in history. I began by reviewing the Missouri Compromise. They first covered that topic on Monday. The students seemed to remember it well enough when I asked them questions about it, so I moved on to the next topic. I covered the Nullification Crisis with the students. I went over the PowerPoint, asked questions, and done my best to relate it to modern day. Once I finished the Nullification Crisis, I covered Manifest Destiny with the class. They had already previously covered this topic, so I went over that rather quickly. After I finished teaching, Mr. Leininger briefly went back through the lesson to make sure the students understood everything. The students then filled out their road to the Civil War worksheet. Once they completed that task, it was time for them to leave. While the classes were changing, Mr. Leininger gave me the notes he took on my teaching and discussed with me what I need to improve on. He said I need to relate the lesson to modern day better, and make sure at least two students show mastery of the topic before I move on. I felt much more confident and felt like I done a much better job with the second class. I had to leave before I could finish the whole lesson with the second class, but I felt like they were more responsive and I did a better job with them than with my first class. I loved teaching my first lesson and hope to take Mr. Leininger’s advice and improve before I teach my first graded lesson. He and the students told me I did very well, so I am excited for the next lesson I get to teach!
Today was my best day so far by a margin that is so large, it is ridiculous. In both my classes the grades were having a fund raising basketball game, which consisted of teams of kids who have donated competition against each other. When I first got there, my eyes lit up because these kids were “balling”, even though you had the occasional ball hog. I didn’t do much but watch during my time with the seventh graders. But once I got back, I was put in charge of officiating the basketball games. Now I have never been a referee before and I was very nervous, but I eventually got the hang of it. Some of my calls the kids didn’t like, but sometimes you have to fair instead of popular. Some of the games were a little lopsided, because you had more athletes on one side than you did on the other side. But all the games were very competitive and the girls even showed up the boys, one girl even ripped the ball from a boy. I have never before felt like so many kids look up to me, but that is one of the things I absolutely love about Teacher Cadet.
Today was a normal Friday. The kids were excited for the weekend and anxious for time to leave. Although they were ready to go home, they knew they had their normal routine of work to do before they could leave. Friday’s are always prize days for the students. They earn bucks each week when they are well behaved. Some have up to fifty bucks per week. I find it interesting that the administration can bribe students with something so simple to behave well. I remember when I was their age and I can pick out certain students I probably acted like at times. I like to ask them what they plan to be. Today I got “I want to be a teacher.” I thought to myself that maybe they would be in this class that I am taking one day. Thinking of kids that have a bright future makes me happy.
Today is Friday!!! When I arrived today I helped Mrs. Joyner again in the cafeteria for Breakfast. Mrs. Joyner asked me to leave early and go set up some things in her room. I had to take their brag tags out and place them on their desks before they came in there. While I was doing that parents were coming in the classroom for their reading parade. When I finished it was kind of awkward sitting there with the parents until the class came in. when the class came in they put on their brag tags and their Indian hats they made. Then after that the ones who got to be on the news show and the parade left. There were only two students left in the class after that, and along with the parents we watched the other students on the news show. After the news show we went into the hall and cheered them on in the reading parade. They paraded down the hallway and high fived everyone. They were so happy and it made me smile! You could just tell that this event made their day!
Today when I got to class I greeted the students and they sat in the bleachers and waited for SSR to begin. After the reading, our class had to grab some chairs that had been set up for the basketball game that took place, and take them to the old auditorium. When we got back the class stretched as a whole, and finished with fifteen push-ups and sit-ups, then a minute of mountain-climbers. For the rest of class the students got to have the “day off” and were allowed to play basketball, volleyball, or could throw the football. Today was a pretty great day for the students considering they didn’t have to any exercise routines and could play for most of the class.
Upon returning to my placement on Friday, Mrs. Kahler asked if I would submit attendance for her. After the morning news show, she asked if everyone could move their desks into a circle. Each group sat beside each other and they had a certain section of “Black Cat” by Edgar Allan Poe to annotate. I absolutely loved this activity. I was so impressed with the vocabulary that each group used to analyze their paragraph. Calvin talked about how the cat vexed the narrator and Alyah informed us that she believed that the narrator was unreliable. They are started to think on a deeper level! This is incredibly exciting and Mrs. Kahler couldn’t help but happy dance throughout the entire class.
Finally Friday! When I got to the school there were a lot of cars in the parking lot. Finally I was informed that today they were having the “AR Parade”. All the kids that met their AR goals get shown on the news show and get to walk down the hall as the students and parents clap for them. I think it’s a really good thing that these kids get praised when they actually accomplished something. All but four of my kids (two were the new boys) were in the parade. I was so proud of them. They finished up the parade and came back in the class. Once they all came in and sat down and did their calendars. They then went to the rug and danced to “Silly Willie” again. After they danced they read “Run Turkey, Run” again except this time she got the kids to help her read it. I could really use that in my lesson. After she read to them they were sent off to their groups. While they transitioned to their groups on of the new boys was giving Mrs. Gandy a hard time. He was arguing with her about the group he was in, his chair, and everything under the moon. She put him in his place and he stopped quickly. The rest of my time there went smoothly and well. My groups were very, very well behaved.
ReplyDeleteToday my students had a test which they started at the beginning of class. But, before they started Mrs. Mathis took up their homework. Only a few students did it, and they got ten extra points on their test. This I thought was pretty neat. Then they started their test. It was a pretty long test, and it took the entire class to complete. Some students didn’t even finish the test. Mrs. Mathis asked me to staple the rest of the test for all of her classes. There was like 100 test I had to staple. I was okay with doing this because I like helping Mrs. Mathis out. After I stapled all her papers, I actually took the test. She always lets me take it in order to make the key. Of course it made me nervous, because what if I get the questions wrong? I don’t know, I get kind of nervous because I don’t want to mess up the key. Then after that class left, the Algebra one class came in. They also had a test. When they came in, I took up their homework for the day and gave it to Mrs. Mathis. They then started their test. After they started their test, I left. Mrs. Mathis doesn’t make me take the Algebra test. Thank goodness, because I don’t think I would be able to do.
ReplyDeleteI taught my first lesson today! Well, technically, I did not teach anything new. I got to lead our classroom’s Morning Meeting. When I got to the class, the students, along with the rest of the school, were participating in Mt. Pisgah’s AR Parade. If students met half of their AR Points goal, they got to walk and be on live TV! They loved it. There were a lot of students from the second grade class; I was so proud. When we got back to the classroom, I began Morning Meeting! I was so nervous. I was nervous because I did not want Mrs. Catoe to grade me poorly and I did not want to teach something wrong to the children. But, unlike my expectations, it went really well! I did everything right and I was enthusiastic. I remembered to ask questions that followed the Bloom’s Taxonomy Levels. When I finished, Mrs. Catoe and the class gave me a round of applause. She graded me right after and gave me an “Oustanding” for everything! I was so happy!
ReplyDeleteWhen I arrived to my placement today, Mrs. McFarland was giving the vocabulary test to the class. While they were working on their vocabulary test, I took one of the kids and did one on one tutoring with them. Fridays are the busiest days, because there are so many things going on. Once they were finished with the test, they continued to work on their extra credit. I worked on putting their homework together. When they were finished with their extra credit and I was finished with the homework, I took them to the restroom. When we returned Mrs. McFarland took the class to a room where dentist were checking the class’ teeth. When I returned, Mrs. McFarland wanted me to read to the class. I started reading and then she realized I had to leave. When I started going to my car they had two bloodhound puppies. The police was coming to talk to the 1st grade class. I hated to leave.
ReplyDeleteUnfortunately I was absent on this day. Therefore, i wasn't able to attend my placement.
ReplyDeleteToday I began class by going over the South Carolina Facts with the students. I had to wing it because Mr. Leininger did not send them in advance like he normally does. After I finished going over the facts, I began my first lesson with the students!! The students are learning about the road to the Civil War which is one of my favorite time periods in history. I began by reviewing the Missouri Compromise. They first covered that topic on Monday. The students seemed to remember it well enough when I asked them questions about it, so I moved on to the next topic. I covered the Nullification Crisis with the students. I went over the PowerPoint, asked questions, and done my best to relate it to modern day. Once I finished the Nullification Crisis, I covered Manifest Destiny with the class. They had already previously covered this topic, so I went over that rather quickly. After I finished teaching, Mr. Leininger briefly went back through the lesson to make sure the students understood everything. The students then filled out their road to the Civil War worksheet. Once they completed that task, it was time for them to leave. While the classes were changing, Mr. Leininger gave me the notes he took on my teaching and discussed with me what I need to improve on. He said I need to relate the lesson to modern day better, and make sure at least two students show mastery of the topic before I move on. I felt much more confident and felt like I done a much better job with the second class. I had to leave before I could finish the whole lesson with the second class, but I felt like they were more responsive and I did a better job with them than with my first class. I loved teaching my first lesson and hope to take Mr. Leininger’s advice and improve before I teach my first graded lesson. He and the students told me I did very well, so I am excited for the next lesson I get to teach!
ReplyDeleteToday was my best day so far by a margin that is so large, it is ridiculous. In both my classes the grades were having a fund raising basketball game, which consisted of teams of kids who have donated competition against each other. When I first got there, my eyes lit up because these kids were “balling”, even though you had the occasional ball hog. I didn’t do much but watch during my time with the seventh graders. But once I got back, I was put in charge of officiating the basketball games.
ReplyDeleteNow I have never been a referee before and I was very nervous, but I eventually got the hang of it. Some of my calls the kids didn’t like, but sometimes you have to fair instead of popular. Some of the games were a little lopsided, because you had more athletes on one side than you did on the other side. But all the games were very competitive and the girls even showed up the boys, one girl even ripped the ball from a boy. I have never before felt like so many kids look up to me, but that is one of the things I absolutely love about Teacher Cadet.
Today was a normal Friday. The kids were excited for the weekend and anxious for time to leave. Although they were ready to go home, they knew they had their normal routine of work to do before they could leave. Friday’s are always prize days for the students. They earn bucks each week when they are well behaved. Some have up to fifty bucks per week. I find it interesting that the administration can bribe students with something so simple to behave well. I remember when I was their age and I can pick out certain students I probably acted like at times. I like to ask them what they plan to be. Today I got “I want to be a teacher.” I thought to myself that maybe they would be in this class that I am taking one day. Thinking of kids that have a bright future makes me happy.
ReplyDeleteToday is Friday!!! When I arrived today I helped Mrs. Joyner again in the cafeteria for Breakfast. Mrs. Joyner asked me to leave early and go set up some things in her room. I had to take their brag tags out and place them on their desks before they came in there. While I was doing that parents were coming in the classroom for their reading parade. When I finished it was kind of awkward sitting there with the parents until the class came in. when the class came in they put on their brag tags and their Indian hats they made. Then after that the ones who got to be on the news show and the parade left. There were only two students left in the class after that, and along with the parents we watched the other students on the news show. After the news show we went into the hall and cheered them on in the reading parade. They paraded down the hallway and high fived everyone. They were so happy and it made me smile! You could just tell that this event made their day!
ReplyDeleteToday when I got to class I greeted the students and they sat in the bleachers and waited for SSR to begin. After the reading, our class had to grab some chairs that had been set up for the basketball game that took place, and take them to the old auditorium. When we got back the class stretched as a whole, and finished with fifteen push-ups and sit-ups, then a minute of mountain-climbers. For the rest of class the students got to have the “day off” and were allowed to play basketball, volleyball, or could throw the football. Today was a pretty great day for the students considering they didn’t have to any exercise routines and could play for most of the class.
ReplyDeleteUpon returning to my placement on Friday, Mrs. Kahler asked if I would submit attendance for her. After the morning news show, she asked if everyone could move their desks into a circle. Each group sat beside each other and they had a certain section of “Black Cat” by Edgar Allan Poe to annotate. I absolutely loved this activity. I was so impressed with the vocabulary that each group used to analyze their paragraph. Calvin talked about how the cat vexed the narrator and Alyah informed us that she believed that the narrator was unreliable. They are started to think on a deeper level! This is incredibly exciting and Mrs. Kahler couldn’t help but happy dance throughout the entire class.
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