Ok... I am determined to get back on track with my blog. Last week was a very long week. It all started because our weekend was extra long due to the lack of sleep. Yes, I realize the lack of sleep was a personal choice but it was well worth it.
Last week was busy in school but it was productive, we really started getting in to the curriculum and I loved it. By the end of the week my mentor teacher and I were coming up with great ideas. We decided since we are getting behind in the reading we are going to break the kids in to groups and we are both going to take a group everyday that way it is more one on one attention. We have been working with some of our kids that have behavioral problems and they seem to be getting better.
Both my mentor teacher and I have been reading part of a Behavior Management book that has been very useful and interesting. I think I am going to buy a copy of the book for myself. It talks about how we need to help teach kids how to problem solve at a young age. Kids in the younger grades usually have simple problems and we usually just tell them the answers like if something spilled we tell them to go clean it up. Instead of telling them what to do we now say we have a problem and have the kids identify the problem and come up with possible solutions. It seems to be working well and the kids are enjoying it. They feel more included in the classroom.
I have gotten in to a routine to have my lesson plans done for the week ahead by Wednesday, that way I can write the parent newsletter on Thursday and have it ready to send out of Friday. Overall, I have been taking over more and more of the class.
My mentor teacher was gone today so she told me that I was in charge and that if I needed help to ask the sub. It was great and I did everything except for the read aloud. But, my mentor teacher is going to do the read aloud everyday to give me a break after lunch. I know that seems silly right who needs a break after lunch, well I do because I don't get a full lunch. The administrators want Cherise and I to get the full experience and so we have to either do lunch monitoring or recess monitoring so we only get a 25 min lunch. So my mentor does the read aloud so I can have another 25 minds to work on stuff finish my lunch and get ready for the afternoon lessons.
Today went amazing! I loved being in charge of the whole class and the kids were very responsive today. I love being a teacher. I also had a parent come up and talk to me to tell me her daughter just got a retainer that needs to stay in at all times and then she told me that she was sad I was going to be leaving in December because she thinks I am a great teacher and am really doing well with the kids!!
Well I think this is long enough and I have caught everyone up to date.
Oh I forgot about this weekend. Well it was a low key weekend! We went downtown on Saturday to the market and got fresh produce. Then we went to dinner with two other teachers and watched a movie and then on Sunday we went to the commissary for groceries and then I went and worked in my classroom for a few hours.
Miss you all xoxo!
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