October 6, 2009
Hello everyone! Just a quick update! This past weekend we went to Munich for a day trip we decided we wanted to see what the city had to offer besides great beer at Oktoberfest! We planned on going on a bike tour but just like everything else on this adventure things did not go as planned. We missed the bike tour so we decided to go on a walking tour instead. The tour was alright kinda boring but we did see some neat things. There is a gorgeous , enormous park there where we saw well inappropriate people aka nudists (hehe) and we saw people surfing! I know who knew you could surf so far away from the ocean! You will have to check out the picture link because there are pictures and or videos of all of this! It was a fun trip.
As for Sunday we decided to stay at our place because our train ride home took an extra couple of hours and we didn’t get home until 2am blah and we had a lot to do! I think I worked on my own school work and lesson planning for almost 10 hours on Sunday YIKES, but all of that planning payed off!
It was all worth it because today was SO AMAZING! Today marked the first day of me taking over the entire class and my first formal observation with a full out PPA lesson plan! Today my mentor teacher sat in the back of the classroom and just watched she did not say anything and if the kids asked her something they told her that they had to ask me! It was a great day! I started a lesson about chronology and time lines! We started by reading a book about Ruby Bridges. Then the students went to their desks and wrote down an event from her life. Then we came back and read them I told them that we need to put them in chronological order. (We discussed what that meant). Then the kids put them in order. Then they got to start writing evens down from their lives on a graphic organizer I provided. The idea of the lesson that will continue is that the students learn about timelines and chronology by creating their own personal zig zag books (accordion book) by completing the writing process. The overall process is multiple lessons and I have written out two formal PPA lesson plans for it!
It was a great day and at the end all of the kids together said that they loved me and that I did a great job! Then about 10 of them gave me a hug all at one time! Today is a day I will not forget it was my first day feelings like this was my class completely and it was a successful day! I am aware that somedays will not be as successful as this but I am prepared for that and I am prepared to do what I have to to make as many days as I can this successful! I hope that you all enjoy this story as much as I enjoy this day!
I love you all and will keep you updated about other wonderful things! Keep looking next week for updates. We will be going to Paris this weekend for the three day weekend! Pictures will be up by tomorrow from this weekend!
I would love to hear from all of you so don’t forget to write! Xoxo!
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