Ok, so I haven't taken our Literacy 2 Midterm test yet, and it's only in the testing center until Saturday, so I totally should be studying for it. But before I start studying, I wanted to quickly post a blog about my first day. It doesn't look like you've checked my blog in a while, but I guess you should never assume either. So here it goes!
Today was fun in my class! I am in a 3rd grade classroom in Pleasant Grove. Nothing extraordinary happened, but I had a fun time getting involved with my class. Tomorrow my teacher will be gone for about 3 hours at a funeral. During that time, the students will be at computers, lunch and lunch recess part of the time. The rest of the time there will be an aid in the classroom, and I'll be "teaching!" I put it in quotes because I didn't do any of the work behind the lessons. I am simply taking the lessons that my teacher would have been teaching and teaching them for her. Which, I know, really IS teaching, but not it wont count towards anything for field :( Too bad, but I don't mind, I'm still excited! Also, my teacher wants me to teach a unit on Persuasive Writing. I am very excited for this as well!! I don't think this will count towards anything towards field assignments either, except for the writing thing that we have to do for...your class I believe. I think I'll try to stretch it into my literacy lessons, but I'll have to ask Pro. Harward first. I wish I could just go and teach during field and get the points needed instead of HAVING to teach this and that and the other. It'd be a TON more enjoyable that way! But I understand why it's not possible.
Well, I'm off to study for my Literacy midterm...yuck.
1 comment:
Good luck on that literacy exam! Great news about teaching the persuasive writing unit! You're right... you CAN get a writing sample for one of your inventories... and then, you could ACTUALLY TRY OUT a little bit of tiering... to see if you can get the hang of it when YOU plan. You might even consider taking the lessons your cooperating teacher wants you to include, and arranging them in a MENU... for practice. You'd be one, SAVVY differentiating teacher by the end of that!
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