Posted on January 22nd, 2008 by msfrizzlewanabe34
Third quarter is upon us student teachers. What this means is that those of us within the happy little Stritch Cohort begin our student teaching as of Thursday the 24th. I have been dropping in on and off with my co-operating teacher since last week. I took advantage of the the half day on Monday and all day today. It was very interesting watching the students behavior today. They were all very chatty and off task. I wonder if the full moon had anything to do with it or maybe the fact that they all get Wednesday off due to a teacher workday. I will go in tomorrow to assist my co-operating teacher with switching over boards and setting up new centers for the new quarter. I also have my meeting with the Stritch professor in the afternoon to go over expectations of my student teaching course.
I now have in my possession two teacher manuals to peruse through to plan out my lessons that I will teach. After watching the teacher today, I see that there is a lot of guiding still in second grade, a lot of modeling still and constant maternal reprimand to stay on task. As I work with several of the students over the past few days I begin to feel more confident in what I will do and how I will do it. I look forward to jumping right in to getting all those long, long lesson plans out of the way.
In my midst of hanging out in the classroom over the past few days, I have already obtained much gossip that floats around a school. I find it quite interesting, and take it for what it is worth.
Stay tuned…….
More to come…….
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Posted on January 20th, 2008 by msfrizzlewanabe34
 This week Thursday is the official start to 3rd quarter but I will be hanging out with my new students as of Monday just to get a start on things. I feel like I will need all the time I can get and still am nervous about the concept of taking over someone else’s classroom. I wonder if it would of been beneficial for me to have taken up substitute teaching as opposed to other directions that I went. Well lucky for me, Monday is only a half day, Tuesday is a full day and there is no school for Wednesday but it is a teacher workday and my informational meeting between the college supervisor and my co-operating teacher.
I am curious as to how I will write these lesson plans for some of the content being taught. That is pretty much my goal for the week is to talk with my co-op and decide what is being taught for the following week so I may begin writing up those so adored full length lesson plans. I have not decided what content to pick first. My weakest in teaching would be Math and Social Studies content. This is due to the fact that within my clinical’s I never taught these contents. I am tempted to ask to take over math first just to get more practice at it. Unfortunantly this school does not study Social Studies everyday it is squeezed in when time allows or at least once a week. Perhaps yet another goal will be to incorporate the less taught curriculum and weave it into other areas.
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Posted on January 15th, 2008 by msfrizzlewanabe34
The prep is on for student teaching this week. Sadly I had to quit my full time job in order to student teach so stress is high where bills are concerned. I am slowly getting my things organized and pulling together some resources together that will assist my co-operating teacher. I am nervous and excited all at the same time. I don’t believe I have had those two emotions at the same time. At any rate, I have begun to formulate the multitude of full-length lesson plans that will have to be presented to my supervising college professor when I am to be observed. I find my self at a loss however when it comes to writing a full length lesson plan for second grade math. I have a feeling this will be my weak area that I will have to work on.
My first informal is already scheduled for next week and the three of us (Myself, co-operating teacher and the supervising professor) will have a lovely informational session in regards to expectations during my student teaching role.
I still need to get my lesson plan binder in order and formulate some second grade lesson plans for all contents. The thought of taking over an entire classroom that is not my own only concerns me at the management level. Meaning I would have to learn the teacher’s classroom management plan and be able to maintain it.
I have met several of the students within her classroom and they are very respectable and bright. At least on the surface. God knows what they will do and how they will behave when I actually take over and she is gone. I will just have to remain firm and keep them on task and busy so there is no time for mischief.
Keep an eye out for further updates on the student teaching journal……..
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