What crazy, interesting, confusing, strange, amazing experiences do I have on a weekly basis? Maybe my students made some off-the-wall comment. Some other time, I might have a story about a wonderful teaching moment. There may be some weeks that I reflect on my strengths/weaknesses as a teacher and others where I need advice. I'm dealing with the experience a day at a time.
The weeks are just flying by. It seems like I was just getting my first day of school out fit ready and packing my lunch for the first time. We were planning this week and made it all the way to Thanksgiving Break! Can you believe that? I already know what we are going to be doing from now until that break. Gosh, after that I'm pretty much finished! Here's the reality of November: from now until Thanksgiving Break, we do not have a full week of school, and I am not exaggerating. Next week we're off for Election Day. The next week is Veteran's Day. And the Wednesday before Thanksgiving is an early release for students. I am finally experiencing the obstacles teachers face with covering all the necessary topics and objectives within the year. It's only the 2nd six weeks and I'm already worried for my teacher. Luckily, we've stayed on track up until this point and I have a strong feeling my teacher will have no problem maintaining the pace.
This is one of the most interrupted time for us. First, we had to spend 2 days taking Benchmarking tests. Then we had to plan 2 to 3 days doing Tech Steps (if you don't know, you're lucky!) and then there is a "family life" lesson that disrupts morning classes one day. I'm not sure but I THINK this is the worst of it. I'll keep my fingers crossed that a gigantic snow storm doesn't sweep the area in early December ( or ever for that matter).
With that being said, we did set our path from now until Thanksgiving. There were actually only 6 full instructional days that we had to utilize. There needs to be a quiz before break because we all now what happens to teenagers' memories with a 9 day stretch off of school (2 days is bad enough!). So inputting one day for review and one day for a quiz, I am only left with 4 actual days that I can cover new math topics. That surely puts a damper in my intention of creating a thorough, meaningful unit. Not that my instruction can't still be "meaningful" I just feel more pressure now to cover the material directly and concisely rather than in a discovery manner.
I don't know how many times I've said it but this semester just makes it crystal clear - I want my own class!! I am super excited to be a teacher. If anything, this intern experience has solidified my calling to be a teacher.
The weeks are just flying by. It seems like I was just getting my first day of school out fit ready and packing my lunch for the first time. We were planning this week and made it all the way to Thanksgiving Break! Can you believe that? I already know what we are going to be doing from now until that break. Gosh, after that I'm pretty much finished! Here's the reality of November: from now until Thanksgiving Break, we do not have a full week of school, and I am not exaggerating. Next week we're off for Election Day. The next week is Veteran's Day. And the Wednesday before Thanksgiving is an early release for students. I am finally experiencing the obstacles teachers face with covering all the necessary topics and objectives within the year. It's only the 2nd six weeks and I'm already worried for my teacher. Luckily, we've stayed on track up until this point and I have a strong feeling my teacher will have no problem maintaining the pace.
ReplyDeleteThis is one of the most interrupted time for us. First, we had to spend 2 days taking Benchmarking tests. Then we had to plan 2 to 3 days doing Tech Steps (if you don't know, you're lucky!) and then there is a "family life" lesson that disrupts morning classes one day. I'm not sure but I THINK this is the worst of it. I'll keep my fingers crossed that a gigantic snow storm doesn't sweep the area in early December ( or ever for that matter).
With that being said, we did set our path from now until Thanksgiving. There were actually only 6 full instructional days that we had to utilize. There needs to be a quiz before break because we all now what happens to teenagers' memories with a 9 day stretch off of school (2 days is bad enough!). So inputting one day for review and one day for a quiz, I am only left with 4 actual days that I can cover new math topics. That surely puts a damper in my intention of creating a thorough, meaningful unit. Not that my instruction can't still be "meaningful" I just feel more pressure now to cover the material directly and concisely rather than in a discovery manner.
I don't know how many times I've said it but this semester just makes it crystal clear - I want my own class!! I am super excited to be a teacher. If anything, this intern experience has solidified my calling to be a teacher.