Yesterday I heard the two words a student teacher (in distress) wants to hear most: SNOW DAY! I thought I'd died and gone to heaven. I basically got a Saturday in the middle of the week. A day to sleep in where I have no choice but to stay in the house due to the mounds of snow blocking my car. I soooo needed this day to catch up on lesson plans, grading and laundry.
Then just a little while ago the clouds parted, the sun came out and I got a call with the sweetest words I've heard, well, since yesterday: school is closed tomorrow, too! Sweet baby Jesus it's like a 2nd Christmas! It couldn't be better timing, really. First, I've been fighting a sickness for a few days now. Somehow my immune system is preventing it from really taking hold. Second, I am definitely more than a day behind on writing Olivet-version lesson plans. And finally, my University Supervisor was supposed to come observe me tomorrow...so, I'm off the hook on that one til at least next week.
The downside is that now I won't finish student teaching on a Friday. I'll have to come back and finish up my days the following week. But, hey, I'll take it.
As far as student teaching goes, it's going pretty well. This week was my first week of teaching full-time. It's my 4th week total. It's going good so far...despite being interrupted by the snow. I started the Holocaust unit and next week we start reading Diary of Anne Frank and Night by Elie Wiesel. I'm actually happy that my week of background info is being interrupted because I'm not well-versed in Holocaust history. (Or any history for that matter.) Now, we will just brush on by and start reading the stories, which is fine by me.
The toughest thing so far is planning. It's way more time consuming than I ever expected. Also, it's really hard to use someone else's classroom. I would organize my classroom differently and it's hard to make someone else's room work for you. I can't decide how to organize my lessons...by day of the week, by folder, by class (reading or language). All of these little things can be so complicated.
The easiest thing so far is my comfort level at the school. It makes it so much easier to do what I have to do at school everyday. I know so many people there and I feel comfortable asking for ideas or just talking to the other teachers. That comfort level is priceless.
Gonna start grading persuasive essays tomorrow, so stay tuned for some hilarious posts!
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