Took on social studies yesterday and today! I probably could have done it sooner since we are learning about the world and coloring/labeling! All things I think are fun! I'm trying to get away from the worksheets so hopefully I can at least make the lessons more exciting!
My co-op teacher left the room a few times today when I was teaching and the kids started talk more. One topic was who is the best teacher and I was happy to hear that at least of few of them like me even though I heard both :) but I assured them that we are both good! I think most liked my idea. As the kids are getting more familiar with things some of them are being little "stinkers" at times as my teacher says. I am using more classroom management and with a few I am working on stepping up my game. One boy in particular is very bright and usually finishes his work quickly but he tends to talk a lot when I am. I'm working on earning his respect but after talking to him at least three times today I think I need to step up my game! We will see how that goes next week!
Today I had my first after school parent-teacher-student meeting. It all happened this morning and I hadn't been planning on staying long today. I know it was important for me to stay which resulted in showing up late to practice. Staying shows that I am professional and I hope the student understands that I care about him and helping him by being there. On my drive back to school it came over me that I was really upset with missing our captains meeting and the beginning of practice. Friday practices are really the only ones I have the chance to make it to. I really want to do the best I can at being a captain and student teaching and today I just felt like I wasn't doing it. Nobody else probably would see it as a big deal but for some reason I was.
It's weird how certain people saying certain things in a certain way at a certain time can all seem a certain way. Yes I wanted to use certain that many times. I hope that makes sense! When you're in a period of stress it doesn't take much to get frustrated. It has been a long week and today came my first mini meltdown. Yup people have said that in their first year of teaching they cried a lot which is kind of scary but I suppose the same emotions could come to a student teacher too. I'm very thankful for the people I have that helped me keep it mini and most of them probably didn't even know. We've all been there, done that with stressful times. Most of the time it's just time to slow down! Relax! Take a deep breath :) I assure you school is going really well; I have great people around me all of the time or they are a phone call away! So glad my coaches and teammates understand me or at least they do a good job of acting like it! I even got a birthday card today from a student! Four days early but that didn't bother me! High expectations for myself and maybe wanting to do too much got me to the point I was at this afternoon. This is something I am continuing to work on!
Noodles tonight for dinner with the roomies, Megamind! Hill workout tomorrow morning with the team, tours for recruits and SNC day...another busy weekend and we don't even have a meet! Hope everyone/anyone out there has a great weekend!!
"When all is said and done, it's not the shots that won
the championship that you remember, but the friendships you made along
the way."
-Unknown
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