Wow, I can’t believe
that I only have 3 days left of student teaching. I can’t believe that this
chapter in my life adventure is almost over. I am finding myself think about
how much I am going to miss my students. Part of me is excited about starting
the next chapter of my life adventure and part of me is scared about the
unknown.
This week was a lot
different than last week and it was filled with opportunities to learn. On
Monday and Tuesday, my cooperating teacher was proctoring the CRT’s so for most
of the day I was by myself. On Wednesday and Thursday my cooperating teacher
took some personal days and there was a sub to support me.
On Monday, my college
supervisor came and met with my cooperating teacher and me to go over my final
evaluation. The only major thing I need to work on is my classroom management.
It is something that I am really struggling with. My cooperating teacher shared
with me that classroom management is something that even she still struggles
with. She suggested that I keep a look out for Professional Developments on
classroom management and take as many as I can until I find something that
works for me. “You can’t teach a class that you can’t manage.”
The two days my
cooperating teacher was gone, were absolutely crazy. The class was very, very,
very talkative. No matter what I did I found myself struggling to keep them
quiet long enough for me to teach. I
tried taking a penny from everyone, having the whole class put their heads
down, and I even tried taking some of their recess.
This week, we got a new
student. It gave me an opportunity to refresh the students’ minds on classroom
procedures and rules. Instead, of me going over the rules, I asked students to
raise their hands and share a rule with the student. We taught the students
more square dances for Spring Literacy Night and for a parents’ performance.
On Friday, my
cooperating teacher and I discussed what I learned the two days she was gone,
my observation schedule for my last three days and her thoughts behind the
observations. She wants me to look at different teaching styles as well as
different management styles.
I learned the importance
of having a morning procedure and having something for the students to do when
first coming in the classroom, because on Friday Morning my cooperating teacher
was called away to a pre-k to Kinder IEP meeting and I had parents want to talk
to me at the down. When I step more in the classroom from the door I had
students everywhere except their seats.
I also learned that you
cannot depend on technology and that if you have issues with technology it is
best to move on quickly and not spend so much time trying to fix it because you
will lose students attention and it can be hard to get their attention again. I
also got to experience what it is like to handle a student’s birthday and a
classroom celebration.
I can’t wait to see what
my final 3 days bring. I can’t wait to attend their Square Dance performance on
May 10th. It will be exciting to see everything come together.
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