Wow, I am bad at this whole blogging thing! At least now I have an excuse for being behind. The excuse is called Student Teaching. It runs my life right now. I am teaching 7th and 8th grade English at Pleasant Grove Junior High. My 7th grade classes are both ESL/Integrated English/Read 180, which was a bit of a surprise my first day. I don't have a whole lot of ESL experience, but it has been fun. I am definitely learning a lot about classroom management and getting plenty of management practice, but in a way I'm kind of glad. My days would be really boring without some the chaos that must be expected when you spend hours in a classroom with 12-14 year old kids. There have been a few frustrating days, but there have been even more fun and successful days. A few of my students can be really obnoxious and difficult to deal with when they constantly disrupt my class, but at the same time, they can be absolutely hilarious and sometimes I just have to laugh at their creative jokes and stories. I am amazed by the things they can come up with on a daily basis. I especially love their excuses and tricks they try to use to get out of doing their work in class.
We had an exciting day a week ago. One of my students went to use the bathroom and came right back to tell me that one of the toilets was on fire! I'm still not sure how that one was pulled off or who did it, but it created some excitement for a couple of days!
My biggest challenge/fear is having confidence in my own skills. I hate being watched/judged so every time I teach a lesson I am terrified that I am teaching something incorrectly and giving the students false information that Mrs. Schow is going to have to correct, but I am slowly becoming more and more confident as I spend more time in the classroom. Mrs. Schow (my cooperating teacher) has been teaching for over twenty years, so everything comes naturally and easily to her. I, on the other hand, have to plan out every minute of every lesson in detail before I teach.
I have been teaching for a few weeks now, which means I have about ten weeks to go. Wish me luck!
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Wow Brookie! Good luck. You are super busy, I'm glad you had time to update :) That would be really scary for anyone I think, but I'm sure you are doing great. You have such a fun personality and are so super smart so I bet your students love having you. Hope the next few weeks go well for you :)
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