Since I am full time student teaching now more responsibilities (that I gladly welcome) are being put on my plate. I love being there everyday. Well most days :) We worked out a schedule for what areas I will take over when. This will help the students by still having my CT lead major activities and slowly shift over one subject at a time. This week I took over Science. With the kiddos I'm working on life cycles. I had planned each day this week what I wanted to cover with the kids on each day, but quickly I learned how fast we were moving through the material. I found a great sheet on TPT that has boxes and lines for the kids to draw and write out the life cycle for an animal or insect of their choice. I want to get a bunch of animal books from the local library and teach a mini research unit. I will keep you updated as I move forward with this!
One of my concerns about transitioning from 3 days of student teaching to 5 days of student teaching was that I would get burnt out. Fast. I kept a pretty easy work out schedule the first week. By the second week I was in the swing of things and start planning for morning workouts. I get a lot of crazy looks when I tell people what time I get up to run in the morning. I try and explain that it really wakes me up and then I know after school is over I can prep for the next day and or just relax. As much as I'm happy to see the gym full with people making resolutions to get fit, I not so secretly can't stand the crowds. I've found that it is most crowded after 3pm....when I get out of school. Thus this girl sets her alarm super early to beat the crowds. By taking that time in the morning I can clear my head and remind myself that yes I can do this. <- This has been a huge one lately.
The conversation came up the other day about the way the teaching profession is changing to a data driven occupation. Not exactly something an almost college graduate wants to hear, but needs to. Seeing how much work goes into assessing each student and logging all that information has been extremely eye opening. I've been very fortunate that my CT has given me many opportunities to be hands on in the classroom and the assessments he needs.
I have a million things I want to blog about but only so much time. Or some much time that I actually sit down and do it. Guess I can work on time management for my own life outside of school.
Have a great Thursday friend!