Week 7

This week I was able to take over math on Friday. This is exciting for me, I really like Math. It was a good lesson but again I felt nervous. Partially because I was being observed by a District representative, who wanted to see how the students from our ASD program were included. The lesson went well. I felt confident in the lesson, if I could have retaught it, I would have used base ten blocks to show the partner groups, and had the children come up with doubles facts they knew, so our friends with IEP, ELL, and ASD program could have a couple reminders. The students this week have become very comfortable with me. I love seeing my guided reading groups. They put in a lot of good work with their task, and are excited to learn and read which is awesome.

This week I was able to observe my teaching calling home for students. She let me know to always have a solution in mind, and a way to help the student with whatever issue we are calling home for. This was a helpful advice that I will definitely take into consideration for when I call home. I think it is important the parent knows that you are push for the success of the student. Some teachers in the school have shared experiences where the parents believe the do not like the student or do not have good intentions. With the solution in mind, it will hopefully tell the parents that you have hope things will get better and you want to help the student with achieving success.

Last week I took over Science which was fun. I hope to get into the pace of taking over more and more. I still have to have the principal come to my class to observe next week,  which is scary but he came in with the Superintendent, for a couple minutes and that was successful. This week I hope to have more meaningful connection and build my confidence in my new content areas.