Last POST!!

I actually enjoy writing blogs :) I may start this for fun!! HAHA!

My, oh, my how fast this session has gone. It's hard to believe that we have already went through this class so fast! I've learned so much, thanks to an amazing teacher and great classmates! It has made the past eight weeks a breeze! I will be going into the summer with two classes this summer (one for each session) one in the early fall, two late fall and finally STUDENT TEACHING in the SPRING!!! I cannot wait!! The light at the end of this very long tunnel is getting bigger!

It is hard to say what has really been the most helpful thing I've learned this session. I have gotten better at creating lesson plans and I have a bigger closet full of strategies, hooks and closures now!! The biggest thing that has been my rock for taking these teaching class has definitely been working as a teachers aide. There is so much more I see on a day to day basis that I wouldn't have as just a observation student or just subbing (not saying these aren't also helpful). If I had to give advise to future education students I guess on how to survive these methods courses I would say get a job in the school, as an aide or para. I have learned how to, not only create my own lesson plans but I have also been a part of creating a curriculum for first grade. This week is also the start of MAP testing week here at Wheatland. I had to watch a training video on how to administer the MAP test to my students (I just had to read the manual with instructions and watch them throughout the sessions). The weeks leading up to MAP testing is so stressful to teachers and students sense it!! I swear they do! I couldn't tell you how many kids have been sent to ISS because of behavior (that and the teachers have no patience left for their nonsense) when other students are trying to learn. Once MAP is over, May is basically a month filled with field trips :)