Classroom Prep/Set-Up… Week 10 – Mock Sub Notes and Overplanning 7 Nov 20157 Nov 2015 I wasn't able to be in class on Friday due to a doctor's appointment, so to prepare myself for my future teaching career, I created mock sub notes for my…
8th Grade Reading… Pre-Planning House on Mango Street 27 Oct 20151 Dec 2015 Next week I will completely take over the eighth grade classes and teach House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros. Since I will become, in my cooperating teacher's place, one of the…
6th Grade Reading… The Boring Words Funeral 27 Oct 20151 Dec 2015 Today my 6th grade co-teachers and I held a Boring Words Funeral for the overused, boring, '2nd/3rd grade' words in our vocabulary. This was a very somber event. Students and…
Classroom Prep/Set-Up… A Lesson in Movement – How Classroom Mobility Changes and Assists Student Learning 18 Oct 20153 Dec 2015 I was curious about the idea that movement allows for a more productive and engaged community of learners, so I decided to try the idea out with my tenth grade…
Classroom Prep/Set-Up… Notes on My Students 16 Oct 201521 Oct 2015 As my first placement comes to a close, there's one thing I wanted to make sure to do before leaving: create a student note sheet for my cooperating teacher so…
Classroom Prep/Set-Up… Unit Planning – Honors 10 16 Oct 201521 Oct 2015 I was extremely nervous about teaching tenth grade Honors English at first, but once I started planning out what I was going to do, I felt a lot better.Continue reading…