This week was the first week of my second placement. I am now in a 3rd/4th grades MAC (mixed age class). It is very different than a 2nd grade classroom. There is definitely a big jump from what is expected in 2nd grade to what is expected in 3rd and 4th grades.
It was an interesting first week. We did not have school on Monday due to the power outages. There was school on Tuesday, which was very chaotic due to not having had school Monday and most of the teachers (including myself and my cooperating teacher) and students still having no power at home. Due to the power outages, there was a district ruling of no homework for Tuesday night.
I am definitely getting into things much more quickly in this placement. On Tuesday, I was working with small groups and in charge of the read aloud (reading to the students when the come in from recess). On Wednesday, I continued those responsibilities and some other daily routine type tasks. On Thursday, we started to get into their normal routine. The students took their science test, which had originally been scheduled for Tuesday. So on Friday, I started teaching the next unit of science. I will be adding in teaching Writer's Workshop on Monday and Math on Tuesday. This is definitely going to be a different experience than my last placement.
Sounds like an interesting first week! Hopefully, next week will be better and I'm sure you'll do fine in this placement! :)
ReplyDeleteYou did great in your first placement and I know you will do great in this next one. I know your last placement was interesting, if that. You wanted more work, and it sounds like your getting it. I know you will do great through it all. Keep up the persistence and determination to get it done.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the encouragement, Emily and Gretchen! You will both do great in your placements!
ReplyDeleteWow! I can't believe there was a district ruling to not assign homework on Tuesday night! It sounds like everyone had a really rough go of it with all the outages etc.
ReplyDeleteYou seem confident in your post, and okay that you are getting involved in the class so quickly, even though you know this placement will be very different from your last one. I love your willing spirit to jump into things even when they are new (and maybe scary?)!
I know I could not believe the homework ruling, but we followed the rules and did not assign homework that night. Not having power was awful.
ReplyDeleteI'm excited to be getting into teaching more this placement. Thank you for your encouragement.