"pleasantly plump"...or so says one of the kids in my class.
We've been working with -at words lately (cat, bat, mat...) and every time we come across the word "fat" he has to point out: "It says fat, but we should really say pleasantly plump" ... Okay then! :)
Wednesday, November 4, 2009
Monday, October 19, 2009
Got the Job!!!
Just got a call that I got the tutoring job!!! Yahoo! :) I start Weds. afternoon. Please be praying that taking on this job will not take away my sanity...if it's not totally gone already :p
Jacob's 5th Birthday Party!
Jacob on the dirt bike with Rusty - what a ride! :)
Cake Time!
Anna's many outfits (and the pink cast accessorizes with them all so nicely!)
Anna's on the move!
These children look like stars in a very odd combination of Star Wars and Lord of the Rings...
Wednesday, October 14, 2009
Job?!
Forgot to say earlier that I had an impromptu job interview after teaching today! I found out a couple days ago that there's an opening for a tutor at the after-school program at the school I teach at, and it pays pretty good too! So after I finished up for the day, I went and met with the director. I'd be working with a small group (usually no more than 8 kids at a time) of 5th-6th graders, for a few hours after school. They'll probably be able to work around the one class I still have every week (if I get the job...) and it's in the same building I teach in, which is obviously incredibly convenient. Oh yeah, and did I mention it pays good? (between $13 and $17 an hour...sweet!) So please be praying that I get the job!
Student Teacher Woes
Right now I'm in the process of getting certified to substitute teach, and I personally think it's a little bit insane. We have to pay $25 for the sub. teacher training class (supposedly the $ is to cover the Handbook and lunch...okay then...better be the best Handbook I've ever read and lunch that's out of this world!) AND everything we're supposedly covering is everything that I learned in my week of in-service days the week before school started...OSHA, sexual harrassment laws, district policy, etc etc etc. So not only do I already know all of this, and have my school's handbook covering all of it, I get to PAY to hear it all again! And seeing as money's a little hard to come by, due to the lack of job, which is due to the lack of time, which is due to this whole student teaching thing to begin with...it just seems like a lose-lose situation. GRR!
Oh, and, and! When I finally AM certified to sub., I'm only allowed to sub. for my mentor teacher, and I'm only allowed to sub. 10 times this year (whereas a girl who I took classes with last year can sub. for anyone in the district, including MY teacher, as often as she wants, and she's a year behind me in the Ed. program...how does that make sense?!)
The paperwork for getting certified is a whole other story that I'm not gonna get into...but the weirdest thing to me is that I have to have yet another physical done...they can't just use the one I had 2 short months ago so that I could start my internship...doesn't make much sense to me! How much could my health have changed in 2 months...seriously...
Anyway, there is my venting for the day. Don't get me wrong...I love student teaching, I love my kids, I love my mentor teacher, and my advisor, and my school...I do...it's just all this other crap that gets in the way of that all that makes me wanna go crazy! :)
Oh, and, and! When I finally AM certified to sub., I'm only allowed to sub. for my mentor teacher, and I'm only allowed to sub. 10 times this year (whereas a girl who I took classes with last year can sub. for anyone in the district, including MY teacher, as often as she wants, and she's a year behind me in the Ed. program...how does that make sense?!)
The paperwork for getting certified is a whole other story that I'm not gonna get into...but the weirdest thing to me is that I have to have yet another physical done...they can't just use the one I had 2 short months ago so that I could start my internship...doesn't make much sense to me! How much could my health have changed in 2 months...seriously...
Anyway, there is my venting for the day. Don't get me wrong...I love student teaching, I love my kids, I love my mentor teacher, and my advisor, and my school...I do...it's just all this other crap that gets in the way of that all that makes me wanna go crazy! :)
Wednesday, September 30, 2009
One of the Joys of Teaching...
I received this drawing from one of my kiddos (among many others) today, and it just makes me laugh. This is me, with crazy purple hair, dancing in the orange flowers, under the pink stars (which is not only MY favorite color, but this particular student's as well!) Oh yeah, and she wrote "I like you" too :)
Monday, September 21, 2009
Friday, September 11, 2009
Great Day!
Today was a fantastic day at school! I was only there for about 3 hours but I got to do a lot!
I tested a few kids on their sight words, helped Miss J fill out a behavior profile for a student, and then she asked me to take them from Music to the Library all by myself (not a hard thing, but not especially easy for a beginning teacher when you have 20 1st-graders!)
The kids did great, and then from there I had to bring them back to the classroom, got them settled down to read their books, read 2 books to them, got them ready for lunch, monitored their eating (again, not easy with 1st graders...it's like pulling teeth getting them to eat!!) and they did a WAY better job eating than they usually do! Then I had to get them all cleaned up and ready for recess, and they were ready so fast, I had to come up with a game to entertain them while we waited for the recess bell, which they had fun with.
Throughout all of this, Miss J just sat back at her desk working on her stuff and let me do everything! It was a blast! Of course there were a few kids who just didn't want to listen to me...seeing as I'm only there 2-3 days a week now, they kind of forget that I'm still one of their teachers and that they, ya know, still have to listen to me and do what I say :p But they did pretty good. And Miss J decided that I did such a good job, we're gonna keep up that routine every Friday now! Should be fun! :)
And I found out that I might be able to sub for her already on the 21st! Woo hoo! She'll be gone the 16th and she already has another sub lined up for that day, but asked me to be there that whole day to help her out cause I know what our routine is and will have a better idea of what needs to be done!
I tested a few kids on their sight words, helped Miss J fill out a behavior profile for a student, and then she asked me to take them from Music to the Library all by myself (not a hard thing, but not especially easy for a beginning teacher when you have 20 1st-graders!)
The kids did great, and then from there I had to bring them back to the classroom, got them settled down to read their books, read 2 books to them, got them ready for lunch, monitored their eating (again, not easy with 1st graders...it's like pulling teeth getting them to eat!!) and they did a WAY better job eating than they usually do! Then I had to get them all cleaned up and ready for recess, and they were ready so fast, I had to come up with a game to entertain them while we waited for the recess bell, which they had fun with.
Throughout all of this, Miss J just sat back at her desk working on her stuff and let me do everything! It was a blast! Of course there were a few kids who just didn't want to listen to me...seeing as I'm only there 2-3 days a week now, they kind of forget that I'm still one of their teachers and that they, ya know, still have to listen to me and do what I say :p But they did pretty good. And Miss J decided that I did such a good job, we're gonna keep up that routine every Friday now! Should be fun! :)
And I found out that I might be able to sub for her already on the 21st! Woo hoo! She'll be gone the 16th and she already has another sub lined up for that day, but asked me to be there that whole day to help her out cause I know what our routine is and will have a better idea of what needs to be done!
Thursday, September 3, 2009
Quote of the Week!
I did not hear this quote directly as it was aimed at Miss J, my mentor teacher, but it cracks me up nonetheless!
Now to give you a little background on Miss J, she was Mrs. E when I first met her, but she got divorced over the summer and went back to her maiden name, so she is now known as Miss J.
So, Miss J was talking to a 2nd-grader who was one of her students last year, and he said to her "I heard you got a horse and changed your name over the summer!"
She was confused for a moment and said, "Well, I changed my name, but I didn't get a horse!"
He said, "Yes you did! You told me you got a horse and changed your name!"
She finally realized she had told him she got a DIVORCE and he had been thinking she had said a HORSE!
We all had a good laugh about it in the Teachers Lounge at lunch and now we ask her every morning how her horse is doing :)
Now to give you a little background on Miss J, she was Mrs. E when I first met her, but she got divorced over the summer and went back to her maiden name, so she is now known as Miss J.
So, Miss J was talking to a 2nd-grader who was one of her students last year, and he said to her "I heard you got a horse and changed your name over the summer!"
She was confused for a moment and said, "Well, I changed my name, but I didn't get a horse!"
He said, "Yes you did! You told me you got a horse and changed your name!"
She finally realized she had told him she got a DIVORCE and he had been thinking she had said a HORSE!
We all had a good laugh about it in the Teachers Lounge at lunch and now we ask her every morning how her horse is doing :)
Monday, August 24, 2009
First Day of Student Teaching!
Today was my first day of student teaching, and I'm not going to say much about it now because it's too long to write, but I knew inquiring minds (aka Wendy...lol) would want to know, so just wanted to say it was FANTASTIC! I love my mentor teacher, we get along great, and we've even been able to crack jokes with each other. We've got 23 kiddos, 3 of whom didn't show up today, but we had a total blast! There were lots of the usual "first day" issues, and some things that I'm sure will continue to be issues, but overall I'm feeling very optimistc about the 9 months ahead of me! Now if only all my college classes would go this well... :)
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