Full Week of Teaching

Student Intern: Barbara Edwards     Week Ending: 

Placement:   First Grade   Clinical Teacher(s): Mrs. Hallmets

 

If you did not teach a full load this week, please indicate which subjects you taught. This week I taught Math, Science, Calendar Routines

 

1. The main discoveries that I made from teaching this week are: 

 

This week the main discoveries that I made were teaching Social Studies, Math and Literacy. This was the first week that I had a full week of teaching with every subject. I thought that it so far has gone extremely well. I have enjoyed this week. Last week I did a fun filled Science Unit on Insects and this week I have done a lot on literacy and teaching Mathematics in new ways.

 

2. When I think about being a teacher, I am concerned about: 

* Coming up with creative lessons even though the curriculum is already set by DPS.

* Keeping the children's interest.

* Topping my last lesson. I had the children say that was the most fun they have ever had at school. I think that it was a lesson that they will always remember.

 

 

 

3. I feel... 

 * I feel extremely well about the lessons and teaching this week. I was excited to take over and teach everything.

 

 

4. Questions I have after working this week are: 

 * This week I am still working on my time managment. I try to do a little every night even though I feel exhausted when I get home. 

 

5. I rate my experience this week as: 

 

Inadequate   Marginal   Excellent 

1       2                    3               4                     5** 

 

6. Other reactions: 

 * This week I was very impressed with the students. I have taken a full load for a couple days now and the children have made a very easy adjustment to me and the way that I teach Literacy. I am doing better with classroom management. I started a new system awhile ago and the children are doing better on this behavior chart then the previous one.

 

7. After discussing this week with my clinical teacher(s), next week I will focus on: 

 

 * Literacy is my main focus. It is the core chunk of the day and the most time is spent on this. I also think that I will focus more on preparing sooner for the next week and thinking ahead.

Tasty Bug Treats!

Student Intern: Barbara Edwards     Week Ending: 

Placement:   First Grade   Clinical Teacher(s): Mrs. Hallmets

 

If you did not teach a full load this week, please indicate which subjects you taught. This week I taught Math, Science, Calendar Routines

 

1. The main discoveries that I made from teaching this week are: 

 

This week the main discoveries that I made were teaching Science, Math, Centers and Literacy. This week I completed my Unit in Science. These lessons were awesome. The children loved discovering insects. They loved having live animals in the room to look at and observe. I had them do a lot of active lessons that kept them engaged in the lessons. We did a sequencing map of the life cycle of a ladybug, as well as a life cycle ladybug book. At the end of the week we made a ladybug out of apples and the children enjoyed eating their ladybug treat!! This lesson was a hit and I discovered if you keep them busy and active you can pretty much do any lesson regardless of how caotic you might think it will be.

 

2. When I think about being a teacher, I am concerned about: 

* Coming up with creative lessons even though the curriculum is already set by DPS.

* Keeping the children's interest.

* Topping my last lesson. I had the children say that was the most fun they have ever had at school. I think that it was a lesson that they will always remember.

 

 

 

3. I feel... 

 * I feel more confident with teaching. I am very sure of myself after teaching the unit. I came up with those activities to do each day, and at the post assessment I could tell that the children have learned so much.

 

 

4. Questions I have after working this week are: 

 * This week I am still working on my time managment. I try to do a little every night even though I feel exhausted when I get home. 

 

5. I rate my experience this week as: 

 

Inadequate   Marginal   Excellent 

1       2                    3               4                     5** 

 

6. Other reactions: 

 * The children loved learning about bugs/insects. They loved being able to actually see the bugs/insects. They seemed interested in everything that I was trying to teach them. They seemed engaged because it was something that they wanted to learn. I tried to make every lesson fun and active.

 

7. After discussing this week with my clinical teacher(s), next week I will focus on: 

 

 * This week I will focus on literacy. 

Week of September 14th

Student Intern: Barbara Edwards     Week Ending: 

Placement:   First Grade   Clinical Teacher(s): Mrs. Hallmets

 

If you did not teach a full load this week, please indicate which subjects you taught. This week I taught Math, Science, Calendar Routines

 

1. The main discoveries that I made from teaching this week are: 

 

This week the main discoveries that I made were teaching science and Mathematics. This week I taught mathematics and science. I also contributed to the daily centers. This is during the literacy block so I haven't picked up the whole Literacy block yet. We did a science, math, word works and writing centers. Each center consists of two days worth of work. For the science center I read them a book by eric carle "tiny seed" and them we made our own poem about the seed. The children had to draw and color the sequence of the seed in the book. For mathematics the children took tangrams and made different shapes then wrote about the shape they made and how many tangrams they used. In word works the children had to use word tiles to spell different numbers and finally in the writing center the children had to copy the poem we made from science. 

 

2. When I think about being a teacher, I am concerned about: 

* Coming up with creative lessons even though the curriculum is already set by DPS.

* Keeping the children's interest.

* This week I had a tough time with classroom management once again. I have a couple children that are very very talkative. I have planned to move their desks and I will see how well they do in the following days with their desks moved. 

 

 

 

3. I feel... 

 * I feel like I grow a lot each day, I have learned so much about teaching and its only the 15th day of school. I am much more aware of my surroundings and what the children are doing through out the course of the day. Each day I am more confident with my teaching and lessons. I feel like I am doing a better job each day and becoming more aware of my own skills and faults. 

 

 

4. Questions I have after working this week are: 

 * Time managment. I feel exhausted when I get home, I wanted to know does it get easier for the teachers as the years go on or is it always this crunched for time. I feel like I use every minute of my day with none to spare. 

 

5. I rate my experience this week as: 

 

Inadequate   Marginal   Excellent 

1       2                    3               4                     5** 

 

6. Other reactions: 

 * I did a lesson on seeds for one of the days. I used this activity where the amount of pedals they put on the flower was the age that they were. The amount of leaves on the stems was the amount of brothers or sisters they had. The seeds in the middle was the month that they were born in  example: if they were born in January they would have one seed and so on. The color of the flower was for if they had a pet or not. This activity was very stressful for me. The children could not hold scissors, or could not make their own seeds, petals or leaves. I wish that I had made everything for them and then they just put the amount that they needed on their flowers. This activity took longer than I anticipated. It also was very messy and maybe to hard for first grade. I should have modified it some so that the first graders could do it with ease.  

 

7. After discussing this week with my clinical teacher(s), next week I will focus on: 

 

 * Guided reading and working on the goals for each child and trying to cover the goals for that week. 

This weeks Lessons!

Student Intern: Barbara Edwards     Week Ending: 

Placement:   First Grade   Clinical Teacher(s): Mrs. Hallmets

 

If you did not teach a full load this week, please indicate which subjects you taught. This week I taught Math, Science, Calendar Routines

 

1. The main discoveries that I made from teaching this week are: 

 

This week the main discoveries that I made were teaching science and Mathematics. This week I picked up Math lessons for everyday. I realized that DPS makes the teachers teach to the text. We got to have some creativity in the centers and math games but the main core of the lesson was planned out and you have to follow the strict pacing guide that Durham Public Schools has set. I also liked how I could make my own assessment for the math and let the children do that as well as the assessment that DPS set up for them to do. Science is a time where I can shine and I can do more of the lessons that I want to as well as making more creative, exciting hands-on lessons. This week we sorted different types of seeds. I used the elmo and this projects what the image looks like on the screen. The children then used their five senses to describe each different type of seeds. We also did a poem that was called Little Brown Seeds. Then the children sequenced what happened with the seed and how it grew over time.  

 

2. When I think about being a teacher, I am concerned about: 

* Coming up with creative lessons even though the curriculum is already set by DPS.

* Keeping the children's interest.

* Classroom management is still a problem for me. The children are very talkative and I do not like it to be loud while I am teaching. I would like to enforce some sort of behavior modification so the children are focused on me and the lesson rather then each other. I am going to try and spice up the lesson so they aren't bored and try something new. 

 

 

 

3. I feel... 

 * Each day I am more confident with my teaching and lessons. I feel like I am doing a better job each day and becoming more aware of my own skills and faults. 

 

 

4. Questions I have after working this week are: 

 * How do I put more creativity in my lessons when the pacing guide is so strict. Is there anything that I can change or make more fun so the children enjoy mathematics more?

 

5. I rate my experience this week as: 

 

Inadequate   Marginal   Excellent 

1       2                    3               4                     5** 

 

6. Other reactions: 

 * I had my first observation this week by Dr. Berdeau. I thought that it went extremely well. I didn't expect it to go as well as it did because I have been out of school for awhile due to me being sick. I was very pleased with the results and comments I got back after doing the lesson. However I am worried about the observations in the future because they are going to be done via webcam. I am just worried that they won't be as attentive because its through webcam but I will find out if it works, soon. 

 

7. After discussing this week with my clinical teacher(s), next week I will focus on: 

 

 * Starting to have a lesson each day instead of every other day. [week ahead of time] I want to start to plan for literacy and taking more time to look at literacy and try to pick up one or two lessons for literacy. 

 

Second Week=Type A Flu

 

Student Intern: Barbara Edwards     Week Ending: 

Placement:   First Grade   Clinical Teacher(s): Mrs. Hallmets

 

If you did not teach a full load this week, please indicate which subjects you taught. 

 

1. The main discoveries that I made from teaching this week are: 

 

This week the main discoveries that I made were teaching a science lesson and getting know the children better. I also found out some of my weaknesses while teaching the science lesson and focused more on what I wanted to accomplish. I still focused on daily schedules and routines. I felt like this week I had more responsibilities and opened up more to the children. I got to read books to the children and do follow up activities with them. I feel like I am more prepared to teach the children. I also feel more comfortable in front of them and the classroom. 

 

 

2. When I think about being a teacher, I am concerned about: 

* Coming up with creative lessons even though the curriculum is already set by DPS.

* Keeping the children's interest.

* I am also concerned about classroom management. I am a very soft spoken person and I do not like to raise my voice or yell. My clinical teacher is completely opposite form me. She is loud by nature and she can yell. I want to control my students without screaming or yelling. I also will not tolerate loud and rambunctious behavior. 

 

 

 

3. I feel... 

 * Like I have so much more responsibilities now and I like teaching more lessons. This week science was a lot of fun and the children enjoy learning about science. Its fun and not boring. 

 

 

4. Questions I have after working this week are: 

 * Mostly about classroom management and how to control the class with out yelling. 

 

5. I rate my experience this week as: 

 

Inadequate   Marginal   Excellent 

1       2                    3**                 4                     5 

 

6. Other reactions: 

 * I taught the science lesson on monday but came to school feeling terrible. My body ached all over. After school I went to my physician and they tested me for the flu. I had Type A Flu. I guess now I know to wash my hands more and to take extra precautions when it comes to teaching and children. I have never been that sick before, and trust me you dont want that type of flu. They also tested me for swine, I dont get those results back for a few days. 

 

 

7. After discussing this week with my clinical teacher(s), next week I will focus on: 

 

 * Starting to have a lesson each day instead of every other day. I want to stick with science and hopefully pick that up full load next week and start picking up math as well.