Lindsey and I are at Reiley Elementary in Mrs. Ihrig's 2/3 grade class. Our first day went better than expected and we absolutely love our CT. She is so fun and goofy (but in a good way) and runs a really relaxed classroom. This obivously has an effect on her classroom management skills or lack there of. The students seem to have free reign of the classroom; they come and go as they please. I think we will have a challenging semester ahead for us, we are working with a low group of students who really need a lot of support. A funny little side note: while we were leaving on our 1st day Mrs. Ihrig was telling us about how tired she was and ready to retire and then told us she hoped that this didn't give us a negative view of being in her class this semester.
Another great thing about Mrs. Ihrig, is that she has given Lindsey and I free reign on picking the topic of our social studies unit. We choose Economics - Supply & Demand. We had our meeting with Mr. Besnoy this morning, and really came up with some great ideas of how to engage our students in our 4 lesson plans. We are going to show a video about the effect of the frost on the orange crop in California. We also have 2 greats songs on supply & demand. I hope everyone else's topics are coming together as easily as ours.
I hope everyone enjoyed their day off on Wednesday...I didn't get to sleep in, but I did get to catch up on some future assignments I have due. I also hope everyone has a great weekend :)
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Carrie,
Even though the teacher has a laid back teaching style - and the class is relaxed, are the students learning? Could they learn more efficiently? Keep up the good blogging.
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