Hola Fellow Groupies,
Of course there is a snow day today for Campbell County...and of course we have to be at NKU all day today. Figures! I understand now why teachers don't mind snow days every now and then...
Heather and I are getting a little restless in our 5th grade class. This grade is much more independent than the younger ones we've worked with, so we end up sitting. A lot. We told our CT yesterday that we'd really like to interact with the kids more, so we sat with different groups during math. However, the majority of the day was spent doing secretarial duties...copying, cutting, and grading. "These are the duties teachers have to do!" our CT sung to us as if she was revealing some great secret. WE KNOW. But that doesn't mean that WE want to be doing it during our time there! We're supposed to be learning to teach, right? When I have practicum students some day, I vow to not make them spend their time being my secretary. I'll be the queen bee and they can be worker bees...NOT grading bees. :)
We did get to observe a social studies lesson. Or rather, a social studies activity. The students watched a video from United Streaming about the Boston Tea Party and answered questions on a worksheet as they watched it. Not my idea of a great lesson, but at least we finally observed one.
I hope I'm not sounding too bitter. I'm just ready to have my own classroom. This observing thing isn't cutting it anymore. Senioritis has kicked in and I'm ready to be, officially, Mrs. Mullins the teacher. Not Mrs. Mullins the practicum student.
Ta ta for now. Here's wishing for at least one more snow day. Preferably on a Monday or Wednesday ;)
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Abby,
Keep a stiff upper lip - you'll find your niche. Y'all will find the time more valuabe as the semester progresses. Especially with all the school delays, this is a difficult semester. Just hang in there and keep learning and blogging.
I share your senoritis! I also share your desire to have my own classroom and become Mrs. Ossege - the teacher. I think everyone in our block does! I hope Mr. Besnoy is right, that the semester will get better. How about another Friday of book shopping to take your mind off it :)
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