I am happy to have made it through the first week. It seems like so much happened this week between Monday and Friday! I am looking forward to getting into some of the curriculum next week. Today I got to take the lead during the morning meeting and during a bus safety lesson. The more I jump right in and try things with the students the more comfortable I feel. I am also getting more comfortable with Ms. Liepetz as I get to know her so that helps ease nerves.
Today during our math lesson, Ms. Liepetz was having the students pass graphs that they had made around the room and answer questions about the data. Things started to get a little chaotic at times and she mentioned to me that maybe she should have done this part of the lesson differently. It made me realize that I don't have to be perfect when teaching lessons all of the time and that this is a learning experience. That even teachers who have been teaching for over 15 years still have times where things don't go according to plan and they want to revise things next time. This also made me feel less nervous about taking over more teaching next week and weeks to come!
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