Monday, September 24, 2012
Weekend preparation
This weekend I was able to get a lot done to prepare for student teaching. I met with Meggie after school on Friday and we were able to finalize some plans for our Action Research project and we got approval from our adviser to begin collecting data. I was also able to meet with my cooperating teacher on Saturday morning. We were able to get a lot of this week planned out and decided who was going to teach what subjects. We were also able to talk about when I need to video tape for my TPA project and what subjects I will continue to take over for the rest of my 5 weeks. This made me feel more comfortable because before we met I was worried that I had not yet taken on enough teaching to keep up with my pacing guide and I felt like I was running out of time. Now I have a more clear picture about what subjects I am teaching this week and what I am going to teach next week, etc. This weekend I also read over the science curriculum I am teaching this week and made some lesson plans for myself to follow. Tonight I plan to prepare for a short writing lesson.
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You definitely sound productive. I'm impressed that you and Jane are meeting on the weekends to plan--impressed, but not necessarily surprised. Without weekend work, it's hard to have successful weeks. This fact goes back to your previous post when you said most people have no idea how hard teachers work.
ReplyDeleteI thought you were going to do your TPA in your second placement (Math), but now I'm seeing that you're tackling that project while you're with your 4th graders. Maybe for Wednesday's post, you'll tell me about your plans? In fact, I'll write to our whole gang (of 3) and ask for TPA focus planning to be the content of Wednesday's post so we can see what we're all thinking.
Keep up the good work, Nicole. All your time and preparation will pay off.