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Friday, March 23, 2012

Week 8 Overview

This was a stressful week for me.  Not really related to Teacher Cadet, but it still affected it.  It was a pretty mellow week which was good because I just wasn't feeling my best.

Weekly Hours: 10 hours 25 minutes
Total Hours: 85 hours 20 minutes

Day 29, March 23

Today in class they filled out their intervention sheets.  Many girls told me how happy they were about their grade on this test.  Then they did a gallery walk to look at the projects.  During that time I walked around to make sure everything stayed relatively quiet.

Thursday, March 22, 2012

Day 28, March 22

Before lab I dissected a frog for the students and put in the pins for identification.  Then during lab I walked around and answered some questions.  During second hour I talked to Mrs. Kirgan.

Wednesday, March 21, 2012

Day 27, March 21

Today was the test day.  I took attendance, but there wasn't much to do.  During the test we decided on what my last lesson would be and I got all of the materials needed for that.  During the second hour test some of the girls asked me questions.

Tuesday, March 20, 2012

Day 26, March 20

Before lab today I helped put pins into some of the vertebrates.  I stamped labs and took attendance.  Then during lab I walked around and helped kids identify what some of the parts were.

Friday, March 16, 2012

Week 7 Overview

This was a fun week for me.  I taught two days in a row which was fun.  I definitely feel great when I am in class with the students and I feel like I know how to handle situations better.

Weekly Hours: 10 hours 25 minutes
Total Hours: 74 hours 55 minutes

Day 25, March 16

Today was a normal day in class.  I took attendance, but the computer has been really slow lately.  Mr. Craig was having them do a group teaching activity so I went around to make sure they were on task.  We were talking about how second hour would probably end up off task, so we had to think of a way for them to be accountable.  We though screen shots would be best, but there was a big paper fiasco at the printer.  The idea didn't work, but just saying that their work might be collected made second hour stay mostly on task.

Thursday, March 15, 2012

Day 24, March 15

Today was the invertebrate lab again only I presented the intro this time.  I think it went much better.  I felt very comfortable presenting the information and it was also fun.  Then I spent the rest of the time answering question and helping out.  I was hands on again, and I think that some of the guys that didn't respect me as much do now because they were amazed that I would touch the squid with my bare hands when even the wouldn't.  One guy also apologized to me because he "yelled" at me even though he want't even talking to me.  He apologized for being disrespectful which was very cute.

Wednesday, March 14, 2012

Day 23, March 14

Today I did a lesson.  I spent 1st hour watching Mr. Craig and taking notes on it.  Then second hour I did the lesson.  I felt so much more comfortable.  I took time and they had time to make notes.  There still weren't any questions so I still need to work on that.  I had a lot of good conversation with my student because they asked me for help with their prezis.  There was also a lot of conversation about the dissections.

Tuesday, March 13, 2012

Day 22, March 13

Today was the invertebrate dissection lab.  At first I was hesitant to touch the creatures, but then I realized that if I wanted the students to be hands on I had to demonstrate that.  I spent the class going around and giving help with how to cut the specimen and what to look for.  Whitney K. is the one who calls me Mrs. Wybenga.  she said I was the best student teacher ever :)  It made my day.

Friday, March 9, 2012

Week 6 Overview

This was definitely a different week just because of the schedule but it was also fun for me.  I liked seeing a different side of the morning kids and I felt accomplished when I helped with the copying problem.

Weekly Hours: 6 hours 30 minutes
Total Hours: 64 hours 

Day 21, March 9

Today was the first normal day after TCAP's.  In class there was a movie shown to make it a relaxing day.  However I dealt with a big copying fiasco.  There were about 100 copies of next weeks lab missing, so I went around to talk to all the teachers about the number of labs they had.  Eventually I took it down to the copy room to have some emergency copies made and then I picked them up during passing period.

Tuesday, March 6, 2012

Day 20, March 6

Today was a research day for the ecology project because only Tuesday is having lab this week.  I went and unlocked the doors for the computer lab.  Mostly I walked around and helped answer questions but I also helped with computer issues because the prezi server was backed up.  I had to tell one group of boys to stop playing games on their computers and they reluctantly agreed.  But then after they started doing in again so I got Mr. Craig's help.  I feel like they have some respect for me because they listened for a while, but I was frustrated when they started to do it again.  Besides them most of the others respect me because they are seeking me out for more things like the bathroom.

Monday, March 5, 2012

Day 19, March 5

This was TCAP week for 9th and 10th graders so the schedule is a bit different.  I was in the class on Monday, and then only Tuesday and Friday.  The classes are blocks that usually go in the morning, but we are seeing then in the afternoon.  That was obvious because 1st hour was much more chatty.  They were supposed to be doing research individually, but most of them got off track and started to chat.  I think Mr. Craig allowed this because many still got their work done and it was a long day for then.  They were talking about old TV shows and Mr. Craig and I even joined in.  2nd hour is already chatty, so they were even more so.  The instigator, Kendra W, was back so that didn't help.  Unlike 1st hour they didn't get much work done they were really just gossiping.  It was really frustrating because they literally wouldn't stop, not even to listen to the homework.

Thursday, March 1, 2012

Week 5 Overview

This was a good week for me.  I think Mr. Craig being gone made me bond more with the students because they had to talk to me for questions and they wanted to talk to me over Mr. Cox.

Weekly Hours: 18 hours 50 minutes
Total Hours: 58 hours

Day 18, March 1

Today in lab I stamped labs and helped with interventions.  I also helped the student assistant sort the 8th grade honors tests.  I went to the math office to switch out a test that was in the wrong place.  Also in lab I helped students get  a live daphnia and hydra because a lot of students got dead ones out of the cup.  I went to conference and I got to talk to one parent.  Mainly I observed the conferences, and I noticed how every teacher did it differently.  I also saw all the the assistant principals walking around the whole night keeping tabs on everything.