Winding Down...

WHOA. 20 days till graduation!

• Rate your overall experience of the week: 5 GREAT week!
• Seven questions to end your week:
• • Observe: I really felt confident in these last few lessons. They were great and the students are so responsive to my teaching. I'm so glad it got to this point, because I have finally learned the relationship level with each student. I have gotten to a point where they respect me as a teacher, not as a friend and it is a REALLY good feeling!
    Reflect: So, this semester has FLOWN by. In every single sense of the word! I have never had anything in my life go as fast as student teaching has gone. I just taught for more than 1/4 of the year and it's GONE. My mind is blown.
    Focus:  Well, 20 days left until graduation, so I'm almost there. Just got to get a few last things completed!Be Productive: Yesterday, I should have completed my video. Although, I did work on it for multiple (and I mean a LOT of) hours, so really, I think I did well!Have Courage:  Starting out, I was really terrified of making this video that I took half an hour just to watch tutorials when I should have just jumped in.Begin Anew: We're almost done, so make this last bit the absolute BEST.
    
    

• What were some data you analyzed this week and how did it help guide your decisions?
• I analyzed the math test grades with my CE. All the 4th grade teachers seem to have had their toughest year this year. The students are not motivated and they are unfocused. But this test had to be the worst outcome that we've seen. Well at least the worst compared to our predictions! We were hoping this would be the easiest test they had taken all year, but it didn't prove to be true. We realized we had a lot to review this week and it was best that she took back over.

• NC Professional Teaching Standards 
• • Standard 1: Finally earning respect from all students in my class, rather than just looking for a friendship. One of my EC students hardly acknowledges my existence, especially after he was pulled from my class and suspended. BUT, this week, he took interest in what I was doing and finally participated to the best of his ability! What a week to end my official teaching on!
  • Standard 2: This week, my CE took back over and I learned a lot about pairings and groupings again. She made a few pairs with very different learners that I would have never thought about it, and most of them worked nicely! I was very impressed with the big differences in ability and differences in learning that they had. They were able to learn from each other and offer different perspective.
  • Standard 3: I learned that I love history. We're reading the book "George Washington's Socks" and it's based out of the time period of the American Revolution and it is SO cool. The kids love it and I've learned that my enthusiasm for learning and teaching this material, directly impacts the way they receive it! Fantastic!
  • Standard 4: The students were getting bored with reading the book whole class, so in order to best meet everyone'e needs and change up the teaching style, I instructed students to break off in groups and discuss then come back as whole group. This offered a perfect chance for differentiation because I pulled some of the EC kids and slower readers to read with me. It was really nice to offer a small group again. This way I knew they were on task and they were focused.
  • Standard 5: I only had a few lessons a week to reflect on, but rather I would like to reflect on students teaching as a whole in a couple sentences: It rocked. My socks.
• Other:
• • What components of your portfolio have you started to complete? Video is almost complete. I just don't know how to add my voiceover... And the video file is too big to send through email... So I'm sorta stuck...
  • What support does your clinical educator need from Dr. Parker? Help with my video voiceover?
  • What support do you need from Dr. Parker? videooooo