First things first: yay it's Friday! Now, on to the important stuff. I haven't posted in a few days because (ironically enough) my practicum experience is taking up my time. I've never been more tired and fulfilled all at the same time. My third week as a practicum student teacher has come to a close. I'm so incredibly lucky to have the opportunity to work with such an amazing teacher: Jon McNulty. Even though he is currently out due to surgery for his hernia, his daughter, Erin, is doing a fantastic job showing me the ropes. It's strange to me that this experience is halfway over!
Next week - after the President's Day weekend - I will begin teaching my work sample unit on Emotion. It feels a little bit like just when I'm getting the hang of this student teaching business, something else changes on me. But, I'm hoping to glean the flexibility that excellent teachers have from the ever changing process. I hope the students enjoy what I have planned. I want to change things up a bit, but not too much to push them outside of their comfort zone. Jon (bless his heart) teaches mainly with PowerPoint presentations and lecture. That's just not my style. I need (actually I crave) more movement in a classroom. I plan to get these kids up out of their seats and supplement the activities with the lecture material. I asked around today and most of the students seem game for movement. They want to have fun. In my opinion, they have the rest of their lives to be busy with college and work, why not play while they still can.
Here goes nothing :)
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