Well, the past couple of days have been fun but rather exhausting, which is why I haven't written anything in a while. My University Supervisor observed me for the first time on Thursday. He observed Writer's Workshop, which I just started doing on Monday, so I was slightly nervous. I was more nervous about my control over the class, because the children are still learning that they need to listen to me as well as they'd listen to Mrs. Miller. So, I explained to them that we would have a visitor and that they should be on their best behavior, but not to acknowledge that he was there. I'm not sure if I was supposed to, but for the first observation I figured I would explain why a random guy came into our class. So, they were a little chatty in the morning and I was trying to figure out what I would do. They students understand that their behavior would impact my "grade", so I wasn't sure how they'd act. I was pleasantly surprised when he entered the room, and about 4 students said "Shhh! He's here!" and they all fell silent and sat like perfect angels. When I called groups to come to the rug, no one said a word when walking from their seat, they didn't talk to each other on the rug, they didn't fidget, it was amazing. The lesson couldn't have gone any better. Only one thing was a little frustrating to me: I have a student who asks all the time what things mean. Even if she knows the answer, she'll ask. So, when I said something about writing a draft, she said "What's a draft?" and when I talked about editing (both words they've been using for quite some time) she said "Whats editing?" and so on. I wouldn't be surprised if this girl came up to me and said "Whats water?", but when I met with my supervisor afterwards he told me to choose different vocabulary when I'm talking to them because they don't understand. I just said "okay", but knew that everyone else sitting there did know. Oh well. Other than that, he had nothing but good things to say. He was impressed with my lesson plan and my lesson plan book, and even kept a copy of my lesson as an example. He seems to be pretty particular with lessons, so I was really excited about that!
Today went by quickly, which was a good thing because we were all ready for it to be the weekend. Mrs. Miller and I were both sick all week, and we've had at least 4 or 5 kids out every day because of illness. I hope everyone is back to school and well next week. I planned "fun friday" this week. The kids helped me make a new bulletin board by coloring a hot cocoa mug however they wanted, gluing some marshmallows to the top, and putting foam sticker letters spelling their name on the front. They turned out really cute, and the kids loved them! I'll attach a picture of the finished board to the bottom of my post. It was a great week, but I have a lot of planning ahead of me this weekend!
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