Confessions of a Student Teacher: Part 2

It is time for another blog episode of "Confessions of a Student Teacher". This one is a lot better, trust me. This week went by a lot faster than the last. I just go throughout my week and next thing I know it is Thursday and I'm on my way to Gilbert Junior High. Anyway, here is a quick rundown of how my week went. I'll post some thoughts after that.

Monday: Went by like the week before, more observation and helping students. It wasn't very exciting.

Tuesday: Mr. Hauptli told placed me in charge of grading homework. Okay, so I'm not really grading the homework, I just make sure that they show their work and they did it. Its a little complicated because my version may be different from his. I asked a lot of questions. I'm suprised that he isn't sick of them quite yet.

Wednesday: Mr. Hauptli was out sick. When I walked into the classroom I found a substitute in the classroom. He was very nice and I think that we worked well together. I think that it would have made everything easier if I was teaching because then we wouldn't have to change the lesson plans for the week but that is okay. It was actually really exciteing because I got to help go over the homework (my first big debut in the class). Fourth period was the worst. You can always expect people to act up, I guess they were all in the fourth period.

Thursday: I didn't do much, graded homework and then helped with some other things. mr. Hauptli and I planned out next weeks lesson. We also made up the quizzes that the students would take on Friday.

Friday: QUIZ DAY!!! Basically I graded quizzes and homework. That is all okay, I'm getting better at looking at the homework and grading. The day went by fast because I was constantly busy.

I cannot beleive that my second week is already over! Like I said, this week was better so I am constantly excited to go back. I'm starting to learn the students names really well. I can recognize them but sometimes I get thrown off (like when they are not in their seat). Next week I start teaching. Well, I will start with seventh period and then add more periods every week. I love being in this class! I know this is going to sound really dorky and weird but I get a very big high from doing math. It is so exciting! Yeah, I'm crazy. Anyway, I'll let you know how my frist week of teaching goes in the next episode of "Confessions of a Student Teacher".