As I limp my way out of Winter Quarter, I have to say a fond farewell. I will miss seeing my cohort each week and I will miss having classes and professors each week too(though right now this sounds pretty good). Here I go, it is time to get in the class and teach....While I have been teaching for some time, it hasn't been all day. The focus, the stamina, how I admire all of those who make it look easy. I am ready to start and eager to be their teacher and terrified all at the same time. Will I do them justice, will they be ready for 3rd and 4th grade? Will they succeed? Will I have what it takes?
I have a plan for seating, classroom management, lessons and units. I am slowing moving into teaching reading, writing, science, math and social studies. The FOSS unit on Insects is almost over and I survived all the mealworms, milkweed bugs, and Bess Beetles. So, for today, I am looking forward anxious to start, ready to begin, and hopeful.
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6 months ago
I think all of us are ready to get on to teaching! I too have the same worries as you will I be able to get my students ready for 6th grade? Will I be prepared to go from teaching a couple of subjects a day to teaching all of them? How much planning will that take? I can see early mornings, late nights, and weekends in my future.
ReplyDeleteThese are the same questions that I am asking myself. What does the future hold? how many sleepless nights will I go through? Would it be easier to just put a cot in the classroom?
ReplyDeleteWill i ever finish my Poetry Unit?
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Just a quick reply, Cara...We are ALL having these same feelings--good of you to vocalize them! And yes--you do have what it takes. Let me sing your praises a minute...Your passion for kids is genuine. Your passion for learning and impacting those young folks is oh-so-real! I keep telling myself--it will never be this hard again! Our confidence will improve, and our ability to embrace the "unknown" will be ever-present! Hang in there...and we'll be there for each other, okay?!
ReplyDeleteAmy, Steve and Diane-Thanks for the replies. You are all going to be great and we all have each other which makes it all the better!
ReplyDeleteCara
ReplyDeleteYou will do just fine. You are thoughtful in your observations of children, you work hard, you are insightfully reflective about yourself and your teaching. Have fun!
Nancy,
ReplyDeleteThanks for you support and mentoring. I was in a Friday, LEAP meeting and we were hearing a presentation on Helping Struggling Readers and the term Guided Reading Groups, chunking and working with students where they are and helping them to get to where they need to be. Were your ears ringing? As I was thinking of how lucky I was to have had your class so that my understandings of these concepts are so fresh in my mind; Maggie Windus,who was presenting said, that what you taught her came right back to her that reading and writing are intertwined and each helps the other to move the child ahead! Thank you from all of us!
Cara