!!!StUdEnT TeAcHiNg!!!

So, I know you are all wondering how my student teaching is going. I know I have been a bad blogger lately and have neglected keeping everyone updated. For those of you who were wondering, I am in a fifth grade class and am REALLY enjoying it. It took me a few weeks to get used to the classroom, but now I really feel comfortable and am loving my students, master teacher and the school itself... It has been such a wonderful experience thus far (fingers crossed :).

I am actually extremely sad that in a mere 4 weeks I will have to leave it all behind and be out on my own. With jobs so scarce, I think it may take awhile for me to land one, but I have been praying about it...so we'll see. (Staying Optimistic!!!)

I have gathered a bunch of pictures over the past few weeks. ENJOY!!!

This is my master teacher Linda Mason.

She's an amazing teacher, but more importantly an awesome person... It's so easy to see how much she loves her students...she's one of the teachers that doesn't get paid enough :) The type EVERY teacher aspires to be. (If you read this Linda, NO, I am not just saying these things to pass...just kidding, I am...just kidding, I'm not...NOT KIDDING!)

Here are some of the pictures I took on crazy hat day:

Science (mixtures and solutions): Presented by Ms. Mason and Mrs. Ostapeck-

Halloween at Linda Vista Elementary:

This is a really cute video of the boys in my class. They were dancing to the song "Ghost Busters." :) Linda called it their own little "mosh pit." They're HILARIOUS!

Yes!!! Teachers dress up too!!!Miss Harter, another student teacher, and I dressed up as Hannah Montana and Miley Cyrus. I had the kids call me Mrs. Montana for the day...they got a kick out if it!!!Ms. Mason as a Pirate...she looks cute here though, I guess she's a pretty pirate and not a scary one.

I thought this was funny. One of the aides dressed up as Winnie the Pooh...haha

Just 3 days ago, I taught a lesson about Vikings. I was getting a headache and my students kept asking me if they needed to put their name on it, or if they needed to use complete sentences, etc.

I decided that since we sometimes have a problem with the students remembering to put their name, number and date on everything, AND I wanted the students to use complete sentences and restate the question, I would do this:

Linda and I were laughing because the kids got a kick out of it. I would say things like "what should you remember to do before you turn in your paper to me?" Then Linda would say things like "Uh...I wonder where I could look," or something like that. It was pretty funny. Needless to say there should be no excuse for not having their name, number, date, complete sentences and the restating of the question. :)