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I'm gonna try to keep this positive
Sep. 12th, 2005 06:37 pmHowever, I must get one complaint in: my head hurts! I'm waiting for the ibuprofen to take effect. Maybe I should have taken 2 after all. Oy. At least I felt MUCH better this morning than I did Saturday and Sunday. I only took one DayQuil this morning. I hope I don't develop a cough.
Ok, onto the skool stuff. Um, tomorrow I have to give up my classroom (again) for the day because the city uses the school as a polling place. At least I don't have to be on the stage again, which was WAY too loud. However, I forgot to tell my kids where to go tomorrow. Despite the morning announcement I submitted, and the giant sign on my door, I know that half my kids will still go to the wrong room. Wednesday, when I get my room back, those same kids will forget and go to the art room. Now I see why the other teacher didn't want to use my classroom. Still, I'd take a room that I get kicked out of once in a while over her little bitty windowless room.
It's amazing; when you teach when you teach writing, you become so much more aware of your own writing. I'm constantly criticizing my own work, and trying to improve. I still struggle with passive voice and weak verbs, but when I'm just trying to get things on the board, well, I can't always be super creative.
I am trying SO hard to not fall into self-fulfilling prophesy mode with my students. Ok, so we've been going over nouns and verbs for 2 weeks now, and some still aren't keeping them straight. I look at my grammar workbooks for ideas, and often don't want to use things because I feel like the kids won't get it. However, I don't want to NOT challenge them. I feel like I can't win. I can't find that level where they are successful yet the work is not too easy. They don't want to think, they just want to be done with whatever we are doing. They don't care when they make a lot of mistakes, and they don't want to know how to fix them. (if they do want to know, they aren't asking for help).
I have an evaluation on Thursday. I think it will go ok, but I'm still apprehensive. I hate being watched.
Ok, onto the skool stuff. Um, tomorrow I have to give up my classroom (again) for the day because the city uses the school as a polling place. At least I don't have to be on the stage again, which was WAY too loud. However, I forgot to tell my kids where to go tomorrow. Despite the morning announcement I submitted, and the giant sign on my door, I know that half my kids will still go to the wrong room. Wednesday, when I get my room back, those same kids will forget and go to the art room. Now I see why the other teacher didn't want to use my classroom. Still, I'd take a room that I get kicked out of once in a while over her little bitty windowless room.
It's amazing; when you teach when you teach writing, you become so much more aware of your own writing. I'm constantly criticizing my own work, and trying to improve. I still struggle with passive voice and weak verbs, but when I'm just trying to get things on the board, well, I can't always be super creative.
I am trying SO hard to not fall into self-fulfilling prophesy mode with my students. Ok, so we've been going over nouns and verbs for 2 weeks now, and some still aren't keeping them straight. I look at my grammar workbooks for ideas, and often don't want to use things because I feel like the kids won't get it. However, I don't want to NOT challenge them. I feel like I can't win. I can't find that level where they are successful yet the work is not too easy. They don't want to think, they just want to be done with whatever we are doing. They don't care when they make a lot of mistakes, and they don't want to know how to fix them. (if they do want to know, they aren't asking for help).
I have an evaluation on Thursday. I think it will go ok, but I'm still apprehensive. I hate being watched.
