kind of amazed

[ringsandcoffee]

This evening was curriculum night. Last year, when I was new to 3rd grade, I had to do most of the presentation because the verteran teacher was sick and the other had only taught the second half of the previous year. So, I took what I knew from 5th grade and pretended I knew what I was talking about for 3rd grade. We had a power point presentation to guide us. This year, I *am* the veteran teacher. My teammate moved the slides, and our long-term sub wasn't there due to family obligations. She doesn't know the info anyway. So, again, I did the presentations. Despite feeling like I talk too fast and forgetting what the 6 traits of writing are (I eventually came up with 5). After the first one (we had 2 sessions) my teammate told me she was amazed at how well I presented. Then, sitting here at home, I am amazed at myself. Who woulda thunk that all these years later, I would actually feel like I know what I'm doing. No nerves at all, not even when I went into extra detail or forgot what I was trying to say.

Seriously. I need these moments where I feel competent. I need to remember them on the days I feel like a failure.

Then...rounding. Tomorrow needs to be the last day of teaching rounding because my head is going to explode. 2/3 of the class gets it. The others, it's sort of like reteaching the same thing literally every problem we do. Aye!

Comments

[rustedxemotions.livejournal.com]

Congrats! Public speaking is a manageable beast, with time and practice. (Knowing what you're talking about doesn't hurt, either!)

When do you decide to move on? I imagine if there's just a kid or two that still is struggling, then you try to work with them one-on-one but move on for the class? It sounds so hard to decide to do that, because it's possible that whatever you move onto requires knowledge of rounding, and then they're kinda stuck... or is this just my math experience? LOL -__-

PS - What are the 6 traits of writing? :)

[ringsandcoffee.livejournal.com]

I admitted to my teammate that even until halfway through college I feared piblic speaking. Not sure when or why but something snapped and the nerves disappeared.

The few who still don't get rounding have learning disabilities and either never fully will (true of one of them) or will need longer than I can take in class time. There comes a point where you need to move on or you'll not get to anything else. They will revisit rounding later in the year and in 4th. And 5th.

Ideas, organization, word choice, sentence fluency, and conventions. Voice!! That was the one I could not remember. :)

[meathiel]

Well done you!

I'm always nervous when I have to speak in front of people not matter how well I know the subject.

[ringsandcoffee.livejournal.com]

I think I am still a tad nervous, but just go on anyway. Every time I flubbed my words I would think, they trust me to teach their children! HA! :)

[jessibobessi.livejournal.com]

Congrats on rockin' curriculum night! It's awesome when we can validate to ourselves how good we are :-)

[ringsandcoffee.livejournal.com]

Seriously! That self-validation still kind of makes me go woah.

[msantimacassar.livejournal.com]

That's awesome! Congrats! :)

[nucleosides.livejournal.com]

Congrats! :)