Weekly Reflection

One area of strength this week would have to be me stepping up and being seen as the teacher more. On Monday I got the opportunity to set up home base time with putting up the agenda, taking attendance, putting up a journal topic, and keeping that time monitored and quiet along with silent reading time. I was also able to run community meeting for all classes. At the end of the day I did agendas and homework descriptions and I felt very accomplished with myself. I realized that I have been around enough to do those everyday things that my CT does without having to question anybody and I was able to do it effectively. On Friday I got to teach another lesson, and I received great feedback from my CT so I feel extremely proud of myself and comfortable with my students as the teacher.

This week I will strive to improve myself in being more efficient with my time. When planning for this week I realized that for a lot of the students in the room were done rather quick whereas others were struggling. I think that next time I plan for the day, I will include a "get done early" activity for the done kids to do so they don't interrupt those students still working.

Something that would help me is teaching more full periods so I can see what an hour and twenty minutes feels like more and be able to use the period to its fullest. This will really come in handy during my lead teaching.