Reflection 11/1

This week was another week that I am glad is over with. I was really sick and had to miss Monday. For pretty much the rest of the week I was still sick, extremely tired, and out of it and felt like I was not working to my normal strength. I do not like feeling like I was not giving my best all week, even though I know I was trying to. I am hoping that this is the last week for a long time that this happens. Two weeks in a row of sickness is not fun by any means. I am ready to get back to normal.

My strength this week would really have to be sticking it out even though I was feeling like I was. I know that I couldn't do it on Monday, but I went back Tuesday still pretty sick but well enough to be there. I did things to be as helpful and useful as I could be, even though that really did not include teaching since I had no voice. By the end of the week I was definitely feeling back in it and had a fun Friday. The kids were very energetic because of Halloween and our painting project allowed them to calm down and just have fun and be creative. When they were done they were coming to our room, where I was in the room having them do a small writing piece and then coloring. It was great to see them so excited but still managing to cooperate with the rules. They seemed to have a lot of fun in L.A and that made me happy since a lot of the kids are not that fond of the class.

I feel like I made a good accomplishment with our homebase class also. We had taken away YouTube from them, but since it was Halloween we watched some but with very strict rules. They all sat in there seats and watched. If someone was doing something they were not supposed to do I would pause until that person stopped. I feel this was showing them the expectations and teaching them how it should look when we watch movies or YouTube in homebase. Taking two steps backwards and teaching this really helped in this case.

Next week I start guided lead in math. I am very excited to get started and hope that my lessons are effective and help them learn the things I would like them to learn. I like lead teaching a lot and am excited for a chance to work on improving and getting more practice. I am slightly nervous about teaching math, but I am working my hardest and I hope that it will show when I get up there.