First Day - Check!

Well, I successfully completed my first day of student teaching, and what a sweet feeling! The class was extremely well behaved today (which I am told is not completely normal :), but they were wonderful! There are 10 wonderful boys and 7 sweet girls, all VERY different in their personalities and experiences. I am really looking forward to making an interest inventory for them this week to learn more about them. There are definitely some that I know will be hard to handle, and some that already have a place in my heart, but my prayer for this semester is that I would get to know each of them personally and appreciate all their uniqueness! One thing is for sure - they LOVE to be creative so I will need to incorporate that in as much as possible.

From here, I am observing and doing various activities in the next two weeks and hopefully jumping ahead on my long range plan and unit study (which will be 2 full weeks of science that I will teach). My first lesson will be in week three! There's lots to do, but today I am just soaking in all the changes and information! I am sipping on a free drink from my fellow baristas :) and going home to make a warm dinner.

Next goal: enjoy the class this week and get to know them, and get through a whole week of recess duty!