Today was a BIG day!! I had to unexpectedly teach my class all day today. Normally, I would have just taught the math lesson and helped out here and there, but today was very different. To start from the beginning, my teacher and the teacher next door often team teach, or share the students and teach them lessons as a whole group. This teacher was absent today and her sub didn't show up this morning and the school couldn't find anyone else to cover for them. So, the principal decided that my teacher would teach the absent teacher's students and I would teach my students...all day. This was okay to do because the rooms have a foldable wall in between them so we just left them open all day so my teacher could go back and forth to check in on me and the students.
I enjoyed the day a lot (until the last hour when the kids would not stop talking or moving around). I definitely proved to myself and my teacher that I am capable of teaching the class for a full day. I never stopped moving today! It gives me a great appreciation for my teacher and opens my eyes to what I'll be doing for the rest of my life. I was exhausted after all of it but it has never felt more rewarding!
The main thing I struggled with today was classroom management. The students were great in the morning but as the day wore on and my patience grew thin, it was more difficult to manage them. It really isn't a surprise that this is where my difficulties were because that's where they were when I was observed. I tried to be as consistent as possible with how I disciplined them and gave them warnings. By the end of the day the whole class had 5 minutes off of recess tomorrow and another student had 5 minutes on top of that. This is mainly because they keep talking when I am and don't follow my directions. They hate having recess taken away so hopefully this will 'click' with them one of these days and they will start to behave better.
Hopefully I will be able to teach more lessons tomorrow! Thanks for all your thoughts!
Dana
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