Monday, February 28, 2011

Day 26- Full day

Today I learned the joys of teaching a full day, and I also learned that teaching something outside your comfort zone can be rewarding.

Day 25- Sub

Today I learned that having the chance to work with a substitute teacher can be a great learning experience.

Day 24- Test

Today I learned that even though you think they are learning the material, the true evidence comes when you grade their test!

Wednesday, February 23, 2011

Day 23- Not Well

Today I learned that the show must go on even when you feel under the weather so plan accordingly!

Day 22- Excel

Today I learned that many of my students had some prior knowledge of how to use Excel, however those that didn't really appreciated the time I took to make a step by step guide for them.

Friday, February 18, 2011

Day 21-Videos

Today I learned that showing a video is fine as long as you assign questions or writing assignment to hold students accountable.

Thursday, February 17, 2011

Day 21- Concept Map

Today I learned the importance of student enablement, they were excited to get to come up to the overhead and write in the answers for our concept map.

Day 20- Finishing up our unit!

Today I learned the importance of constant review, I always try to open the lesson with a review of what we covered in the days before. This was especially important after a break from notes to do a lab.

Day 19- Finished lab

Today I learned that you must be flexible and change your plans to accommodate unexpected happenings like snow days, no computer availability, ect.

Tuesday, February 15, 2011

Day 18- Valentine's Day

Today I learned how exciting students can be when something they created during a lab, works in the appropriate manner.

Friday, February 11, 2011

Day 17-Lab Day

Today I learned that you need to make sure you give them plenty of time to clean up their lab materials.

Day 16- Classroom Management

Today I learned the importance of reviewing the classroom rules.

Day 15- Bulletin Board

Today I learned that the students really do notice when you add color to their room.

Tuesday, February 8, 2011

Day 14- Two hour delay

Today I learned that giving a student a slip of paper with their current grade on it can spark many to "find" work they forgot to turn in.  :)

Monday, February 7, 2011

Day 13- Over and over

Today I learned that it is important to make sure you not just hand back a test but going over it helps reinforce what they learned one last time.

Friday, February 4, 2011

Day 12- Quiz Day

Today I learned that things can work out if you try and remain flexible and it is possible to get the students back on track even after two snow days in a row.

Thursday, February 3, 2011

Day 11- Back on track

Today I learned that sometimes you just need to stop and take a deep breath and remember it will be okay!!!!

Day 9-10- Snow days!!

Today I learned that snow days are nice for me to spend some time with my boys, however they get you way behind in the teaching sense.