Week 3 Reflection

So we finished our science unit this week. My students are absolutely done with the light unit. We literally studied light every afternoon since week one, and now we are done. I kind of felt bad by the end, inundating them with science experiments. Today we played a trivia game on light. I divided the class into two and asked the students questions about things that we had learned in our light unit. And every single kid knew answers to the questions. and they got a little excited about it. I think every question I asked except 3 were answered with accuracy, and this includes the low ability kids. :) I'm really happy that they absorbed lots of the information. Lesson learned here I guess is to not let kids peer pressure you into teaching quickly so that they can play more.

So here's an interesting story. So I have this student. We'll call her *. A couple of nights ago, I had this dream where she was chasing me and trying to murder me..... I woke up in a sweat. Three weeks of practicum, and I am having death nightmares about my students. oh my god. My colleages thought it was funny. I didn't. Today though, * ran up to Jane in the stairwell to tell her that I was a good teacher. Omg I got through to her. I can't believe I got through to her.

We did art again on Friday. We did that lesson from art class where we draw with pastels and wash over it in tempra paints. I had the students paint pictures of nature or line drawings. They really liked it. I had to be pretty strict about what they were going to draw because they keep on doing things like bombing each other when left to their own devices. That's all for now. - Laura M.