As teachers you stand upon the highest peak in education, for what teaching can compare in priceless value and in far-reaching effect with that which deals with man as he was in the eternity of yesterday, as he is in the mortality of today, and as he will be in the forever of tomorrow. Not only time but eternity is your field
This internship has been the greatest thing but it has also kept me incredibly busy. We started Thursday and since then things have been nonstop! I love my students each one of them has their own great personality and they are so sweet to me... Friday morning was the parent morning. Parents scare me, even though they were all really kind. I had the worst case of nerves meeting the parents. I would much rather do the first day of school again and again. In case you were wondering, a teacher really can never finish all of their work (although it might be harder for me to be an intern because so much more is expected of me). I am supposed to put in a record of an evaluation for EVERY lesson I teach! Do you know how many lessons are taught in a day!? Needless to say, I have a lot of catching up as far as my record keeping goes... Also, I felt like pictures so here you are:
My classroom job chart (don't you love all the colors?) and bookshelf
My calendar, birthday chart, and sound board (it tells the students how loud they can be)
My mess, I still don't have everything organized. But I really don't have a place to put everything because....
The classroom belongs to another, see all her stuff in this corner...
... and this corner? It is also in all the cabinets. In other words, I have no space for anything!
A view of my desk that I never use and the table that I constantly congregate to with all of my clutter.
Also, this is the only picture I took of myself the first week of the internship. See that excitement!? I'm a teacher now!!!
One more... Isn't this video the cutest? (They are at school so I feel justified sharing it).
School is coming so quickly and each day I get more excited about this upcoming year. Not too long ago I sent out a letter to my students and their parents telling them how excited I was to meet them and also giving them an assignment of sorts. I asked the parents to write to me about their children to help me get to know them. To include their likes and dislikes about school and their hobbies. I have been getting back responses (one girl even wrote me herself) and I am so excited to meet my class!
It has been a while but I am going to start using this blog again as I begin my first year of teaching (well my internship). I will be teaching third grade and I am so excited! I haven't been able to get into my classroom yet and won't be able to get in until the end of next week... Did I mention that school starts on the 25th!? Today I spent a lot of time shopping for my classroom which is both good and bad! I found some good sales and I was able to use my teacher discount, but seeing as how I don't have access to my classroom yet all of my stuff it taking up space in my bedroom...
I am doing a rock star theme this year and I was struggling to find name plates that would fit my theme. I finally decided to just make them myself, I am quite proud of how they turned out. I am thinking that I will laminate them, that way I can re-use them if I decide to keep the rock star theme. I think they are pretty cute, what do you think?
You can't see it so well but there are 5 colors (Blue, Yellow, Purple, Pink, and Orange)
And for your viewing enjoyment... I am loving this cover at the moment.
