Catch-up

Thursday...
Today I got evaluated. It was a writing lesson on limericks and it went well but it could have gone better. I need to learn better how to state my expectations before every lesson. Sometimes I fail to do that. But otherwise my lesson went well and the students were engaged during the lesson. In addition to my observation we learned about electromagnets and we had the chance to make one. The kids thought that it was a lot of fun and were quite interested in the electromagnet.

Friday...
Today my mentor teacher was gone. There was a substitute but I was in charge of the class. It was fun we started off by reading The Phantom Tollbooth and then we did a math review. After the math review the students had time to work on make-up work. They then went to lunch and when they got back to lunch they went to specialties. After specialties we did guided reading (my group is reading Magyk) and then took the math test for the last hour of the day. It was a laid back day and the students were pretty good throughout. Here are some funnies from today:

Student: Miss. Fiso, I need a Band-Aid
Me: Oh no, what happened?
Student: Maggie's foot hit my burn and now it is bleeding.
Me: (Seeing that his burn was on his hand) How in the world did her foot touch your hand?
Student: Well, I was trying to trip her.
Me (Sounds like a 5th grader)

Student: (Giving another student a spelling test) Developed. Like, I developed him.

Student: (During the math test) Miss. Fiso, this problem says to answer which is bigger without solving the problem.
Me: Okay
Student: But it is so easy that I solved it first and now I know the answer so I can't do what it says...
Me: Umm... Can you write an explanation and pretend you don't already know the answer?
Student: Yes, but is that okay?
Me: Just do your best.