Good Evening Blog Followers,
What a great way to start the weekend. Early Release at 1:30pm and then planning time until 4pm, company arrived at 6:30pm, and the weekend flew by from there. As promised, here are some pictures from Symmetry City! It was a huge success and a lot of the faculty have complimented me on my efforts and application of Symmetry! I could not have done it though without the teacher support, hard work ethic of my students, and pure motivation and confidence.
Have a great night and week!
Crazy, crazy fun day!
Last day of construction for Symmetry City. We'll be putting them together Friday (today). The students had a busy day yet it was very fun beginning with Math Enrichment, then Art, Gardening Committee, THEN.... since my teacher was nominated and won Teacher of the Month for Manhattan, we were brought pizza and Freddy's Frozen Custard! I will post pictures from that soon! Then I had seminar and we discussed interviews, events, and listened to the K-State game. That was a bummer we lost, but someone has to. Just wish we could have finished stronger. Have a wonderful week!
Good Evening Blog Followers!
I have a large/massive stack of papers, homework, and tests to grade. Yikes! But the students took their final assessment today in math and I am anxious to get to grading!
Here are some pictures from the construction of Symmetry City!
Enjoy! Be looking for the final pictures Friday!
Tomorrow and Friday will be easy going days and lots of fun! My teacher was nominated by a few of our students for the Teacher of the Month sponsored by a local radio station in town so, we will be having a pizza party and celebration tomorrow!
Dear Blog and Blog Followers,
I am sorry I have abandoned you for the past four days. Life has been very busy and my blog was not put on the priority list. But, as of today....you are!
Lets go back to March 4th, Friday... Friday was a great day once again, minimal behavior issues at school and the students were able to make more components for their Symmetry Cities. Unfortunately, I did have to remove one student from the project because of behavior and not meeting my expectations. Sometimes, students have to learn the hard way. I will say, I gave the student plenty of warnings and gave the student a final chance to make a change and they decided not to make the necessary changes. I quietly informed him that his decisions Friday have impacted his participation in Symmetry City on Monday. I am going to assume the student felt the effects of their decision on Friday yesterday during math. They were given a different assignment independently.
Yesterday, March 7th, was the On-Campus Interviews. I interviewed with six school districts and I felt fairly confident about 4/6 of them. Here is a list of the districts I had a screening with:
-Geary County
-Olathe
-De Soto
-Manhattan-Ogden
-Shawnee Mission
-Kansas City, Kansas
It was an exhausting day! I came home and slept for 3 hours! When I woke up I thought it was Tuesday morning! Ah! But, luckily the Bachelor was just about to begin and life was still rollin.
On that note, I prepared for an observation today that will happen at 12:30 during the review class period for Symmetry. The students will be assessed tomorrow and then will continue working on their cities until Friday!
I have less than 6 weeks left of Student Teaching. WOW. It has gone by so incredibly fast. But, I need to continue my hard work and push through. Finish strong, and be one step closer to the feeling of 4 Years Success!
Have a wonderful week!
I'll be posting soon again with pictures from Symm. City!
Today was a great day. Taught Symmetry City- it was more challenging that I thought and than what the students thought.... I played basketball with my kiddos then taught symmetry city again.Hopefully the students will progress more today on their Cities! :)
Goodnight!
I began the day by taking 4 deep breathes because I could feel the stress grow while I sat up out of bed. I made a point today not to make any noises of exhaustion or to rush to do anything, and I think doing those 2 things kept me sane. I graded papers and prepared for tomorrow until 5:45pm tonight, so I easily put in a 10 hour day. I am starting to miss my social time with friends, so my time management is going to need a change here pretty soon. The students were great today. I think they earned 2 bells from me today! Way to go, they are on their way to earning a popcorn and movie party really soon! That will be a fun time to relax and enjoy...and snack! I taught 2 lesson of symmetry today, graded SO many papers, and taught Writing. The students are brainstorming ideas for their short story they are going to write and illustrate, then the text and illustrations will be send off to be published! Really cool! Tomorrow is going to be a fun day because the students get to begin Symmetry City! I have made a powerpoint presentation for my expectations and rules and I am hoping that it will help with the organization and success of this project. I would be lying if I said I was not a little nervous about this. But, if I would never give it a go, I would never know...so, here we go!
Good Evening,
So much to do so little time.
Today was great, got everything done that needed to be done.
Can't wait to begin Symmetry City with the students Thursday!
