September, 15 2015
Today was picture day. I enjoyed seeing the students dressed in outfits that were not their uniforms. This gave me more of a look into their personalities based on how they dress. This was the first dress down day of the year. The students, across grades, had a complete behavior change. It was interesting to see how a combination of different clothing, and a messed up routine effected them. It seemed to take students 10x as long to transition from subject to subject, they were more chatty and could not sit still. Along with all of the students I also had my picture taken today to go on an ID badge. This was exciting for me; I will feel more "professional" and "grown up" having to wear one.
During my class' special today I went to observe/work in the fourth grade classroom. The teacher threw me right into the class and had me lead a literature circle. Typically this is something I would plan ahead for by reading the book, preparing questions, etc., however I didn't have the opportunity to do that. I was pleased with how well the discussions went with having to think and plan on my feet. I realized that will be the reality sometime and it is great to have my senior year of college to get some of those "firsts" out of the way before I start in my own classroom.
I got assigned my first bulletin board today. It will be fall themed and display samples of student work. I befriended the die-cut machine today in preparation for the board. Stay tuned for pictures to come.
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