Wednesday-Day 3

Today was a lot more fun and a lot less stressful than yesterday. I reported to Mikaela's A block class around 9:00am, and stayed through to observe and get a feel for what they were studying. They are an extremely bright, energetic class. They seem really interested in the material. However, as it is nearing the very end of the year, they are in need of some fun class activities. I'm hoping I'll be able to provide that. I left around 10:00am because Mikaela had a Spanish class (which I could've stayed for, but I wouldn't have understood anything) and returned to meet with her again around 11:00. We discussed for almost an hour how I could help teach the class. We decided that next week I will teach her A block class on Tuesday and Wednesday. She also provided me with all their books and materials that I'll need to plan two class periods. I am planning on including grammar lessons, vocab. review, and even maybe a quiz (I'll try not to be too hard on 'em). We also discussed the possibility of me teaching a lesson or two in her French 3 class as well. With what it takes to fill an entire 55 minute class period with activities that engage the students and are also fun, I have my work cut out for me. I have a lot of planning to do. But I am not too stressed because I have the entire day tomorrow to get this done carefully and thoughtfully. It is Earth Day at Proctor, so there will be no classes and therefore I will have no commitments until the afternoon. I look forward to spending time on this and really trying to make a careful and well-done plan. I will also probably use that time to plan out some activities for the 8th graders at Kearsarge for when they get back from Washington D.C. I'm really excited to start actually teaching, and I can't wait for next week! I'll let you know tomorrow night what I came up with.