My mentor teacher was back for the morning today. I noticed that the morning seemed to take much longer when the responsibilities are shared. Overall, the past few days have been a great experience. I’ve received a few encouraging complements from and really got to interact with the other teachers and staff. They’ve done an amazing job all year of making me feel like an equal, but I was able to get a true sense of it when they would ask for my advice or opinion and my teacher wasn’t there for me to turn around and get confirmation.
We did a science activity today that involved Play-Doh. It was quite the event. The kids really enjoyed it and showed a shallow understanding of the process of mitosis, but I believe I will need to do some follow-up instruction because the focus on the art seemed to override some of their focus on the science. It’s just really hard to find the balance of how much straightforward instruction they need with active, independent explorations.
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