Things were finally restored to a bit of normalcy today. However, the time is drawing near to where they will become off kilter once again. Parent conferences start on Wednesday. And, now that I think of it, we didn’t actually have a normal day today either. During ELT, we went to the computer lab to do “Success Maker” testing. I’m not really sure what the purpose of it is. Perhaps there is a computer program that they will take part in based off of their scores. Things are always so hectic that I don’t ever think to ask my mentor teacher questions in the midst of things. The inconsistencies do bother me. We got to do reading three days last week, and we will only get it two days this week. It’s actually going to take about 3 weeks to do my two week unit, and the only social studies I will get to teach all year will be the Civil War. The worst thing is that I can see how the lack of consistency is hurting the kids from building strong foundations before going deeper into any topic in any subject.
I got a bit of a lesson today in the value of a well executed delivery. But, of course, the lessons I learn come from failures. I had planned out everything for us to talk about when discussing the Battle of Appomattox Court House pretty specifically. However, I’m not quite a Civil War expert so I needed to have some notes with me. Well, right away, in my activation, I divulged some important information that I had meant to have the kids discus in groups and try to figure out the importance of it themselves. Because I did that, the lesson took a turn in a different direction, and I was having a bit of a tough time trying to reign it all in and tie it together in a way that makes sense. Let’s just say that I found myself repeating a lot of things. I guess it was at least the most vital piece of information they kept hearing so maybe they will remember, but it certainly wasn’t a very fun period for anyone…
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