I want to reflect this week on the rapport I have thus far with my students. I have felt in previous semesters that students are always pushing their limit to see how far they can go with their new "teacher". The more I taught though, the more I felt they understood where I stood in the classroom.
This past week I began teaching Language Arts. I do believe the students were mostly aware that I am in a teacher position...until I wasn't teaching a lesson anymore. Whether it was during bathroom breaks or watching over them while they took a test, I felt they were testing the waters.
I have been continuing Mrs. Blick's management strategies and I feel that they are working, but how do I get a child to want to do their school work even though I am not their regular teacher? I had one student say that he didn't have to do his work, which in turn made me feel it was because I was the one in the classroom at that moment.
I am hoping that since I will be teaching more this coming week that they will see the trend that I will be teaching them and that I am their teacher, too. Mrs. Blickenstaff gave the students a short talk about the position I hold in the classroom- the same as hers.
I am curious and ready to see how things progress this week.
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Kimberly taught Language using my lesson plans. She did an excellent job and was very natural at the task at hand. Student involvement was utilized along with the overhead projector. Nice job!!
ReplyDeleteDuring Kimberly's Language lesson, I was impressed with her classroom control. Students were starting to raise their voices, however, she regained their focus with Fingers up, Mouths closed. It worked and they continued to work. Yesterday, I LOVED how she taught the students how to spell dessert - 2 s's because you always want extra of it. :)
ReplyDeleteKimberly, it sounds like you are off to a great start! I saw Stephanie getting her whiteboard ready today. I hope your technology problem is solved. As soon as I get my kindergarten room settled I will have more time to help you with any needs. It is good that you have good control in your lessons. It will make it easier when you have to take over the whole job of teaching the class. Keep up the good work!
ReplyDeleteThis sounds really good to me. The more you teach regularly, the less a problem you'll have with students not doing the work/not seeing u as the teacher. This could just disappear. There's always the chance a student uses this as an excuse for not doing the work. Look for the real reason. Asking your host teacher is the fastest insight.
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