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| Come check out my myspace...that's where I'll be from now on.
www.myspace.com/wendy8i8
I recommend you join...it's FANTASTIC! :) | | |
| Solo student teaching starts Monday! YAY!!! I'm so excited! :) The class will be mine for 3-4 weeks! Phew...I finally made it this far! Not much more to go before May 6th, 2006 :)
The main concepts I will be teaching are:
- Fractions & Multiplication and Division
- Ohio Animals
- Grasslands
- Cursive
- Guided Reading
I'm meeting the Wilson's at David's Bridal at Polaris tonight to pick out a bridesmaid dress for Crystal's wedding. That will be exciting. :) I love dresses, I just hate buying them...YUCK! Fortunately, I have been able to maintain my savings account by not having so many random shopping sprees. It's been a rough 3 months, but I'm beginning to like being thrifty. Lord knows I will have to be once I become a teacher.
Teaching has been amazing. I LOVE IT! I get really stressed out sometimes though, but that's only when I'm not completely prepared for a lesson...so that's my own fault.
I'm in love with a couple new music artists. They are Shawn McDonald, Joshua Radin, and Lori McKenna. Great stuff, if you get a chance check them out.
Last night I saw the movie The Hills Have Eyes...(or something like that) with Amanda, Jon, and Nathan. I still don't know what I think about that movie. I hate scary movies, but for some odd reason I watch them. The movie was about a group of people who wouldn't leave their property after the gov't told them that they were going to test nuclear substances and such around their property. The people ended up becoming disfigured and started to kill innocent bystanders traveling through New Mexico. It was incredibly gory, but I guess it had an ok plot line. I found myself heaving with tears during one part...needlesstosay, Nathan's arm was definitely numb after the movie. I guess that's his payback for choosing it.
Anyway, I gotta get ready to go to Polaris. I failed to mention that I have a new car now. And by new car I mean a 1989 Chrysler Lebaron with maroon interior. Gotta love it though, especially since the smell of moth balls is almost entirely non-existant. :) Hey, it gets me where I'm going and that's all that matters, right?
Happy Birthday Papaw Webb....I love and miss you more than words. | | |
| Today is a beautiful day...
- Appreciate the people in your life.
- Be kind, even when people aren’t watching you.
- Understand that the stranger that just cut you off, may be having a horrible day.
- Take a deep breath once in awhile.
- Seek out a sunset here and there.
- Know that you are one of a highly evolved species that is intelligent and remarkably resilient.
- Also know that you are merely an organism on a planet that, in theory, will not only continue without you, but will actually benefit when you pass.
- So, go out and touch lives today.
- Love and accept, in a world of hate and unacceptance.
- Smile.
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| Sick, or near death....? Monday until about last night these thoughts cycled through my mind. I looked like death, felt like death, and probably smelled like death if I would have been able to breathe out my nose. I have honestly been on my death bed this entire week. I slept for about two days straight, but it felt like 10 min. Coughing, crying, aching, snotting, sweating, freezing, gaging, and spitting only touch the surface of the things I've been doing for the past couple days. I went to the doctor and was diagnosed with a Viral Infection, which I believe is just a spiffy name for the common cold. I like to say Viral Infection though b/c "common cold" does not give what I've been through justice. I'm a warrior...this Viral Infection may still have a hold of me, but it can never have my freedom... (so, I saw Braveheart for the first time last week...gimmie a break) I gotta admit, that sentence ranked a little too high on the retarded scale...even for me. So, anyway I'm feeling TONS better and am planning to celebrate tonight with my other ailing friends. :) Amanda and Jon are also sick, but both have vastly improved health conditions, just like me. Amanda and I thought we got it from Jon, but apparently Amanda got lingering germs from her dad...and then when we were sharing a rum bottle (haha) I got her germs. So, the moral of the story friends??? The Conley family is dirty and has germs...it's not their fault though, you should see what they have to live next to.
Ok, so I just wasted about 3 minutes of your life if you read that.
-I made my first math assessment last night covering geometry! I started the unit with my class a little more than 2 weeks ago and today was assessment day. I haven't graded the tests yet, but I have high hopes! I made a review game in geometry for yesterday's lesson (which was observed by my university supervisor). It was AMAZING! So, if my students don't do well on this assessment I will probably crawl in a hole and die. I sure hope they learned something from me!!
-I LOVE TEACHING!!
-I'll let you know how my students do on the assessment. :) I know you can hardly contain yourself with anticipation.
JOKES OF THE DAY:
Before the geometry test today I shared these two jokes with my class. Sadly, they really didn't appreciate them as much as I did. I hope you do!
What did the fir tree say to the maple tree?
- Gee-I'ma-tree (get it? it sounds like geometry) HAHAHA
What did the pet store owner say when his parrot flew away?
-"Polly gone" (haha, get it? POLYGON) HAHAHA | | |
| 18 days...
A lot can happen in 18 days, and by 'a lot' I mean really nothing at all.
I had a four day weekend so that was pretty nice. I crocheted another hat and hung out with Nathan, Jon, and Amanda a lot. That was about the extent of my weekend. Jon got me sick, so now I feel like I'm dying. I haven't really started my homework yet. I have to get a weeks worth of math lessons ready for next week, and some reading group lessons. I also have to get the assessment ready to give on Friday. I'm a little scared b/c this assessment will tell me if my class has truly learned what I've been teaching in Math for the past week 1/2. Each week I take on a new task to teach to the class until I've completely taken over everything. I start my 2-4 weeks soloing starting the 2nd week in March and then after that I slowly hold less and less responsibility.
I'm scared...
I know that I can do it, but taking over the entire classroom for 2-4 weeks is incredibly scary. I know that once I graduate I will have my own class and this is going to be great practice, but that still doesn't calm my nerves. I'm too much of a perfectionist and when my lessons don't go as I planned I think that I'm a failure, and I need to stop thinking that. My cooperating teacher is tremendously nice and encouraging. She always finds the good in the bad and makes me feel that I did an amazing job even though I know I could have done a lot better.
Anyways...I could go on and on about student teaching. That's what my life is all about now. I'm just trying to get through it all without dying. | | |
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