Well, as you can see, I survived my 1st week of student teaching. It was absolutely exhausting in the most fantastic way. It didn't go perfect but what would be the fun in that? I am now responsible for 3rd period Biology college prep and 6th period Human Anatomy/Physiology.
Day 1: Procedural. This was the first day of the spring semester so in Bio, we set up their new interactive notebooks. In anatomy, we cleared out their binders. One of the boys in the back lost his partner in crime so he moved to the front and has now teamed up with another boisterous boy in the front to cause a ruckus. It's hilarious but distracting.
Day 2: In Bio we continued disease and immunity by focusing on the immunity portion. I lectured about immunity, specifically the non-specific defenses broken down into chemical and physical barriers. In anatomy, we continued with the skin. I lectured on the functions of the skin.
Day 3: We continued the notes. I am still not getting used to them asking me questions that I don't know the answer to and it's starting to freak me out that I'm not preparing adequately. Today the two boys in the front and center of the front row were in fine form trying anything they could to make me lose focus while teaching anatomy.
Day 4: In Bio, we did a lab where students looked at prepared blood smear slides. They had to identify and draw red blood cells, platelets, and two kinds of white blood cells. In Anatomy, we continued the notes.
Day 5: I found it super hard to get out of bed today. I am so tired! Today was long for me and stressful because I feel like I am not doing as well as I had hoped I would at the beginning of the week. Being in front of the class is a lot harder than I thought.
I brought the bio notebooks home (all 25 of them) to grade over the weekend. This is the first time I am grading an entire class set of notebooks. I am starting to feel more like a teacher. Everyone who came over to my house this weekend wanted to know why on earth I have so many notebooks!
I went to a superbowl party and the host's 5 year old wanted to know why I had to do so many people's homework. I was grading the anatomy homework and she thought I had to do it for them! :) I explained to her that I was a teacher and asked her if her teacher graded their papers and then she understood. She insisted that we put stickers on their homework and asked why one girl who wrote the most had to answer "so many more questions" I told her that she was my best student and I think she put like 5 stickers on her paper!
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