So I am back in my primary internship place. It feels weird to be back and I really miss my old kids in my pre-primary classroom, but I know that I will still get to see them around the school.
On Monday and Wednesday my pre-primary class walked past my classroom outside and they all start calling my name. I turn around and they have big smiles on their faces and are waving at me like crazy. It was really great to see them and to know that they miss me.
I can't remember which day this week, but I started doing opening. The first day I did it the Smart Board was still not working, but then on the following day it got fixed. I am so happy that it is fixed now, so that I can use it for my lessons.
I finished my last week in my pre-primary classroom. I was so sad to say goodbye to the students. I really enjoyed working in Kindergarten and I feel like it is a potential grade that I would like to teach.
During this week i got to go around to the other kindergarten classrooms to see what they are like. I also went and saw a second grade classroom. I was in there during their math time and it was the highest level math kids. It was very different and I thought I used to want to teach that grade and now I am thinking not so much.
On my last day i gave the students their gifts and my mentor her gift. The students also made me a little something. I also got to leave early on this day. My mentor wished me luck on my interviews since they were the next day.
So I did it! I had my very first interviews with some potential counties.
My first interview was really great. The guy was really nice and made me feel comfortable. He is a principal who is looking for 35 teachers because there is a new school opening for the next school year. I looked up the school and it is really nice. During the interview he gave me the questions he was asking and I got to keep them. They don't have a big turn over rate which is nice to hear, but then I know it will be difficult to get into the county.
My next interview I feel did not go as well. It went quicker then the other one. She had asked me 6 questions and then I asked her two questions. I felt that I did not answer the best I could for the questions like I did the first interview. The only plus is that at the end she told me to make sure I apply to the county and I think she would not say that if she did not like me.
There was one other interview that I was suppose to have and after about 40 mins of waiting I decided to leave because really I was not that interested in the county. I taking these interviews more of a practice. Also I found out that there was suppose to two people doing the interviews and the other person just left. That to me does not look good and worries me about how the county is.
Once I got home I applied to both of the counties I interviewed at. They lady said to email when I do so she can put the interview in with my profile. I am going to do that in the morning. I am going to go back over to make sure I have everything that I need in the application.
This was my teach week, so I taught and did everything. It was a good week because it was a normal everyday week. We did not have delays or closing or drama performances. So I really got a authentic full week of teaching kindergarten.
There was one incident where one of the students said no to me and would not listen which is something the student has done in the past. My mentor took him out of the class room and later he came back and apologized.
I got to the school early everyday and stayed late every night. I always took paper how to grade and put into the gradebook also.
I only have one week left before I go back to first grade. I don't know if I have ever said this, but a year ago I did not want to teach kindergarten and now after spending so much time, I feel that is a grade that I would really enjoy teaching.
I talked about a little while ago how I was applying for interviews fort he upcoming teacher fair that I have to go to at my college. I applied to five counties and got accepted for three out of the five interviews.
Next week is the fair and I can't believe that it is already here. I also picked my time for when I will have my interviews. I think my last one is at 2 and it should finish around 2:30, so then I get on the road and get back home before the traffic gets bad.
Also they are not offering any food there, but we are allowed to leave and get some food at any point. I probably am going to bring some snack just in case. I might try and go out to eat with the other girls in my cohort if we all have a time available.
Lastly, I bought a blazer because the other teachers at my school that went to my college said that you needed to wear a blazer. Many of the other girls in my cohort were saying that they are going to wear a dress. I don't think we should, so I am not going to.
On Monday we were closed and I spent this time preparing for my COL because I was beginning on Wednesday and my supervisor was going to come on that day. I wanted to start typing up my lessons plans since this COL has to go in my portfolio.
Tuesday we celebrated Dr. Seuss Day and we had a blast. I made green eggs for the kids to try and most of them enjoyed eating the eggs. While making the eggs the burner stopped working for a few minutes, but my mentor got it working again and all was well. We read lots of Dr. Seuss books and activities that went along with each book.
Wednesday was a normal somewhat normal school day. We had missed our counselor day last week, so we had this day. It was during out reading group time, so we did not have reading groups on this day. Also my Supervisor came in and observed me during my math lesson.
Thursday and Friday were both snow days. I spent Thursday mostly relaxing and wondering if schools were going to be open or closed tomorrow. On Friday I did some shopping later in the day when it was safe to drive on the roads. I also did a lot of planning for the upcoming week since this upcoming week is going to be my teach week.
Lastly, this weekend I decided on what I wanted to give the students and my mentor because believe or not this next week is going to be my second to last week with the students before I go back to my primary class.
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I have only had two observations from my supervisor thus from in my pre-primary internship. I was thinking that she was just going to show up one time unexpected during the last two weeks, but that didn't happen.
My first observation was back during the second week I believe. She is suppose to get in four observations for pre-primary and another four for primary. One has to be during our COL and one needs be during out Teach Week.
Make second one was during this week. She observed my first lesson for my COL. She made that comment that I need to smile and relax more. It's hard for me to be out of my comfort zone and do silly things in front of other adults. My Supervisor said that she wants to see that from me the next time she comes which is sometime next week.
My Supervisor is in a rush to try and fit everybody's observations in with all of the snow days and delays. She is also going to be gone for about a week, so that is less chances for her to come and see us.
There are still assignments that I need to complete during this rotation before I move on to the next one. I need to videotape one of my lessons which I plan to do sometime next week during one of my math lessons because we need to turn in a lesson with it and I already have to type up all of my COL lessons. So I thought I would kill two birds with one stone.
I also need to type up all of my COL lessons and everything else that goes with that. I need to type up whatever I need to for my Teach Week. Both my COL and Videotaped lesson is due on April 1 and I am not sure when the Teach Week stuff is due.
There is also my action research project that I need to complete in my second rotation because I got too busy during this rotation and with all the snow days it would have been a mess anyways. And that is not due until sometime in May.
This semester is going by so fast and this week was just as crazy as last week. We had a two hour delay on Monday and on Friday. We also had no school on Thursday.
Monday was crazy and my first day doing whole group. On Tuesday whole group was better since school was on time and I was able to fit everything in on time. I continued that on Wednesday.
On Friday, I did nothing but give the math test because we had a drama performance that took up the rest of the time at school.
Nothing really interesting happened besides that. I have to be honest that I can't wait for these last 3 weeks to be over because I am late everyday there. The thing is that the other team teachers come in and always have to talk to her or she has the special ED teachers that need to talk to her about one of her students, so what we need to discuss is after all of that.
I know in my primary weeks that won't happen and so we will have more time to plan during the day and not so much after school. Also my mentor has kids and has to leave at a certain to get things done.
