Week Seven

This week I was able to take on two classes full time to prepare for my full time teaching next week. It went really well. I taught fourth and fifth periods and they are probably my favorite in the day ( I know, no favorites, but I like the classes as a whole so that is ok, right? (= ) Fourth period is a really small class and they are really quiet. It can actually be disconcerting at first but they can be prompted to talk. It is strange that all the shy students were put in fourth and apparently all the not-shy ones are in seventh. Fifth period is a very spunky class and many students will answer questions. They are not perfect because they like to be chatty, but I like a good challenge.

I didn't do a lot of instruction because it was the last week for short stories and we also finished up parts of speech. So, I gave lots of tests (I think Mrs. DeVault wants me to be the bad guy or something, lol). They really didn't do well on most of the assignments this week and we reviewed a lot with them. We played a game on Thursday where we read questions from the actual test and many students still failed. It was pretty crazy to grade the tests and see that they missed things that we talked about so many times and we also gave them the exact answers for. Mrs. DeVault and I feel that the students need to work on their study skills. We are trying to come up with some ways that we can teach them in class. It is hard because we are already pressed for time to get in all the things we want to teach. Study skills should be something they have already learned by having tests and assignments prior to high school. We will come up with something though, I am sure.