Hello we are learning about Bats!!

Bats, bats, and more bats!! This week we are doing a unit on bats. The class is making bats, learning about bat habitats, and reading serval books on bats. The kids really love doing this. especially this time of year! We are also looking for parents to help out on Halloween. We are allowing the children to wear their costumes! They just love it!

OMG I get a three day weekend off and my entire family has the FLU

Hello 3 days off! Good bye freedom! Waiting for this weekend I had plans of greatness- but all of that was NOT due to the FLU :( So I attempted to do good - I kept up with new ideas in education but I know that I did not give my all to this class assignment for this week. It is getting to me - the juggling of family, class, and school. I just kept my chin high and hope that these next few months will go fast!

student teaching is harder than it looks :)

I have been a mother, a wife, a business owner, and a substitute teacher. Although I have experience in teaching (so to speak) it is nothing like the reality of being in the classroom day in and day out with the same staff, students, and habits. Don't get me wrong, Im loving my time with my second graders but I am down right tired!! I come home and just want to go to bed! I found that fridays and mondays are the most challanging days. So... I have decided that I am not the only one who is tired by friday. I have found my students are also tired. The best way to accomplish teaching kids who by friday are burned out is to teach them with technology. Youtube and some education sites, along with websites are a friday life savers!!!!!

Keeping up the smile

In order for your students to be happy the teacher MUST maintain a happy classroom. After spending over 6 years in public schools I have seen happy classrooms and not so happy ones. The one thing I have discovered is in order to have kids that look forward to learning in your class, you have to make it a learning environment that meets thier interests as well as your own objectives. Finding that "happy" medium is where it becomes a challange.