First week with the children

Overall, this past week has been a very good experience! I have been able to learn how my CT runs her classroom and how she handles behavior. I have got to know many great children and am sure that I will miss them a lot when I am through in six weeks.

This week really has just been watching how things are run and basically be a teacher's aid. I have got to read a few books during carpet time and that is always fun. The students haven't really started doing much school work yet, so it will be interesting how things go this week when students are required to start working a lot more. Honestly, I have been very blessed with a great school and a great group of kids. Most of the parents are very helpful and involved in their child's education. Of course like any classroom, there are a few discipline issues that I can tell could become a problem, but my CT is really good with them and I am really glad to have her with me. I am definitely exhausted by the end of the day, and it does make it hard to come home and cook dinner, and do classwork, and write up lesson plans. But I am sure I will learn eventually how to balance it all.

I will be starting to teach math this week. I think that math is a great subject to begin with and am sure that it will be fine. It is always a little nerve racking to teach in front of someone that really is judging and grading you, but as long as I don't think of it like that than I am ok. I just try to think about how I am able to help the students grow in new knowledge!

I think it will be a great week, I just need to find a way to get more sleep! In everything I do I like to reflect about my favorite verse that has gotten me through so many trials in life. Philippians 4:13-I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.

Also as a little side note. I was blessed with a new niece this week, Elizabeth Joy (they are going to call her Ellie) was born on Wednesday morning. Unfortunately they live in Ohio so I am not able to go see them.