Anticipation & Excitement!

I am very excited about our preservice teaching opportunity at the South Row school! I feel a bit of nervous anticipation, but more than anything I feel very excited! My biggest concern is regarding timing, and being able to get through a lesson and fulfill the objectives, with only one hour!  Another concern is trying to fit the 15 week unit into our 7 or 8 visits, and coordinate with the teacher when lessons might overlap.  We decided to alternate lessons with our classroom teacher, and we're starting the unit off with lesson 1. It's an introduction to the unit, to soil, and it also involves making observations of soil.  The classroom teacher will build off of our lesson to present lesson #2 later in the week, but I have to admit I'm kind of bummed because lesson 2 looks really fun! The students will be making compost that will be involved in each lesson for the rest of the unit. I would really want to be there for that one! 

Working with soil will be messy!! 

This is a picture of my little brother 

getting very muddy in our backyard!  

He looks happy, but he'd just gotten 

into huge trouble for filling the 

sandbox up with the hose!

Caught ya!

What I'm looking forward to the most is just being in the classroom and teaching a whole class! We've had the opportunity to work with students one on one, or possibly in small groups, but this will be my first time in front of entire class. It's definitely an over whelming feeling, and a ton of pressure, but more than anything I'm really excited!  Going into this with a co-teacher adds comfort and takes off some of the pressure.  I'm very happy to be working with Erik, and I know we'll make a great team!