Sorry it's been forever. I've been so busy with school and life in general that I haven't had the time to write in my blog. So all went well with the three lesson unit last term. I got great feedback from my supervisor and mentor teacher and the kids LOVED it. I got comments like "this is fun" "It's fun when you teach" and "can we do this all the time?" needless to say, I felt pretty darn good about my teaching abilities and those kids went from knowing absolutely nothing on the topic of communities to either 86% to 100% learning gain! pretty cool :)
Now it's third term and I am about to start my big work sample about insects. The kids know a little bit more about this because they had a first grade teacher who taught them briefly, but I have a lot of material to cover. I'm pretty sure they kids will learn a lot during this unit as well. It's such a high interest topic, it shouldn't be too hard to keep them on task. I have been so fortunate to be in the placement I am in...wonderful school, mentor teacher, staff, supervisor, class and on top of that, i have a wonderful support system at home and WOU. :)
There will be an update sooner than this one was to the last blog entry ;)
