It's been fun working as a substitute in several different schools the past few weeks. Most of the classrooms that I work in are teacher centered and angled toward teaching towards a test. There is quite a bit of busy work involved as well!
Yesterday I had the pleasure of working at a new school, Northside Elementary in Smithville. I taught fourth grade reading and spelling. The teacher blew me away with walls covered with big, colorful, fancy words and all sorts of definitions WITH examples. There were a couple of stations in her classroom and a ton of activities that involved higher level thinking skills during breaks. But the one thing that caught my eye was how she wrote on the board what the students were to learn for the day followed by the state standards. Her desk was neatly arranged with files for every student and programs such as RTI/DIBELS. I guess what I'm trying to say is that it was intimidating to see how well she has prepared for her class and I was definitely in awe of her. We are all preparing to educate in some way or another, and I'm sure that most of the teachers in this class would make me feel like a dork with all of their preparations. It's one of those things where I know I can be a great teacher, but I'm not sure I can make my classroom as learner friendly like she has, at least initially.
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