The days are a changing, but in a good way

Well, I am getting a lot of great experiecne in my classroom. It is interesting to figure out all of the things that you take for granted when you are planning. Like should the kids keep the handouts or pass them in? How am I going to prove that they learned anything while they were doing their reading or listening to a lecture? My guide teacher has been really helpful in pointing these things out. I know that she has a great knowledge of all these things.

I have definitely been teaching more lessons in the class, which I like. I am not doing nearly everything, but I am enjoying getting more time to instruct the students. This week I gave my first quiz, made by myself. It went great, except for a student stealing the quizzes from me at the end of 1st period, lesson learned, the top of my desk is not safe for such things. But, back to the quiz itself. It seemed to go over really well with the students. It seems like quizzes and tests are not as looming and scary for them if they are presented through a media like powerpoint. In addition, I created a Jeopardy game for their Words of the Week, which they became very competitive in. There are some bugs to work out with the system in playing it, but it was enjoyable nonetheless.

Everything appears to be going well and I am looking forward to next week.