So far I'm really enjoying my practicum.
In many ways it is different than I expected but what I am enjoying most of all is the relationships that I'm beginning to develop with my grade 5 class.
I am also really beginning to warm up to my new AT, Ms. M. She has a different teaching style than I do (more authoritative) but I very much respect her. I have a feeling that she is going to be teaching me a lot. She is an extremely strong teacher.
This morning I helped Ms. M teach Math by going from desk to desk and answering questions as well as checking students' work. This was an exhilirating experience. Why? Firstly, I hate math. I've always hated it, or said that I hated it and the truth is, I think I just never really gave it a chance. I don't think I ever had a very good math teacher until grade 11 (when I finally did well in Math but also took it for the last time). If I had had a Math teacher like Ms. M, I think I would have done well in Math and perhaps took a different approach to school in general. Anyways, my point is that I really enjoyed being able to help kids with their math because it felt really good to understand it myself and to be able to explain it to them so that they understood it too.
I also taught 2 drama classes today. One of them went well and the other one went not so well. I think I tried to pack too much into one lesson. Hurrah to being overly ambitious!
I have also been informed that I am in charge of a school assembly on Empathy that will be taking place on November 24th...
On Thursday I will be teaching Gym and on Friday I will teach Science and Drama again.
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