Assignments online...

I'm working on getting some Webspace through ECU so that I can post examples of assignments for y'all to see. I have a neat Science Experiment PowerPoint as well as a Fiction Writing Assignment that I'd like to share.

I taught my first lesson at Ayden on Thursday about Hurricanes. It went well, much to my relief, and the students really seemed to enjoy it. They had a million questions and wanted to hear all about Hurricane Floyd. Luckily, I had lots of pictures and they loved looking at all of them.

Because this blog is only from my perspective, I asked the other students in my class if they would be willing to write a little about their opinion of the program and include a picture. This way you can see what its like from other perspectives - let me know what you think about this. I'll post them as I get them!

The first bio is from Brittany:

"My name is Brittany and I recieved my undergrad in Psychology! I decided I wanted to come back to ECU and earn my Teaching License and why not get your Masters at the same time? This program is challenging and you will learn the important skills needed to teach today! I have met some wonderful friends and have learned so much already!"

Time Flies When You're Having Fun!

Wow - its been a while since I've blogged! I write it on my planner every day under the "Things To Do" column but lately I've not managed to finish my "To Do" list very often!

School is going great. The past couple of weeks have been particularly busy ones and we've all been inundated with work. I recently presented an experiment in our Science Methods class and next week will be completing a research assignment for Science on "Hurricane Education in North Carolina schools". My clinical teacher seems very excited about the research so I'll let you know how it goes!

In my other classes, we are working on a variety of different projects and assignments - a Fiction story for Language Arts that we are going to send off to a company that will bind them into books, a filmed Writing & Reading lesson (also for Language Arts), a Unit on Government for Social Studies, and two lessons for Phonics! Its easy to get bogged down in the day to day assignments and work load - but the actual work is interesting and I know that it will be helpful to me once I have my own class.

I'm off to the dog park to let the dogs get some exercise!

Hurricane!

Its been a while since I've blogged so I'll try and catch you up. I have started student teaching at Ayden Elementary and absolutely ADORE the students and teacher in my classroom. We all already seem to mesh well and have gotten off to a great start this year. The first Thursday I student taught was the Thursday before Labor Day. I mostly just walked around the classroom and observed the students to get acquanted to their policies and routines. Then that evening, I was of to Morehead City to spend the weekend at the beach! The weather was absolutely perfect and I spent my time out on the boat or playing with the dogs on the sandbar.

The past week, I finally got in to the swing of things school-wise. I have been to all of my classes a couple times and am getting used to the different teachers, their expectations, and ALL the work that we have to do. The good thing about the work is that none of it feels like busy work to me; it all seems to have a dirent link to what we will do in the classroom, so its not too bad.

This past Thursday (9/4), I student taught for my second day and spend most of my day doing DRA reading assessments with the students. It was great because it gave me the opportunity to work one-on-one with them and really find out what their reading level was.

Then Thursday evening, I went to hear Dierks Bentley in concert at Minges. It was a blast. I've uploaded a couple photos from that night for y'all to check out.

Now I am sitting in my apartment riding out Hurrican Hanna! Wish me luck!