First Placement - Done

My first placement ended yesterday. Come Monday, I will not be returning to Blackman Elementary in the 3rd Grade Hallway to (in my opinion) the best third grade class. It was a bittersweet day. On one hand, I am closer to graduating and I will be getting a whole new experience with 5th grade. I will also have less of a commute. On the other hand, I have been with this group since the end of August. I know their personalities, their schedules, and what works and doesn't work as far as classroom management goes. Now, I need to re-learn it all with a different group.

It was a great day though. I got cards and gifts from my teacher and the students, I got a card from another teacher in the school, the Principal gave all of us Student Teachers a gift (including books and classroom supplies), and we even had a little party at the end of the day. You really couldn't ask for a better way to spend your last day. The most humbling part were the kids saying they would miss me and giving me hugs. That to me will be one of the hardest part about teaching. I can't imagine staying with a group a whole year and then having another group come in the next. For the teachers that looped, it will be really tough (like my teacher I just had).

Now on to Edmondson Elementary with the 5th graders. My first day will be the 21st, so wish me luck!

Celebrations

Hey Everyone!

I have been thinking about the holidays lately. I think if I watched some Harry Potter, Nightmare before Christmas, and ate some Candy, I could skip Halloween. I am looking forward to Thanksgiving. Lots of food, family, football, and drinking Starbucks in Indiana weather. However, I am looking forward to the month of December. Not just Christmas, but the month of December. As soon as Thanksgiving is over, I will start listening to Christmas music. I think my brain has already decided it wants to listen to it now. How do I know this? Because I have had Christmas songs going through my head - whether it be in dreams or just driving in the car. I even get a little nostalgic and think about all my Christmas Concerts in High School and wanting to sing with the group again. But...we are on to other things now. I haven't sung in a Christmas concert for over a couple if not several years. For someone that has grown up singing, that's pretty weird for me.

Right now I am about halfway through my Student Teaching. I have a week more with the group I'm with (3rd grade) then I move to 5th grade. I have really enjoyed working with this teacher, the students, and the school so it will be a little tough to move on to the next placement. I'm sure that it will be fine. I just need to finish this silly Teacher Work Sample before then. It's not fun at all :-(

Hope you all are having a great day!