I really enjoyed doing this activity. I started it yesterday towards the end of class when there was only about 10 mins left and got a little bit flustered. The students had just finished learning an entire lesson and I don't think that they were too apt to do a review game.
I was glad that we got a second chance at the game today, because the students responded to it a lot better. After the bell ringer, we spent about twenty minutes on the game and the kids really woke up. Nothing bad to report today except the fact that I called Juan Jose which I think makes me a racist.
I've been working quite a bit on the upcoming full solo day and I really underestimated the amount of planning TIME that would go into this and the 45 minutes I have for the "How to read a map" class the day before Climate day. I made 5 different parts and a quiz and it took forever. I need to get better at adapting things that already exist instead of creating everything. However, I really really like creating things because then they fit perfectly for what I want. I'll spend as much time as I can now creating things then when I turn into a zombie I'll probably start stealing more things from Mike and other teachers.
Time management has been good thus far. After going to class last night it was good to hear that the other interns are more focused on the classroom than they are on their UT work. Seems like its all jumping through hoops- some of which are located at the Sarah Simpson Center that we have to visit tomorrow.
Teaching Map reading tomorrow then a full day of Climate that I created on Thursday. On Friday I'm going to West for second period so I can see how different the culture is there. I suspect it will be just like Richwoods where I went, but we'll see.
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