Last day in 3rd Grade!

I can't believe it but today was my last day in third grade! These past 7 weeks (3months) went by so fast! I have really been in there since October! I love those kids! Today was the best last day! I was doing odds and ends to get everything together (making books of units that I made.) In the work room I was called down to my classroom. At first I was really worried that I was late for "Friday Fun" (which is time for those kids that have missing assignments to catch up) or that a student might be hurt. BUT the truth is my class surprised me with a DISNEY PARTY!! My site teacher knew how much I love Disney, she bought Princess Cupcakes and had old fashion Mickey Movies up on the projector! It was the best present ever! As a third grade they made me the sweetest book with letters from all the students. Reading through them brought tears to my eyes! I have learned so much being in this classroom. I don't know where I would be with out my amazing site teacher Tami! She has been teacher for 13 years and is absolutely amazing! I can only home to be as amazing as her some day! Thanks Tami! and Thank you to all my students for helping me learn!

Here is just a few things I was able to do with my students!

A science unit on the MOON and EARTH! Studying the surfaces, shapes, orbits, rotations, revolutions, and differences! I learned so much! It was a blast!

My Bulletin board!

Playing with the Dust on the Moon!! Making Craters and seas!

These are plates with the different moon phases behind each night scene!

A math unit on MEASUREMENT!! Teaching Distance, Time, Weight, Mass, and Capacity all in both metric and customary measurements!

Measure how much water fits in the gallon, quart, and pint jugs!

Measuring the width of the cd and the length of the flashlight!

LOTS AND LOTS of READING UNITS!! We talked about verbs and combining sentences. Read stories to help us Infer about future events, talked about the sequence of events of stories and much much more!!

Fun art!! Rembrandt Shading!

I learned so much that I can't begin to write down!!

NOW ON TO KINDERGARTEN!!!

The Best Teaching Moments!

So my student that is selectively mute, well really she only talks to peers (NO ADULTS) Raised her hand and answered a question today! I was playing a math game shouting out random numbers to add, multiply, and subtract! With every question she raised her hand, which never happens, so I called on her and she answered! TWICE!!! It was fabulous! Plus she wrote me the sweetest note saying that she loves that I spend time helping her with homework! I thought she hated me!! Turns out she likes me teaching her! AHHHH The Best moments of teaching!

Hectic week turns out amazing!! Plus I am not as stressed this weekend!!

First Day of School....First Day Of School!!!

I got to be back in the classroom still observing but I love it! I am so excited to teach on my own!! Last Wednesday I started teaching my science unit on the Moon and Earth! I love teaching! I am designing a seating chart tonight along with a measurement unit! Who doesn't love playing with distances, weight, mass, and the metric system. I can't wait to take over the class!

Third grade still freaks me out but I am learning so much!

Today I was able to teach the full day as the substitute. My site teacher's son was sick. Not so great for her but it was an awesome chance for me to feel really comfortable in the class on my own.

I am starting to LOVE third grade. The kids were really chatty this morning. I think they were trying to push my buttons to see what they could get away with. Have no fear I laid down the law! ha ha By the afternoon they were awesome.

I started teaching my moon unit and realized I do not know a lot about the moon. It is so much fun to hear the students ideas and what they want to learn. We were doing a KWL chart and on the "What we think we know about the moon?" the students said they know it is not made of cheese! LOVE IT!

They are such great students and love learning. I have a few challenging ones with emotions beyond their ages, it is interesting seeing how my teacher reacts to their emotions. I can only hope that one day I can be as amazing as she is. She has been teaching for 13 years and is so good at what she does. Not only that, but you can tell she absolutely loves teaching! Every morning before getting the kids she says,

"Alright get your game face on."

I love that she says this because it reminds me that a lot of what teaching is, is acting!

I can't wait to take over next week and to in the future have my own classroom!!