Update

Life is pretty crazy and great lately!

Between doctor's visits, paperwork, lesson plans, students, meetings, running, family time, and trying to stay sane, I am a pretty happy girl! :) I think it is safe to say I am getting the hang of this thing called 'student teaching.' Tomorrow I completely pick up my second class, which is all senior girls, and we are going to make Space Mud in order to help explain the words coherence, function, and originality within a child care environment. I might even have them make Origami also. I attempted to make a sea turtle the other night and it didn't turn out as cute, but my elephant turned out lovely :) 

I am such a fan of hands-on learning and trying to integrate as many visuals as possible. Today, in order to help my students learn conception, I enlarged a picture of the female reproductive system on the whiteboard and used different colored markers to explain the route that sperm takes in order to fertilize the ovum. When I turned on the projector, my students began to laugh and one said, "Miss Moore, you are crazy!" when she saw the projected image on the whiteboard. Surprises can be fun :)

On Friday, my students take home those battery operated babies. I can't WAIT to hear how their weekends went with those crying dolls :) They are excited right now, but Monday morning I am sure they will be happy to hand them back to me. 

Yesterday I attended my first IEP Re-Evaluation meeting and my first TAT meeting. The meetings were a great learning experience. The IEP Re-Evaluation was regarding one of my occupational students, and basically it was a conference call with various individuals from J.H.Rose, myself, and the girls' mother. We discussed how she was doing in my class, if I needed to make any extra accommodations in order to help her succeed, and we also reviewed her paperwork to make sure everything was up to date. The TAT meeting was an attempt for me to have a student of mine tested to see if she can receive curriculum assistance. The meeting didn't seem to accomplish much. I was told ways to help her succeed and then in two weeks I have to show if she has improved in my class or not. I am going to try those suggestions and see what the future brings with her! 

My next observation is Friday and I am hoping Mrs. Harris sees improvement from her last observation. I have been trying to implement her suggestions into my lessons. Each day I am learning something new, therefore I am anxious to see what her suggestions are after Friday's lessons :)

Next weekend is my trip to Raleigh/Durham with Jake. Another city to check out on my list of many. We are attending a Duke game while we are there, which should be fun! Maybe Raleigh will steal my heart....we will see!