WEEK 8

WHAT
I am just about ready for my student teaching to be over! I have loved every minute of it but there just comes a time where you realize that you are working very very very hard, and not getting paid! So I am very excited and ready to graduate at the end of April.
This last week was a little bit frustrating for me in a few different ways. I taught the students about decimals and they did not get it at all!!!!! Tons and tons, I would say the majority of the class failed on their homework that night. But I can't blame them. I honestly think that they didn't understand decimals because I wasn't that clear when I taught them. Probably because I tend to get confused with decimals.

SO WHAT
This weekend I sat down and had to really think out how I want to re-teach decimals for tomorrow. It's not adding or subtracting them, or even telling which decimal is greater. It's hard for them to understand the place value concept. They don't see the difference between the tens and hundreds.
So on Friday afternoon I went through a few different math books and lessons and compiled a lesson for tomorrow that I think is really going to work out. It involes them learning about the place value with a variety of techniques. Including money, which is what I think is the easiest to comprehend decimals with.

NOW WHAT
Now tomorrow we will get to see how it goes and I will let you know next week. Tomorrow I also have my supervisor coming to observe me in the morning. Which I am not excited about. Simply because he is observing me while I am teaching another class. They are not the students that are in my class, so they don't treat me the same.
I understnad that you need to be able to control all kisd, and I can. I just feel that this other class is always testing the waters with me to see what they can get away with., and they are pushing it too far. Which causes me to have to be stricter, which makes the whole lesson not as fun. This is another reason why I was so frustrated this week. I just wish I was always with my class! Oh well! Things like this happen, and I just have to roll with the punches!