My Teaching Experiences

This week brought me stress through my personal life and lack of sleep. It always amazes me that no matter what is happening outside of West, I walk into that classroom prepared to be with the kids.

I have discovered that I really enjoy this age group. The kids are a lot of fun and I feel like I can connect with them easily. Ms. Gratton has been very complimentary this semester with me and the way that I interact with the students. She makes me feel very positive about not only my experience in her classroom, but my future as a teacher.

On Friday I read with a male student from seventh period who tries to be the best student he can be while struggling with a reading disability. He's quite diligent about wearing his glasses, which he thinks helps him read, but passes over big words that he doesn't recognize. When he does that I think to myself that no amount of glasses strength will help him recognize or familiarize himself with those scary words. When I read with him I help him practice those words that trip him up: cumulonimbus, mythological. We say them over and over, discuss their meaning, look them up in the dictionary, use them in a variety of sentences. I hope it works. We chose a book together Friday for him to read called Raptor; he seemed to really get into the first few pages. One problem I noticed with him is that he doesn't connect information very well. I just hope that that doesn't tie him up in reading this novel; the author seemed to confuse a lot of information just in the first two pages.

My Teaching Experiences
I'm a graduate student at Boise State University just starting to work with the school districts. This no-frills blog is my account of my experiences in the school setting. Archives: January 2006 February 2006 March 2006 April 2006 September 2006 October 2006 November 2006 January 2007 February 2007 March 2007 April 2007 May 2007	Monday, March 13, 2006 This week brought me stress through my personal life and lack of sleep. It always amazes me that no matter what is happening outside of West, I walk into that classroom prepared to be with the kids. I have discovered that I really enjoy this age group. The kids are a lot of fun and I feel like I can connect with them easily. Ms. Gratton has been very complimentary this semester with me and the way that I interact with the students. She makes me feel very positive about not only my experience in her classroom, but my future as a teacher. On Friday I read with a male student from seventh period who tries to be the best student he can be while struggling with a reading disability. He's quite diligent about wearing his glasses, which he thinks helps him read, but passes over big words that he doesn't recognize. When he does that I think to myself that no amount of glasses strength will help him recognize or familiarize himself with those scary words. When I read with him I help him practice those words that trip him up: cumulonimbus, mythological. We say them over and over, discuss their meaning, look them up in the dictionary, use them in a variety of sentences. I hope it works. We chose a book together Friday for him to read called Raptor; he seemed to really get into the first few pages. One problem I noticed with him is that he doesn't connect information very well. I just hope that that doesn't tie him up in reading this novel; the author seemed to confuse a lot of information just in the first two pages.