Week 9

Once again I have slightly slacked off in my blogs, but luckily enough I can remember back to the main highlights of my ninth week of my intern year. This was a big week for me since it was the time for my observation by Sarah Steel. I wanted her to observe me doing something that mattered to me, and that was important to me, so I had her observe me during my action research activities. I did a spelling activity in which I used word cards and chalkboard colorful writing to help review the spelling words for the week with my students. The words were contractions, so I knew going in that it may be a struggle teaching this to my students, but I felt like I was prepared for any obstacles that may come in my way. The lesson went very well I thought, and my students were extraordinary and very cooperative. Sarah told me that my classroom management has grown dramatically since the last time she observed me, which made me feel very good. Classroom management is a big part to elementary school instruction, and hearing something like that makes me feel awesome. On the spelling test this week, over half of my students recorded a score of 100%. On the flip side, a majority of the remaining students scored lower than 70%, which showed me further work had to be done in the spelling activities.