A few thoughts from today...
-I love meeting new teachers!! Being the only student teacher in the building, I get noticed (especially since I have an oh-so-fantastic stick on name tag that reads, "HELLO my name is:" across the front). I met a 1st grade teacher today named Stephanie. She graduated from Butler last year and it was refreshing to talk to someone who was closer to my level, the student level that is. We chatted briefly about COE (College of Ed) and Dr. Dimmick (my ST - Supervising teacher). There is nothing like making new friends :-)
-I had one of my roommates ask me what I learned so far in student teaching...after a brief moment of thinking this is what I came up with:
SOME OF MY CLOTHES ARE JUST NOT MADE FOR TEACHING.
I know it may sound like common sense, or just basic knowledge. However, as I have gotten ready for school I have discovered that some shirts just don't work when you have to move around like a kid!!
-Learning names is TOUGH!!! My most difficult today: Korean. Looks simple, wrong! The name is pronounced, "Corrin." The other difficulty with learning names is that some kids have names that are so close they might as well be the same. Take for example: Jayla, Jalyn, and Jadyn. AHH!
I leave you with a funny story:
I have been teaching about the instrument families (Strings, Woodwinds, etc.). In the process my CT and I have taught the kiddos about conducting. During the 1st grade class my CT stood on the podium and asked, "What am I standing on?". One little girl shot her hand in the air and promptly said, "POSTATIO!". I had to keep from chuckling as my CT told the class is was a podium. I think little kids are the best!
Tuesday, August 25, 2009
Friday, August 21, 2009
TGIF.
It's Friday, the day all educators look forward to....jeans! Little did I know how exciting it was to dress in jeans. Being a teacher warrants "dressing up" everyday (a concept I do not deal well with). However, when it comes to Friday, casual is the key word!
I had my first experience teaching today. The victims? 5th and 4th graders. The plan? Review of the strings and woodwinds family. I got to design, plan, and execute my very own lesson. In the world of being a music education student, lessons planning feels very different. As hard as professors try, they can never recreate real classroom circumstances. I have enjoyed being asked the tough questions, as well as having kids call me out when I do something silly (They seem to notice EVERYTHING!).
After teaching today I have learned one important thing: when I get thrown off my lesson plan, I tend to talk faster to try to catch myself up. Funny how your flaws come to life when there are 23 little mirrors to reflect what you do.
Conclusion from my first week of teaching: ba da ba bah ba, I'm lovin' it! [insert catchy slogan tune].
I had my first experience teaching today. The victims? 5th and 4th graders. The plan? Review of the strings and woodwinds family. I got to design, plan, and execute my very own lesson. In the world of being a music education student, lessons planning feels very different. As hard as professors try, they can never recreate real classroom circumstances. I have enjoyed being asked the tough questions, as well as having kids call me out when I do something silly (They seem to notice EVERYTHING!).
After teaching today I have learned one important thing: when I get thrown off my lesson plan, I tend to talk faster to try to catch myself up. Funny how your flaws come to life when there are 23 little mirrors to reflect what you do.
Conclusion from my first week of teaching: ba da ba bah ba, I'm lovin' it! [insert catchy slogan tune].
Wednesday, August 19, 2009
A Kingdom-sized impact.
From mel's blog....I cried.
For class I was assigned to write a list of 25 people that have had impact on my life and a few sentences on why/how they impacted me/got me to where I am today. They could not have ever lived with me.
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I turned the paper in last week and this is what the professor writes at the top: "I want to meet you in 25 years..." I am still questioning what all he ment by that statement.
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1. Trey & Tammy Griggs : My second set of parents, and will forever be my bail call if I am in jail, and they seriously got me through high school math and science along with showing me a true Christ centered marriage for one of the first times.
2. Allie Love: The best friend of all time.
3. Jeff & Merin Neville : He's shows me what real leadership looks like and the characteristics of a legit husband/father; She rocks at sewing and is super mom, they are the definition of steadfastness.
4. Julie Lein : A teacher who believed in me as much as my Mom does, and implanted that same belief that I can do anything inside of me.
5. Varsity Pom Girls: (This covers about 55 girls) They are sisters at heart, who know that I seriously have not a bone of hip-hop in me, and a lot of strange corks.
6. Teresa America : I cry thinking about her; she is like a sister, mom, grandma, coach, soda money loaner, friend, listener, everything I ever needed to get me through high school; and always had the best dating/relationship advise and taught me everything I know about Coach Purses.
7. Ashley King : She was the first person to actually walk and hold my hand and LEAD me to Jesus not just tell me about him. She is the most blunt and honest person I have ever met.
8. Meg McManamey : She is going to be a teacher, was a Sig Kappa, has red hair, worked at Hallmark, has been to more schools that I can count, loves Jesus, and has more determination than ANYONE I have ever met- I admire her.
9. Chris & Teresa Conley : I can walk into their house and ask a million questions that NEVER, have answers and they just listen to me freak out and ramble about Red Tree or life; they have a sense of peace that I love.
10. Patrice & Jeff Mugg : They taught me this "When everything is falling apart, all the important things are still there; because you still have your Jesus." Also that life's not fair, and because life's not fair people get hurt, and how we help hurting people defines who we are. I want to raise a family like theirs.
11. Katie Hillis : I don't have the words to describe her servant's heart, love, passion; so I won't try-it's too beautiful.
12. David & Tara Comstock : I could write a book on how much I praise Jesus for this family.
13. Brian Kessler : I would not have graduated high school if he would not have convinced Parkway School District that missing 94 days of school in one year was acceptable in my case.
14. Steven Whitlow : Taught me the basics of packing in 10 minutes, predestination, dating 101, parents have feelings, this list goes on and on; but showed me everything my Dad has taught me about boys was one hundred percent correct, and I believe actions speak louder than words.
15. Phillip Hunter : If it weren't for him and ZOE, I would seriously probably be atheist, pregnant, or in jail- actually a combo of all three. He was the way I also was first connected to Red Tree.
16. Jonathan Strickland : He will be in my wedding, standing by me ready to punch the jerk if he bails, just like he has always been there to punch the jerks in my life; and eat lots of Mexican with me too!!
17. Emily Pownall : Kindergarten day one to graduation- enough said.
18. Kristen Bailey : She is one of those people/friends who is always there for you even when you have failed her the last five million times.
19. Hannah Mugg : She has taught me that life goes on, you are satisfied alone in Christ, and that you are never too young to succeed, even when the whole world is resiting your movement forward..
20. Dr. Lunn: He rocks, and taught me not to let someones opinion stop you from trying and succeeding/saying no to hanging out because you have school work is an ok thing to do in college.- I passed his Old Testament class.
21. The inventor of Icing in a container : They are genius.
22. Mark Driscoll : Funny I put this- but we have a common agreement on sometimes wanting to buy bullets instead of do ministry or love Jesus.
23. Annie Leimann : The "attendance lady" at p.west and I wish she was my grandma.
24. Nic & Aunca : (spelling of the names??) They are from Romania, and are so legit. They plant churches in random villages that usually don't have running water- they just want people to know Jesus and you can tell that from the moment you meet them.
25. Jordyn Voss/Ashley Reese : I am blessed, and forever indebted to you because I call you part of my family. "See less, pray more..."
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For class I was assigned to write a list of 25 people that have had impact on my life and a few sentences on why/how they impacted me/got me to where I am today. They could not have ever lived with me.
---
I turned the paper in last week and this is what the professor writes at the top: "I want to meet you in 25 years..." I am still questioning what all he ment by that statement.
---
1. Trey & Tammy Griggs : My second set of parents, and will forever be my bail call if I am in jail, and they seriously got me through high school math and science along with showing me a true Christ centered marriage for one of the first times.
2. Allie Love: The best friend of all time.
3. Jeff & Merin Neville : He's shows me what real leadership looks like and the characteristics of a legit husband/father; She rocks at sewing and is super mom, they are the definition of steadfastness.
4. Julie Lein : A teacher who believed in me as much as my Mom does, and implanted that same belief that I can do anything inside of me.
5. Varsity Pom Girls: (This covers about 55 girls) They are sisters at heart, who know that I seriously have not a bone of hip-hop in me, and a lot of strange corks.
6. Teresa America : I cry thinking about her; she is like a sister, mom, grandma, coach, soda money loaner, friend, listener, everything I ever needed to get me through high school; and always had the best dating/relationship advise and taught me everything I know about Coach Purses.
7. Ashley King : She was the first person to actually walk and hold my hand and LEAD me to Jesus not just tell me about him. She is the most blunt and honest person I have ever met.
8. Meg McManamey : She is going to be a teacher, was a Sig Kappa, has red hair, worked at Hallmark, has been to more schools that I can count, loves Jesus, and has more determination than ANYONE I have ever met- I admire her.
9. Chris & Teresa Conley : I can walk into their house and ask a million questions that NEVER, have answers and they just listen to me freak out and ramble about Red Tree or life; they have a sense of peace that I love.
10. Patrice & Jeff Mugg : They taught me this "When everything is falling apart, all the important things are still there; because you still have your Jesus." Also that life's not fair, and because life's not fair people get hurt, and how we help hurting people defines who we are. I want to raise a family like theirs.
11. Katie Hillis : I don't have the words to describe her servant's heart, love, passion; so I won't try-it's too beautiful.
12. David & Tara Comstock : I could write a book on how much I praise Jesus for this family.
13. Brian Kessler : I would not have graduated high school if he would not have convinced Parkway School District that missing 94 days of school in one year was acceptable in my case.
14. Steven Whitlow : Taught me the basics of packing in 10 minutes, predestination, dating 101, parents have feelings, this list goes on and on; but showed me everything my Dad has taught me about boys was one hundred percent correct, and I believe actions speak louder than words.
15. Phillip Hunter : If it weren't for him and ZOE, I would seriously probably be atheist, pregnant, or in jail- actually a combo of all three. He was the way I also was first connected to Red Tree.
16. Jonathan Strickland : He will be in my wedding, standing by me ready to punch the jerk if he bails, just like he has always been there to punch the jerks in my life; and eat lots of Mexican with me too!!
17. Emily Pownall : Kindergarten day one to graduation- enough said.
18. Kristen Bailey : She is one of those people/friends who is always there for you even when you have failed her the last five million times.
19. Hannah Mugg : She has taught me that life goes on, you are satisfied alone in Christ, and that you are never too young to succeed, even when the whole world is resiting your movement forward..
20. Dr. Lunn: He rocks, and taught me not to let someones opinion stop you from trying and succeeding/saying no to hanging out because you have school work is an ok thing to do in college.- I passed his Old Testament class.
21. The inventor of Icing in a container : They are genius.
22. Mark Driscoll : Funny I put this- but we have a common agreement on sometimes wanting to buy bullets instead of do ministry or love Jesus.
23. Annie Leimann : The "attendance lady" at p.west and I wish she was my grandma.
24. Nic & Aunca : (spelling of the names??) They are from Romania, and are so legit. They plant churches in random villages that usually don't have running water- they just want people to know Jesus and you can tell that from the moment you meet them.
25. Jordyn Voss/Ashley Reese : I am blessed, and forever indebted to you because I call you part of my family. "See less, pray more..."
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1st Day of School!
Today was my 1st official day of student teaching. I have been placed at a wonderful school in Indianapolis called New Augusta Public Academy, south campus (or NAPA for short). My CT (cooperating teacher) is Mrs. Tena Plewa. She is a master teacher recognized in the state for her creativity and her skill as a musician in the schools. I look forward to receiving her guidance and encouragement as I pursue my dreams to be a teacher!
As is tradition in my house, I took a "1st day of school" picture.
A few funny moments from today...memories :-)
-I walked into the class and ran into a chair and cut my leg
-Copied more than 100 papers in the first 15 of being "in charge"
-Had a dad introduce himself by saying, "I'm [name] and I'm a bounty hunter."
-Accidentally told 5th graders that Ray Charles was known for playing the trumpet!
-Discovered the old school popcorn machine in the teacher's lounge
-Spilled water down the front of my dress
I think I'm going to love this "job"! The perfect way to get my feet wet!!
As is tradition in my house, I took a "1st day of school" picture.
A few funny moments from today...memories :-)
-I walked into the class and ran into a chair and cut my leg
-Copied more than 100 papers in the first 15 of being "in charge"
-Had a dad introduce himself by saying, "I'm [name] and I'm a bounty hunter."
-Accidentally told 5th graders that Ray Charles was known for playing the trumpet!
-Discovered the old school popcorn machine in the teacher's lounge
-Spilled water down the front of my dress
I think I'm going to love this "job"! The perfect way to get my feet wet!!
Tuesday, August 11, 2009
Goodwill.
I like shopping, especially when things are cheap.
Austin and I went into Goodwill today and this is what I came out with:
I've decided to fill them with cotton balls and Q-tips for my bathroom :-)
Austin and I went into Goodwill today and this is what I came out with:
I've decided to fill them with cotton balls and Q-tips for my bathroom :-)
Saturday, August 8, 2009
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