Student Teaching

Week two at Peotone Junior High has been a pleasant one. I firmly believe that the majority of students have gained respect for me. I personally thought I wasn't going to get this much respect by week two. I thought this specifically because of the variety of age groups and how they tend to respond to a student-teacher. I have been leading the class for a good week and a half now. With that being said we've done a lot of the things that are necessary to get done at the beginning of the school year. Thursday we started our first unit, flag football. I thought this was a good unit to do in the fall because it is football season at the high school level. Day one of flag football I didn't run the show by myself. My cooperating teacher and I did a co-taught class. With how many students we have, this was very beneficial for student learning. Each class is mixed with 6th through 8th graders. With that being said, students ability towards throwing and catching a football varies. W...

     This was the first week of school at Peotone Junior High. Since this was the first week, it was good to get to know my cooperating teacher and most importantly the students. This week we set the foundation for the rest of the school year with the students. For instance, we went over rules, expectations, squad lines (each student’s spot to sit in the gym before warmups), bus evacuation, tornado drill, fire drill, etc. Day one allowed me to introduce myself and observe my cooperating teacher so that I understood what was expected of me. Day 2 and 3 my cooperating teacher let me run through the rules, expectations, and all the drills. It was a great experience for me to go over important material like that and it was an honor that my cooperating teacher trusted me to address such important information with the students. Student responses varied each class period. The morning classes took the information and drills seriously while a couple of the afternoon classes fille...