design

So I have chosen to talk about design from Pink's book. I have been thinking about what I should write when it came to me one day in my classroom while my students were in gym, the design of a classroom is crucial to a students progress.

When I first arrived at my new job my classroom was a MESS,and being as organized as I am I started the very first day cleaning and trying to get some kind of a grip on my surroundings. The teacher before me was forced into 2nd grade unwilling and you could tell by how everything was layed out. For me the design of the classroom didn't flow; the carpet was in front of the chalkboard, there was reading books in all different places in the classroom and there was random things EVERYWHERE. It took me many afternoons but after about two weeks I had re arranged the classroom's furniture to create a library with the carpet for students to relax and read on in one area that wasn't right in front of the chalkboard. I had made the chalkboard accessible to use and I also sorted through the mounds of worksheets and random supplies that were scattered around the room. The design of my classroom I feel like really works for my class. I have heard positive feedback from my principals, fellow teachers, and parents. I tried to design my classroom to portray a warm work friendly environment.

The design of something I feel will either make or break something. In my scenario it helped me transition easily into being my students teacher for the rest of the year. It helped show the students that I am different and my new design of the classroom helped me get a fresh start to the rest of the year.

Last week in class we watched a mini presentation using a math program and i thought it was great. it let the students learn the different math lessons by discovering the rules themselves. I love these kids of discovery lessons becasue it make the students work and discover the rule of the math problem without having the teacher just give the rule. they actually discover it themselves and it is amazing when you get to witness that.

Parent teacher meet and greet

So I had my first Parent/Teacher meet and greet and it went well. I had 13 parents show up to the event which, it impressed be because it was 4:30 right after school. I am very proud of myself and how I handles all of the questions; I had a few questions that came out of left hand field but I was able to answer them. All in all I am very happy with the outcome of the afternoon.

Microsoft 2007

So finally, the school I work at got Microsoft 2007 which is differnt but great. I love how there are always new things in the technology field. I was able to adapt quickly but there were a few veteran teachers that had a few difficulties and got fustrated. So I volunteered to teach a quick lesson on how to do different things with the new word program during next weeks common planning time:)

I HAVE A JOB!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I am sooooooo excited to tell everyone that I HAVE A JOB!!!!!! well for the rest of ther year atleast :)

I found out friday afternoon that I would be a 2nd grade teacher for West Middle Island Elementary School.

Today was my first day and everything was a little bit overwhelming but in a good way:)