This week was long and exhausting. It was my first full week, but well worth it. I am getting an understanding of what the kids are like and capable of. The rowdy kids are getting better at quieting down when asked (though sometimes they still find the need to talk back). That's nice because soon I'll be teaching them. Classroom management worries me; I wish that we had a class on that in university, but instead I have to learn as I go. They seem to listen to me pretty well, which is amazing, but it really is a matter of me talking over them without sounding like I'm yelling. I'm very conscious of it and worried they think I'm being mean. While I'd rather be respected than liked by my students, I don't want them to dislike me over something like that- "yelling," when really I'm trying to just get their attention.
We had a parent-teacher night this week which went well. It was a long day, though, and I was ready to fall into pieces at the end of it.
Next week is my first observation by my university advisor. Then we have one unit and I start writing and teaching one on my own.
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