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substitute teaching
Oct. 19th, 2006 07:45 pmThis week as a substitute teacher I spent one day in 3rd grade, 1/2 a day in high school gym (which if you knew me in high school is pretty funny), one day in 6th grade math, and one day in kindergarten. Kindergarten kids are so cute.
Next week I'll be in high school social studies, which is more my thing than, say, gym class, given that my degree is in history and all.
Then last week I spent one day as a one-on-one elementary assistant, 1/2 a day in 5th grade, and one day as an art teacher for severely handicapped kids. We made collages out of feathers and construction paper. It was quite an eye-opening experience.
By the end of my 3 hours in 5th grade the kids were fighting with paper swords and walking sticks and we had just about given up on actually getting any work done. Yesterday in 6th grade math all I had to do was give a 2-part test, but after most of the kids in last period were done I made the mistake of telling one of them that he could make a paper airplane as long as he didn't throw it at anyone. He interpreted that literally and flew it across the room-"but I wasn't throwing it at anyone." So no more airplanes in my classroom.
Being a substitute teacher is never boring. Remember how you treated substitute teachers?
~Bethany
Next week I'll be in high school social studies, which is more my thing than, say, gym class, given that my degree is in history and all.
Then last week I spent one day as a one-on-one elementary assistant, 1/2 a day in 5th grade, and one day as an art teacher for severely handicapped kids. We made collages out of feathers and construction paper. It was quite an eye-opening experience.
By the end of my 3 hours in 5th grade the kids were fighting with paper swords and walking sticks and we had just about given up on actually getting any work done. Yesterday in 6th grade math all I had to do was give a 2-part test, but after most of the kids in last period were done I made the mistake of telling one of them that he could make a paper airplane as long as he didn't throw it at anyone. He interpreted that literally and flew it across the room-"but I wasn't throwing it at anyone." So no more airplanes in my classroom.
Being a substitute teacher is never boring. Remember how you treated substitute teachers?
~Bethany
