Blog: February 1st

Overall Week

This week was an interesting week! The workload is VERY heavy this week as well as filming for edTPA I feel like I have focused on that this week. I would give this week a 2 because trying to balance everything has been very overwhelming! I was surprised at how well they were able to understand my edTPA unit and how they were able to really comprehend the material. I will continue to build on my students understanding of fractions as we continue to learn about fractions. Students are still struggling with this topic and will continue to need more guidance on this. My long term goals are aligned by making sure that I  am changing my instruction for data purposes and really being a leader in the classroom. I could have spent more time focusing on the other subject lessons when planning this week ( I was mostly focused on English for edTPA). I had more courage this week with discipline still. My students were really trying to "test me" as my CE calls it. I have found my "teacher voice" and am trying to make sure that the students see me as that authoritative figure. For next week, I would like to spend a lot of time this weekend getting my edTPA video cut and done so I can write my planning commentary. 

This week I was able to analyze data in a huge way. We had a data day this week which I was able to sit on and make changes to our WIN time. This was something that was very interesting to be a part of and have a say in! During this time, my students were taking a math test with a substitute. The sub said our class was very loud and talkative and when we got the grades back, the majority of our class did not pass. With this information, I changed things up and during WIN time later that week I retaught the information and overlooked the test and what went wrong. Students were able to retest today (Friday) and they improved their score (Some by a lot). I thought this was such a cool and neat experience to be able to do and see how I changed my instruction for what my students need and to see how it was able to improve and help their understanding was so amazing! 

NC Teaching Standards

• Standard 1
• 1A: Take responsibility for students learning and use data to set goals and organize for lessons
• Standard 2
• 2E: During this week I was able to give out my first awards ever on awards day! This is a day that we are able to choose students for the awards in their class. This is a big day at my school and parents were able to come and cheer on their children! This was a great day because I was able to discuss and talk to parents and tell them how proud we are of their child! Was a great way to get on a positive note with parents. 
• Standard 3
• 3C: This week I was able to incorporate global awareness within my lessons! I was able to teach my students about Japan and how we are different but also the same! Students LOVED this! They were able to make Origami bees at the end of the week and they loved it! 
• Standard 4
• 4D: Throughout this week students were able to use technology within their own hands! Students were able to use the computers for kahoot as well as quizizz! Students love working on this. 
• Standard 5 
• 5A: This week as mentioned above I was able to really analyze student learning throughout the week (especially on their math test and the retest). 

Other

This week I did my first global awareness and I was able to put that in my portfolio! As well as teaching edTPA which will eventually go into my portfolio. I do not need support from my CE or my university supervisor.