Blog Post: March 1st

Week Reflection 

During this week, I would rate my week about a 2! Again, after this upcoming week with submitting edTPA, I will be able to put back up a 4 or 5 for a great week! I just feel so stressed to get everything done, but I know it is possible! This week I was able to lead the students in a unit review prepare the students for their unit test! This is something that I have never been able to do before! I have not been in a classroom long enough to teach a unit and then for the students to test on it! I am very anxious to see their test scores on Friday and see how they were able to do! Next week we are starting "book clubs" where our guided reading groups are getting their own book and they are going to be working with their own leveled book and reading the book throughout the rest of my student teaching! This is something that took a lot of effort and pre-planning and will continue to take a lot of effort and planning but something that my students LOVE and are really looking forward too. I can spend more time this weekend finalizing edTPA and really making sure all my ducks are in a row and ready to submit on Tuesday! I can have the courage that I WILL PASS EDTPA. I CAN DO IT. :) My mental clutter will be drastically smaller once edTPA is over and I will be less stressed and have more time to focus on my lesson plans and portfolio. I analyzed data during my WIN time. Some of my students were ready to go onto the more complex area and perimeter problems and others were Not. During this time I made sure that the students were working on problems that they were ready for! What I can share for advice: edTPA will all be over soon and we are going to be able to have a big sigh of relief!

NCTCS

• Standard 1
• 1A: During this week I was able to continue to use my doorbell to get my students attention and for them to not be talking while I am talking. This is something that my students are LOVING and they are really responding well to. 
• Standard 2
• 2E: This week I was able to get the Gardner-Webb University Police Officer to come and talk to my students and read them a book about being kind to each other! This is something my students thought was so fun and exciting! They loved hearing from someone in the community and having the ability to ask questions and answer questions.
• Standard 3
• 3A: During this week I was able to really focus the students in math by reviewing key vocabulary words and incorporating literacy into math. This allows the students to really think about what they are working on and how that can help them then apply the information within a math problem. 
• Standard 4
• 4C: I was able to incorporate 4C by having the students use collaboration, technology, individual work, as well as group work. Students were able to get a variety of instructional materials throughout the week. 
• Standard 5
• 5B: Throughout this week I was able to really apply what I have learned within PDP days and really try to incorporate those in my classroom! This week I made the lesson plans that specifically incorporated activities that I learned within my PDP days at the school!

Other

This week I have focused alot of time on the edTPA section of my portfolio.
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