It’s hard to believe that we have already completed the first week of our practicum. Before heading to school on the Monday I was excited and anxious. It was so nice already having built a relationship with my school adviser and all of the students but I knew that these next 10 weeks would be busy and a lot of work.

I taught Math, Science and Gym in the first week and took full advantage of the beautiful spring weather, getting my students outdoors as much as possible. I am pleased with how my first few lessons played out.

In Science we explored motion and movement and looked at the ways our bodies move on the playground. The students were so enthusiastic and showed me many different ways they can move. The swings were a great example of push and pull and the students came up with many different action words that we could use to describe different types of movement.  I used my ipad to document different motions from the students and added those pictures to our word wall in the class so they could easily make connections to the new words.

We started a measurement unit in Math. My first lesson looked at height, we made a measurement wall in the classroom and compared the different heights among each of the students. In my second math lesson we looked at our feet and measured them using non standard measurement units. The students were engaged and enjoyed the lessons that were taught.

I am helping coach Ultimate Frisbee this term. It started this week and we have our first game on Tuesday. It’s so great to connect with the grade 7’s and see the students participating in extra curricular sports at the school. I am very excited about what is to come in the following weeks and look forward to posting my reflections on this blog weekly.