Week Three

Week three came and went before I even knew it. Not only was it a short week with having Good Friday off, but there was so much going on throughout the week that it just flew by. As I drove home on Thursday evening I was thinking of what this week’s theme was. It came to me that with so many interruptions throughout the week it was flexibility. I believe that being flexible as a teacher is one of the most important skills, especially in elementary education. Power outages, rain storms, class photos, and longer-than-expected assemblies are just a few things that went on at our school this week. Some things got shifted to different days, some were adjusted throughout the day and there were some things that just out-right didn’t happen. What’s important in this is that we, as teachers, are organized and calm for our students. Some children do not adapt well to change, our job is to make that transition as easy as possible for them. Teacher’s must always have something up their sleeves to be flexible with schedule changes. I noted this throughout the week, an Easter Egg hunt didn’t go at the time we expected due to rain and my S.A. transitioned seamlessly into working on a “No Excuses” word and a story. My goal in the next couple weeks as I transition into the full-time portion of my practicum is to begin to build a pool of activities that can be used in these situations.