This week went by very quickly with many extra-curricular activities. I have been coaching both Grade 6 Shot Put and Running, as well as helped out with the Primary Running Club. It is amazing how fast the time goes when picking up 80-100% of the teaching load. We are starting to prepare for an extremely busy few weeks to come, with track meets, designing our classroom fairy tale, Reading Day, and Grouse Mountain trip- there is a lot to organize with not much time left! This week we started and finished our classroom fairy tale that will be ready to perform for the parents on June 2^nd. We have the scripts ready, and the students will be starting to practice their lines. We decided to draw names from a hat so there would be less fuss about who gets what part of the play. The fairy tale is so well written and it’s exciting to see the amazing ideas that flow from the student’s minds. It was surprisingly easy to form a class fairy tale- we took 2-3 blocks of writing time to complete it. The best way was to have a classroom vote on characters, setting, problem, resolution, etc. As the ideas flowed, Mrs. S typed out what students said, and continued to vote on what students liked best. By the end, we had a very well-structured fairy tale, and the student’s cannot wait to perform for their families! We will also be making a “golden” invitation as well to send out to the parents- so much fun!

This week I also had the opportunity to team-teach with two of my teacher candidate colleagues (Ms. L and Ms. C). It was interesting to have the opportunity to see their skills in classroom management and the different approaches to teaching we all have acquired from our respective SA’s. We both worked really well together, but was definitely challenging when we co-taught PE outside on a Friday afternoon! Playing “treasure hunters” with 48 grade 2’s is definitely a challenging task that is not easily accomplished without a whistle- lesson learned! It made for a very interesting class. I also had to debrief with my students as a result of a few classmates arguing and playing “un-sportsman-like.” It is great to have these experiences, as you learn so much moving forward in lesson planning (specifically for teaching groups of 48 students)!

I am really looking forward to my last few weeks of practicum- we have many fun events planned. It is definitely very difficult knowing that I will be leaving such amazing kids at the end of the month. It has been such a rewarding experiencing being in Mrs. S’s class. Only 4 more weeks to go! 🙂