Back to 1st grade! I went back to 1st grade today, well sort of. I was supposed to but when I got there I found out that all of the 1st and 2nd grade teachers had a professional development thing today and my teacher told me to come with me since it wouldn’t be productive for me to stay in class with the sub. Turns out she was right and the P.D. was way better! I learned so much and came away with soooooo many ideas that I can’t wait to start using!!!
The day was spent learning about Debbie Diller and her wisdom of implementing small group Literacy Stations and how that should look in the classroom. I think that was the main topic but we talked about so many helpful things. This was really valuable experience for me to be exposed to and I feel almost like I’m a step ahead of what I should know as a 1st year teacher haha. I learned so many things that will help me with Guided Reading, Literacy Stations (not Centers), management tips and tricks, and just buying/obtaining supplies and resources. My head was ready to explode by about 2:00 because there was so much information bouncing around inside it but I could not ask for a better experience! I learned so much! If you haven’t checked out Debbie Diller or her books and you teach, you should! She has great ideas!
So I didn’t get to see the kids today but I saw one in the hallway and he was very excited so I would bet that he told everybody else that I was back. (I did a practicum experience with class last semester so now I get to come back and finish out this semester with them.) It made me happy that he was excited and that he remembered me
By far, the weirdest thing of the day was leaving school and the sun still being out! I haven’t left school before 4:15 in about 6 weeks! I even got to leave early today because the training let out about 2:50. So I was leaving school about 3 p.m. and was beside myself. I had no idea what to do! The sun was out, it was hot, and the sculpt class I do at the Y doesn’t start til 5:30! It was a strange feeling to be done at 2:50 since I haven’t even been able to leave school until 4:15 or 4:30! So I went to pick up some shoes that I had dropped off to be repaired and then went onto the Y anyways. When I start having to do lesson plans again, it will be nice to be done a little earlier. I’ll probably be leaving around 4 instead of the kids leaving at 4!
Well, that’s all for tonight. Tomorrow will be a great day!
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