Sorry it has taken me so long to blog but I have just been so busy lesson planning and study for my test that I have this Friday. I went out on the town Friday night and had fun, but woke up early on Saturday to get some work done. I ended up playing beach volleyball for a couple of hours which is really intense in this Texas heat. I stayed in on Saturday night and worked and did laundry and tried to get some sleep. I was sad on Sunday when I woke up and wasn’t able to give Dad a hug but I called him on my way to church. Some friends and I went to this church that you can walk to from campus and it was alright. They were very welcoming and it was good to get back into going church…I can’t remember the last time I’ve been. I came back from church and literally worked till 12 o’clock that night and then I made myself go to sleep but I didn’t sleep well at all because I was so nervous about teaching today.
I got an email from my leader last night and it said, “ Hey Molly, Melva asked for CMs (core members) that were doing well on the behavior management cycle and I gave her your name! You do well with giving directions and then narrating who is actually doing the directions you gave. You also do well with correcting student that are not doing what you asked (Ms. Andrus says so as well). With that said, Melva wants to video tape CM’s that do this well (the BMC) and I picked you for our team. She will be in Monday to see you in action if that is ok! She plans to video tape…that is not the day I am observing you by the way. Thanks! –Eric”. So with that email in my head I was so worried about being on camera and having my kids act out but everything went well today and guess what we have a board in our Teach For America Headquarters at Patrick Henry called the “Patrick Henry All-Star Patriots” and my name is on the board twice for being good at “managing student practice” and “Reinforcing Rules and Consequences”. It is nice to have your name in a start up on a bulletin board!!! This week is going to be crazy because my lesson plans are getting to be more intense and I am trying to fit in time to study for my test on Saturday. It will be so nice to get that over with. Today went well and I am just tired but you learn to just push through it and get your work done. Tomorrow I am being observed again and then have a bunch of meetings and study sessions to go to. The kids have been alright, they are still acting out but I am getting better and managing them even though it is so annoying when you are trying to talk and they won’t stop talking. I hope that I am impacting these kids because some days it just feels like I am not making a difference at all. Last night I made so many poster board and chart paper for my classroom that my fingers are still stained from the markers. I am getting use to wearing professional clothes and now it feels weird to not be in something professional. The Teacher Olympics we had on Friday was fun and my team did when the (Who can grade the fastest competition). Okay well love yall and will try to write soon...maybe a day or two.
Love,
Molly
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