My Second Year as a Teacher!

This weeks blog is about my second year being a teacher, so in response to Mrs. Stevens blog I will tell you about my intern experience.

This year I have been interning at Foster Village Elementary.












I am in Mrs.Collins second grade class. In this class I teach every subject.

When I first walked into my class I was a little nervous but also excited. I was extremely happy to meet my class this year and to learn new teaching methods from my new mentor. I feel like I am more confident then I was on the first day of interning. I definitely feel that I have grown over the year and a half that I have been in this class. I am very eager to see what the rest of the year as an intern has for me. This class has encouraged me tremendously, I have more motivation to become a teacher than I ever have.

My Plans for the Future

This weeks blog is about my future! These are the three major things that I will do to better my future!

1. I want to finish all of my work on time. The way I plan to do this is make time for homework. Instead of watching T.V. I will do my work. If I happen to finish my assignment in class I will work on another assignment instead of getting on twitter or listening to music. If I accomplish this and get all of my work turned in on time I will have better grades which will help me get accepted into a college. 
2. I want STOP procrastinating. This is almost impossible for me to do but if I have hope and have the want to do it I can. One way to help my procrastination is by staying off all social websites until I finish everything I need to do that day. Another way to help this problem is to tell your friends to encourage you or remind you to do an assignment. Stoping procrastination will help me majorly in life. I will definitely be more organized and ready for the college life.
3. I want to finish my application for Tarellton University. This is the school that I would really love to get accepted in but I haven't even started. The way I will get this done is to first take my SAT and ACT. Then I can start my application and make sure it is perfect in all areas. The outcome of this goal is getting accepted to Tarrellton. well, hopefully!  

20 Minutes!

As a teacher it is very difficult to encourage a student to read on his/her own time. What I would do is maybe show them different ways to have fun while reading. I found a very useful website that students could use at home and practice reading. One of the games I found is called Blast the Rocket. This games is very fun but also helps mainly kindergarten through first graders read different words. There are many fun reading activities but its up to you to explore the internet to find them.

As a parent you are usually busy and caught up in everyday stress. But one way you can make sure  your son/daughter reads the appropriate 20 minuets each day is to make it a routine every night to have story time and have your child read you a story. Not only is he/she getting the 20 minuet reading experience but he/she is also spending time with you by having story night each night. Make it more of a thing that your child looks forward too rather than them thinking its homework.

I personally don't like to read at all but I do try my best to read everyday day. When interning at elementary school it is very obvious which student does there 20 minuet reading each night. there is a major difference between the students who read versus the ones who don't. There are also those in between students who read but maybe not every night. If every student were to do their twenty minute  reading each day it would be very helpful for teachers.

Solutions!

     The Sandy Hook incident was not what anyone was intending, but as a teacher you should always think of the worst and try to make a plan to protect you students from mayhem. Something I think our country should do to protect our students is make every student wear their I.D. everyday no matter what. They should also put video cameras EVERY WHERE! And there should be people to monitor all of the doors. Most of the students wouldn't know what to do incase of a lock down because we never have drills, so maybe they should have drills and inform the students what to do incase of a tragedy. I think if we do these thing our school would be safer for the students.

Are you Pinterested in Recourses?

 BLOGS!  

1. The first blog I found about teaching is called Sunny Days in Second Grade this blog gives you helpful ideas on how to make second grade fun for the students. this blog shows mainly math lesson and they are very fun and useful. 
2. The second blog I found helpful is called Step Into Second Grade With Mrs.Lemons this blog tells you everything you will need to know to become a successful teacher. It has from appropriate teaching attire, to fun lesson in every subject mainly for 2nd graders. 
3. The third blog I found is called Me and My Gang, this blog is for teachers to go on and find fun activities for different holidays and events. It is a fun and informational blog.

 PINTEREST!

1. The first Educational pin I found is called Minds In Bloom, this pin gives you tips for teaching, it shows good ideas on how to teach a class without loosing your mind.
2. The second pin I found is called Teaching Numbers, this pin gives you ideas on how to teach students how to count. It shows you the easiest way to teach it.
3. The third one I found is called Name Puzzles, this pin show you an awesome way to teach kindergarteners how to spell their names. It is very fun but they also will learn their name quickly and easily.