3.17.17

Rate
I would rate this week a 4 out of 5.  My kids were very hyper/talkative today, I'm not sure if it was because it was St. Patrick's day or what!

Observe
This week, I was pleasantly surprised by just how sweet my students are.  My students are constantly willing to help a classmate or me and are so encouraging to one another.  We played a review game yesterday to review for our novel test today.  Students were able to steal points from other teams by answering correctly and then were able to steal even more if they made a basket in an over the door hoop.  When students went up to shoot, all classmates cheered them on and if they missed the basket, their classmates still clapped and told them good job.  I was so proud of the love they have for one another.

Reflect
This week, I was a little stressed because of trying to get edTPA finished up.  However, I do not have much left and it should all be finished tomorrow, which will be very nice.

Focus
This weekend I need to focus on finishing and uploading edTPA to TaskStream.  I know that there are other things I could begin working on after completing and turning in edTPA, but this weekend I am going to take some "me" time when that is off my plate.

Be Productive
This week was very productive, despite how unfocused I felt because of the extreme quietness on campus.  I was able to finish up my plans last night which gives me plenty of time to complete the last pieces of edTPA.

Have Courage
This week, apprehension and indecision did not really hold me back.  I found some great ideas to contribute to the plans for the coming weeks in science, math, and reading.  It felt really good to share these ideas with the 4th grade team and them to accept them and share that they don't want me to graduate and leave them.

Begin Anew
This weekend, I will not really begin anew.  I will finish up edTPA and start fresh on Monday.  Next week, I plan to begin anew by finishing my resume and my philosophy.

Data
This week, I used test responses from my math edTPA assessment to guide and plan my re-teaching lesson and re-test.  This allowed me to see areas of the material that students needed more practice and teaching and meet them where they were.

Advice
I would advise you to not forget to be real with your students.  I think my students relate to me more when we have some down time (recess, lunch, morning work) and I share personal stories or make connections between myself and them.  My students remember these things and I think it makes teaching them easier because they see me as a person as well as a teacher.

NCTCS
This week, I think I grew in the area of NCTCS 5 (teachers reflect on their practice).  I looked at assessment data and used that data to plan a reteaching experience for students to continue practice in areas they performed poorly in on the test.  This was a cool experience to see exactly what the students did not get and then to bring them up to understanding of the material.

Portfolio
This weekend, I will begin completing my Math edTPA tasks.

University Supervisor
At this time, my CE and I do not have any questions