I've always said I want to be a lifelong learner. However, I did not mean that I wanted to learn the same lessons over and over again... :) This is my 12th year teaching, that makes me a veteran teacher, right? Why then do I feel like I'm (almost) starting over?? I taught first grade for 2 years, but it was however, 4 years ago, before Common Core, and at a different school. So ultimately I'm in a new grade level, at a new school and facing Common Core for the first time. I guess I need to give myself a break. It's just that at year 12 and with my NBC, I did not expect to be feeling "green."
Today's lesson:
*Continuation of play, after lunch, does not work.
Let me explain. Due to an extended hundreds chart lesson and activity, they had a shortened exploration/center time. They were working very diligently and I was happy with what I was seeing and hearing. I felt bad about interupting them and thought, "there's no reason they can't continue this after lunch, we'll just pick up where we left off." Well, we go to recess right after lunch... So after lunch and recess we returned to the room and attempted to pick up where we left off. BAD IDEA! There was no diligent work going on; great projects that had been begun were ripped up; the group of kids I was looking at was a completely different group of people than the students I saw this morning.
And thus, my duh moment. I know this! I know that it's nearly impossible to get anything constructive done after lunch... But somehow I thought they would pick up where they left off, NO.
Duuuhhh! :D Oh well, chalk it all up to learning experience.
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