Day 2 of student teaching is complete! So far I have just been observing in my cooperating teacher's classroom, but it has been insightful and interesting. Last week was in-service and we attended several meetings and planning sessions. Nyssa School District will be focusing on improving writing skills and scores this year and to that end the district will be utilizing the Cornell note-taking strategy in all K-12 classrooms. Implementation of this guided note-taking strategy should be fairly easy in the social studies content areas.
I am so happy and grateful that I am able to perform my student teaching at Nyssa. It's nice to walk down the hallways and have teachers and students say hello and inquire about my classes and progress. I feel tremendous support and encouragement throughout our building.
The first day of classes will be a memorable for one reason. Through pure coincidence both my cooperating teaching and myself were dressed identically - white capri pants, turquoise tunic tops and white sandals. We couldn't have matched any better if we'd tried! The looks on students and staff faces' was hilarious! Almost everyone thought we had intentionally planned it and I'm not sure if anyone truly believes we didn't.
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Matching outfits... priceless. I'm glad my cooperating teacher and I are of opposite genders. The chances of that happening to us approach zero.
ReplyDeleteLet us know how the Cornell thing works out at your district.