I am seeing progress every day with my students and FINALLY feel like a teacher (instead of a big joke).. Once again, my middle school children are amazing! Yesterday, I had a several 7th graders start class saying "I don't get this, I can't, this will be hard..." and by the end were saying "This isn't so bad! It's easy!" and, to boost my confidence I even heard "Mr. X last year made this so much more complicated!" YES!!! Success! Kids can read music! Also, preschool is amazing. Seriously, how many other people get to say that they get to smile and sing with 4 year olds for their job?!
Also, to follow up from my last "life lessons" post; today one of my eighth graders told me "I save my science project twice last night! To my hard drive and my flash drive! I remembered your life lessons!" I felt good.
Life isn't all roses, things are totally stressful and crazy and frustrating right now too, but it's good to find some good moments. I feel like I had another cute story to tell from today, but I'm too tired to remember right now.. Oh well!
Showing posts with label jr high. Show all posts
Showing posts with label jr high. Show all posts
Tuesday, October 5, 2010
Friday, October 1, 2010
something new.
Instead of posting yet another blog about my mishaps with classroom management, how there is a really big difference between behavior in the fall and behavior in the spring, or the many annoyances and frustrations of the week, I am going to share with you two great stories about jr. high... (shocking, I know.)
1. "Life lessons with Ms.Blazier." I started doing this on a whim with my eight grade after someone asked why I had a bandaid on my hand. We had story time while I told how I burned my hand the day before (trying to make the story as funny as possible)... The life lesson? "Ovens are HOT!" About a week later, I lost ALL of my lesson plans. That day, I had eighth grade, so I continued my life lessons. This week's moral? "Save Twice!" and finally, that same week, the rain and humidity got to my projector and it stopped working during mass and class... Life lessons again! "Rain ruins things!" What started out as a quick story has turned into something that my eighth grades ask about EVERY TIME they see me! "Ms. Blazier! What are your life lessons for today!?" They've even started asking other teachers for life lessons in those classes, too! It's really awesome. I've got to hold on to their interest and attention for this, because it's about the only way that I have all the either graders focused and paying attention in music... At least they will know something about life at the end of the year!
2. 7th graders are awesome. Who knew? This week I went to see our 7th and 8th grade girls basketball teams play a home game. The game itself was really cool. I enjoy seeing the kids outside of the classroom environment. I felt like a parent, I was so proud of them! But more than that, the moment that myself and another teacher walked in the gym for the first game, the whole 7th grade team smiled and waved at us. After the game was over, the 7th grade team (minus the few who play with the eighth grade team) came at sat with me and their english teacher in the bleachers...for the WHOLE NEXT GAME. and do you think they were watching the game? not a chance..they were circled around facing us like my first grade playing the penny game. It was ADORABLE! they were so excited to just talk to us! (Granted, it was a little annoying cuz I actually wanted to watch the 8th grade game!) I would have NEVER EVER sat with my teachers when I was in jr. high. These kids are crazy! It felt really good to see that the kids don't hate me, and I feel that it helped me get to know some of the kids that I haven't connect with as well yet. Yay!
1. "Life lessons with Ms.Blazier." I started doing this on a whim with my eight grade after someone asked why I had a bandaid on my hand. We had story time while I told how I burned my hand the day before (trying to make the story as funny as possible)... The life lesson? "Ovens are HOT!" About a week later, I lost ALL of my lesson plans. That day, I had eighth grade, so I continued my life lessons. This week's moral? "Save Twice!" and finally, that same week, the rain and humidity got to my projector and it stopped working during mass and class... Life lessons again! "Rain ruins things!" What started out as a quick story has turned into something that my eighth grades ask about EVERY TIME they see me! "Ms. Blazier! What are your life lessons for today!?" They've even started asking other teachers for life lessons in those classes, too! It's really awesome. I've got to hold on to their interest and attention for this, because it's about the only way that I have all the either graders focused and paying attention in music... At least they will know something about life at the end of the year!
2. 7th graders are awesome. Who knew? This week I went to see our 7th and 8th grade girls basketball teams play a home game. The game itself was really cool. I enjoy seeing the kids outside of the classroom environment. I felt like a parent, I was so proud of them! But more than that, the moment that myself and another teacher walked in the gym for the first game, the whole 7th grade team smiled and waved at us. After the game was over, the 7th grade team (minus the few who play with the eighth grade team) came at sat with me and their english teacher in the bleachers...for the WHOLE NEXT GAME. and do you think they were watching the game? not a chance..they were circled around facing us like my first grade playing the penny game. It was ADORABLE! they were so excited to just talk to us! (Granted, it was a little annoying cuz I actually wanted to watch the 8th grade game!) I would have NEVER EVER sat with my teachers when I was in jr. high. These kids are crazy! It felt really good to see that the kids don't hate me, and I feel that it helped me get to know some of the kids that I haven't connect with as well yet. Yay!
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