Residency

My residency started on Monday and I LOVE it!.. I started teaching today and will teach tomorrow too... My UTA mentor came for a surprise visit yesterday as well. She told my mentor teacher to let me jump right in and start teaching asap, which ironically we were planning on my teaching the next day ... hehe.... Today I introduced a new genre, science fiction! We first did a quick read about the Loch Ness Monster, then we discussed science fiction and what it is... We discussed sci fi movies and scientific and technological advances. We then read a story that was set in the year 2157 that had the main characters finding a "book" in the attic of their great-great grandfather's house. After the story we discussed what things we already have available to use that were similar to the story, like...e-readers, use of scantrons ( used for testing esp.. in college). I took Dan's old palm pilot and the kids got a kick out of seeing that ancient thing. I feel like everything went well and the students actively participated in the discussions. I was surprised the students actually remembered me and were excited to see me :D My mentor teacher said that by December they were asking when was I coming back... I realized how much I missed those kids! I have discovered I really like the elementary better than the junior high. In fact, I'm kinda dreading going back to the JH... But, for now I'm going to concentrate on my awesome 6th graders and enjoy and learn as much as I can for the next 6 weeks.. It blows me away when I think this time next year I will have my own classroom...I am so thankful that my Heavenly Father has called me to be a teacher..It is such a comfort to know that this is what I am supposed to do...My supervisor told me to have the students do a teacher evaluation/recommendation on me before I leave...now, that is going to be interesting... Later!