Feeling in control :)

      Last Tuesday, Mrs. Jane had a meeting to attend to and lasted until 12:15. There was a substitute available but Mrs. Jane wanted me to lead the class and let the substitute sit back and be an assistant. I started the morning off with calender time and the sol questions for the day. After the students finished the sol questions, we checked them and gave them a Hersey kiss if they got all of them correct. We met with the students that may have missed one and discussed what they did wrong. Then, we did a writing lesson on the similarities between two pets of their choice. After that, we had reading time where the students were broken up into groups according to their reading levels. My group ended up having to do a benchmark test. When they were finished, they played vowel games. After reading time was over, we came back as a class and did an activity with comparisons (-er and -est). Overall, the day went smoothly and I didn't have any behavior issues. Meeting with Mrs. Jane the day before and going over the activities that I would be doing with the students the following day, helped me feel prepared. I believe that being prepared that day helped with the positive behavioral outcomes. I felt that morning, I had control over the classroom. I believe that this helped with the positive behavior also.

   This partnership experience has been good so far! :)