Substitute Teacher!

Week Number 2: November 14

      Today we had a substitute for the majority of the day. Both Rachel and I taught for the majority of the of the time that we were there. We taught a huge math lesson on dividing large numbers into even larger numbers. This went really well and I feel like the kids truly understood it. Next, we taught them a literature lesson really quickly on how to write a persuasive lesson. We did it on Christopher Columbus, who we taught about the day before, and had them write their opinions of him. It was a really good day overall. My favorite part of the day was also one of the worst parts of the day too, but the majority of this experience was good. Both Rachel and I taught P.E. to the two fifth grade classes at the school. It was a ton of fun and slightly chaotic with that many kids. Unfortunately, we failed to mention no sliding so a girl in the class we teach in slid to try and win and ended up bonking her head on the wall. Rachel took both classes of students to their classrooms while I stayed behind with her until she felt well enough to walk to the office, where the nurse was actually not even in that day either. So this girl ended up going home. She came back the next day with only a slight bruise.
       I feel like I helped the students a lot today. The substitute basically handed the reigns over to both Rachel and me so we were constantly helping and teaching the students. It was fun to basically be the teacher the entire day. More than anything the kids taught me how fun it is to really teach and reaffirmed how much I love to teach. :)