This week was basically my last week of having teaching responsibilities and in the remaining days that I have with my 3rd grade class I will be helping my cooperating teacher and will be observing other grade level classrooms in the school.
Tonight is the Spring Banquet where the seniors are recognized and I am looking forward to an enjoyable evening. We have had some interesting weather lately and I hope it is warmer during this evening's banquet. Yesterday we had some snow but today we have a blue-sky-sunny-day. Iowa weather is incredible.
Just to let you know, I do plan to continue this blog even after my student teaching is done so that I can keep you all updated on what the Lord is teaching me. Thank you so much for all your prayers!
Top 10 of the week:
- Finished reading John, Acts, and Hebrews
- Listening to Double Fudge and The Hiding Place on audio
- Power Outage at school during reading groups and false fire alarm
- Final Friday Nighters lesson on Salvation. This was my 4th year of being a leader at this downtown children's ministry.
- Saturday morning men's prayer breakfast
- Went to Hope Church with Mrs. Schmidt and Cael Schmidt who are at Carver Elementary
- Laundromat adventure (I discovered a run-down laundromat not far from the house)
- Visited the Kalyanapus (Drew pictures with colored chalk with Caleb Kalyanapu and played a lego game with Joshua.
- Read Bud, Not Buddy, The Egypt Game, and Matilda
- Made double batch of chicken enchiladas!
Our water experiments using plastic syringes and vials!
The Smart Slate that I was able to use in the classroom.
I created a "Mr. Eby's Favorite Books" tub for students to get books from.
The Smart Clicker system I was able to use for giving quizzes (formative assessment).
Signs of spring in Dubuque!
Beautiful view of downtown Dubuque from Loras street.
Perhaps the trash can should be thrown too? (I saw this on an afternoon walk)
"Get in line if you want to bring your car to heaven with you!"
The Greek pasta that I made last weekend. (Pasta, olive oil, feta cheese, green olives, bell peppers and tomato juice to go with!)
Hope Church that I visited last Saturday evening.We had a power outage at Carver and it is a good thing it didn't happen in the morning because we had MAP testing which required the use of the computer lab. You don't realize how much you rely on electricity until it is gone. Carver is a very "high-tech" school but being "high-tech" has its downsides. The Smartboards didn't work, the projectors didn't work, the microwave in the teachers' lounge didn't work, the toilets wouldn't flush and the bathroom taps wouldn't run because they have electrical sensors, the lunch count had to be done manually et cetera. It was interesting. We had emergency lights on in the building but when kids went out for recess at lunch it started to rain and fortunately the power came back on when the kids came back in.
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In our spelling textbook the students were supposed to write out in words the directions of how to get to their house. To give you some background: Alex is a boy who is obsessed with ice hockey.
Lily wrote:
"Leave school, driving West to Heackock Road. Turn left and drive to Middle Road. Trun right and drive to Seipple Road. Follow Seipple Road to Highway 20 and turn right on Highway 20. Turn left onto Swiss Valley Road. Drive 30 feet and turn right onto North Cascade Road. Follow North Cascade Road and trun left onto Royal Wood Drive. Drive 0.7 miles to our house on the right. Our house # is 9147. Our house is not very big. If I did not tell you already I live in America."
Alex wrote:
"Steer right. You will see me playing hockey."
Is there a difference between how girls and boys explain things? Definitely!!!
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How many ways can you answer a math question? Here is one from our last math test.
Tiny and Tony's dentist schedules appointments 15 minutes apart. How many patients are scheduled to see the dentist between 9:30 and 10:45?
Student Answers:
1
4
5
5 1/3
6
7
8
120
Who ever thought that math could be so difficult to grade?!? What I discovered that 3rd grade students have a very difficult time with telling elapsed time and the next time I teach this I will definitely make it more of a focus.
Teacher Thoughts:
- Get science experiment materials ready at least one day in advance. It makes life so much easier.
- Read a good children's chapter book every now and then. It reminds you of the joys of reading!
- Have students line up by their desks and dismiss them by groups to line up at the door at the end of the day. This way it is not chaos when school is dismissed.
- Get to bed early, wake up early...it makes the day go so much better if you are ready to go.
- Take pictures of your parent helpers working with the kids and send them thank you letters at the end of the year.
- that I will finish student teaching strong
- that I will finish my Student Teaching Portfolio
- that I will wrap-up the loose ends that I have at Emmaus
- that I will read God's word more and more
- that I will commit myself to prayer and Scripture memory as I have been slacking in these areas
- I received an estimate on the hail damage on my van and it looks like I will be able to receive above $2000 because I had full-coverage! I do need the van sold sometime this summer so that would also be something you could be praying for.
Great job Victor. I love your sense of humor. I wish I could have been at the banquet to honor you as a Senior in college. So proud of you. I like he differences between the boy and girl comments.
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