Blog Reflection

This assignment is for the final chapter in my lesson of blogging 101.
I must admit that this was my first introduction into creating and maintaining a
blog. Although the focus of our blog was not on our personal lives and experiences it did help me to sit back and reflect on the experiences that I have as a teacher. My blog also allows me to have an avenue to be able to express my likes, dislikes, and opinions that go on in my class, school,and district. I like the fact that my whole class was able to follow each other’s blog because that too allowed us to see that we were not alone our thoughts and beliefs. By doing thisblog I was able to see different views in diversity through one of our blog assignments. This assignment also allowed me to see this diversity in different age groups from elementary to
jr. high to high school. Looking back through my older posts I see how overwhelmed I seem be at the beginning of the semester and now I realize that this is another stepping stone I stepped on and now am fixing to pass. I thank Dr. Zimmerly for opening my eyes to blogging. I truly believe that if she had not made this assignment I would not have tried to do one. Now I realize that it is simply another form of a journal that is not as personal because it is meant to be read by others and even sometimes responded too.

Starting over Again

I hate coming back from long breaks. Don't get me wrong because I luuuuvvvvv having a whole week off for Thanksgiving Break. It is just the getting back into the swing of things that gets to me. Especially when dealing with little kids like I do. Seems like teachers have to spend the whole first day saying "stop that", "don't do that", and "you remember the rules". I don't know that could just be in my school. The bad thing about my students is that my second and third graders got back under control after I raised my voice and became a little more stern, but those darn fourth graders I don't know if it was because I had combined them with two other classes (due to the basketball tournament in ELdorado) or if they where just too happy to see each other after a week, but I couldn't get them to settle down enought for me to give them instructions for the day. So, in order to get my control back and give them a little blast to reality I turned PE into writing day. We spent the 40 minute period writing a paragraph on "Why it is important to be quiet whent the teacher is talking and giving instructions". After they wrote them I had the one's who wanted to to read their paragrahps. Then I took them up and gave the class about a 10 minute lecture about my reasons on why they need to be quiet and listen when the teacher is talking. I think all in all that I got my point across their next visit will be a better behaved group. I much rather do this than start writing discipline slips or sending them to the office.