Almost Spring Break and we're half way there. No pressure right?

Okay so nobody panic, but in case we failed to realize this semester is half way over already. Where in the heck did the time go? Like many of you I have yet to receive feedback on my six point lesson plan which gets my nerves mor than a little stressed, especially considering that I will be filling out my student teaching application this week so writing lesson plans should be a piece of cake right? Now to this week, this is the first time in a week that we have all met in the classroom, but I, like many of you have certainly not been lacking in having plenty to do. I can probably say that it is safe to say that we have all been meeting with our BPH groups to knock this beast of a project out and try to come out of it in one piece. I have to be honest, I have not been able to watch all of these Teachscape videos and with all of the classes and requirements there are a few things that are bound to slip through the cracks unfortunately. I do think however, that so far in this class that we are getting  more comfortable, and closer to accomplishing standard 3b1 which is knowing our content. Also, after today's lesson I think that we are getting more comfortable with standard 3b2 where we have to encourage our students to learn WITH each other and basically collaborate and build a stronger community for academic support within our classrooms. Which Shaquavia and her group did a fantastic job of teaching by the way. However, let's face it, in the real world some students might not be comfortable coming to us. Although our intentions as teachers are good, we should be prepared for handling situations like this, and in the meantime, it would be a great reassurance knowing that should something like this happen they have classmates that they can work, collaborate with and feel comfortable in doing so. That was a mouthful so, let's all take a deep breath, get through these projects one day at a time and take some time to try to gain some semblance of our sanity back shall we?