Yesterday was the day to be in my 2nd grade placement. When I arrived at the school I was greeted by my mentor teacher with, "Hi Sarah, I'm so stressed today! I still have many grades to enter. Do you think you would be willing to teach some of the lessons today?". This greeting scared me at first (like last time...) but then I realized what I would be teaching (math and writing) and I felt better. I had several worksheets that I could work through with the kids and during writing time we got to work on correcting a letter that I had written them during lunch. This experience was exhausting but also very rewarding. I feel so much more confident about taking over starting in February than I did when I first started teaching in September. At that time I couldn't even fathom taking over an entire class for 3 weeks! But, now that I have had practice, and I know my students, I feel much so much more prepared. I look forward to continuing to have these types of experiences in the classroom, and to learn even more from my mentor teachers.
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