It's Already Week 3???

It is Tuesday of Week 3.  I started solo teaching yesterday.  I had this whole week planned and lessons fully typed into the Ashland form by Sunday afternoon.  In other words, I have been working hard.  One of the reasons that I have been working so incredibly hard, besides the fact that I always do my best, is because I have been so stressed about doing a good job.


Of course, I shouldn't have worried so much, but what else is new? Monday went much better than I thought it would.  I don't know why I let me psyche myself out about social studies and 7th grade.  Don't get me wrong, it is not all easy and there are definitely things I need to work on in my teaching, but I did not do a bad job by any means.


I am slowly finding out that these students are really sweet in their own way.  There are a girl and a boy that stand outside by the front door of the school each morning and when they see me coming they each hold a door open for me and compete to see whose door I go in.  I try and go back and forth each day and I always say thanks to both of them.


There are a few students who have started to call me Miss Sandy.  Now, I am not going to lie and say that I love the nickname.  I actually kind of hate it.  But, at least these 7th graders are showing me that they like me  and are listening to me when I teach so I'm just going to let them have this one. I am never letting another group of students give me that nickname though.  It might drive me insane.




Example 1 of Me Being A Huge Dork

I got a little upset after 1st block on Monday because the students were laughing and I could not figure out why.  They wouldn't tell me which made me think they were laughing at me.  Now is the time you'll want to call me paranoid and say I'm just being silly.  But, they were laughing at me! Today one of the girls said that I started dancing when I was telling them to "Back it up" I can't remember why I was saying that but it must have been relevant because I wouldn't say that for no reason.  Anyways, I do not remember dancing, but I am sure I must have looked ridiculous so I'm just going to tell myself it was more of a "laughing with me" incident rather than saying that they were laughing at me...Please just let me think that, it will help me sleep at night.
I am sure there will be more examples later. 


The great thing about this week is that we only have two more days!!! We have Friday off for Veteran's Day and I am headed off to Disney with some other AU students. :)