Week 3 Full Time

Hello, all!

This week was quite a challenging one for me. I had a lot going on in my personal life which made it very hard to focus on school. This week my laptop broke, I wasn't able to use my laptop for my EdTPA video editing, and my sweet grandmother was hospitalized with silent pneumonia. I was not 100% for my kids this week because of all this. I would rate my week as a 3.5. I was pleasantly surprised that my students were able to use math vocabulary in their replies to my questions this week. We talked about data, and my students were using their vocabulary such as outlier and clump of data to make general statements about the data. This week I learned that no matter what is going on in your personal life, school must go on! My short term goal is to accomplish EdTPA, and this aligns with my long term goal of being able to graduate from GWU. I honestly had to spend a lot of time awat from my computer this week because it was broken and because my family needed me. I could have spent more time doing lesson plans earlier in the week, but I find this hard when plans change often throughout the week at school causing the next weeks plans to vary and become irrelevant. This week I had a student approach me with a rash on his arm. I didn't quite know what to do since our nurse was not on site. I asked my CE what she would do, and she helped me figure out the situation. I haven't really had to deal with many medical situations like rashes, so I was unsure of the procedure for this. For next week, I need to complete all my lesson plans AND lesson plan outlines so that I will have them both printed and ready to go at the beginning of the week. I always have my lesson plans, but I typically print my outlines the night before. I want to do this so that I can have one less thing to worry about during the week.

Data:

I was able to analyze their IREADY data in our PLC in order to help us make groups and decide which students needed to be pulled for interventions.

NCTCS:

Standard 1a: This week, I was able to take the online portion of the CPI training. This is going to help me establish a safe and orderly environment by applying the learning from this training.
Standard 2d: This week, I went to a PD for differentiation for students with autism. I currently do not have any students with an autism diagnosis, but I will save this information for the future. This will help me differentiate for my students with autism.
Standard 3d: Our students participated in their second bank deposit this week after getting their first payday. They also had to pay rent for their desks. By doing this, they are learning 21st-century skills.
Standard 4b: After conferencing with my CE, and one of my students personal one- on- ones, we decided that one of our students needed more individualized instruction because he is not able to understand our fourth grade material, yet! He will use content on his level with his one on one.
Standard 5a: Throughout this week, I have been watching my EdTPA video and reviewing my teaching and my teaching practices.


Portfolio & Support:
This week I was able to update my PD log because I was able to attend a PD on teaching learners with Autism. I do not need any support from my supervisor at this time.