Student Teaching!

I have been student teaching fr 3 weeks now and I am about to start my 4th week! I can't believe it has already been a month! Things are going really well; I love my kids, they are a great group and I really enjoy working with my mentor teacher. I am learning so much from her and she is letting me do as much as I am comfortable with. It is really nice. The moms I have met that come in to help out in class are very nice and have been very accepting to my presence and desire to listen to meetings with the teacher.
I have done a few things in the classroom, taught a lesson or two and read to the kids. So far I love it! :)

I am also taking a class through the school on teaching ELL (English Language Learners, like ESL) which is interesting.

The only other class I have in Senior Seminar and that is going to be interesting, but it will have a lot of work. Oh well. :) At least it only meets once a week even if it is from 730-10pm. ew.

Well, I am going to go to the gym, I know crazy! Peace out! :D

0-0-7 baby!

It is so weird to think that is it 2007. It feels like just yesterday it was 2000. And to think that the younger generation (the primary school age, even high school age) will think that the 80's were sooo long ago! ha.
People are right. With every year that passes, it seems to take less time than all the years before. High school went fast, but I cannot even express how much faster college went. I really feel that it was just a little while ago when I moved out to VT for my freshman year, when it was almost 4 years ago. I have changed a lot since then. My goals have changed since then.
The Northeast feels more like home now. Colorado will always be 'home' and I will always be proud to be a Coloradan, but coming back to stay in New England feels normal, I feel comfortable here and I like it. I have a great family of friends and I feel very lucky. It makes starting my life out here exciting and not as frightening as it could be. :)
I will be starting my student teaching soon, next Monday in fact, in the first grade and I am very excited. I really like my mentor teacher and the kids are a good group this year. I know that this semester is going to go by even faster than the fall, but I am preparing myself for that and knowing that I am going to be having alot of fun makes it better. :)

I suppose I should be getting back to the Portfolio work that I was working on...I have to finish it before I start my student teaching.

Happy New Year Everyone!