Strategy Journal 1

I am doing my Level II Clinical at Spring Valley High School. I'm already a full-time sub there so I've been teaching all year, but this is the first opportunity I've had to teach in my field. Mrs. Patricia Adkins is the teacher I am working with. She is fantastic. She has such control over the classroom. She is very organized. She told the kids onthe first day of the new semester (it's a block class) where everything was and she has never had to repeat herself. I think it helps that this is a Freshman Honors class. The kids are really focused and interested in their education.
The second day I was with Trish she had the kids do a writing assignment. She told them it wasn't for a grade. It was, instead, an assessment for them and for her to see if everyone was understanding the material so far. That sounded just like what we had read in our books.
I start teaching my unit today. It's going to be on Poetry. She's having me teach both periods of the block, so I'll finish my unit in one week instead of two. Wish me luck!!!!