Student Teaching Journal 2019

Name: Jasmihn

Please use this form to complete your journal entries and goals for each
week. Continue to add information and submit the entire journal each week
on Canvas in the EDU 5395 course.

Jan 13-

Journal entry (how did the week go?): This week went okay! I took Monday
morning off for a doctor’s appointment and it was the first time that I had taken
any work off this year.

Something that went really well this week was small groups. I did math small
groups and started using the wonders activity cards during LA small groups.
Super exciting and starting to add more variety of activities during that time is
something that I have wanted to implement for a while now.

Goals for next week: I am taking the ESL praxis so I really want to do well on
that. I also need to go through my file folders and get all the master copies of
papers that I have found/received this year organized (which is a huge job).

Jan. 20-

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Goals: Kick ass when Patrick comes in my number one goal for next week.

Jan. 27-

Journal: Patrick came on Tuesday and I decided to do something I haven’t done

for about a month but it went really well. I had a set of task cards number 1-8 and
had students in set groups according to their reading and math level. I mixed
them up so they would work together and help each other. They read through the
word problems and then had a blank sheet numbered 1-8 that they all had to
have filled out. It was so fun and my students didn’t even want to move onto our
chromebooks. I was offered an open contract! Woo-hoo! But I don’t think I am
going to sign it as I intend to interview in Salt Lake district.
Other than that, I have been oh so totally exhausted this week. I had 12
absences two days this week with two kids out with strep… I felt so sick this
week and just struggled to make it to Friday. I didn’t want to get a sub though and
I just decided to clock out early on Friday. I know Ms.Robinson is not in the
classroom to judge but I felt really overwhelmed with all the people in my room
this week and all the observations… phew, I am just glad I made it through.

Goals: I really need to buckle down on my transition times. I have a hard time
with that and it’s very obvious how much time they can take up when done
incorrectly. I am taking the Praxis 2 on February 3 rd and I really want to do well
with that so I am going to study a lot.

Feb. 3-

Journal: Well, I ended up getting a stomach bug Wednesday night and I was sick
all Wednesday night and tried to come to work Thursday. I was so sick they
pretty much told me I shouldn’t be there especially because I had a fever. So I
was able to get a sub and go home. I also was told to take off Friday so that’s
what I did. I got all my sub stuff planned and just slept all weekend. I haven’t
been that sick in years! Other than that, the week went well. I had to get a lot of
my students on schoolcity to finish their mid year assessments and that has a
grown a new love for Google Classroom because I was able to create a bunch of
online assignments for my students to do while the others finished up their school
city assessments. I also have been working on my small group and having
students writing more in small group which has been really exciting for me as I
value writing so much and just feel like I haven’t had enough time for it recently.

Goals: I need to get together something for my students to do this Friday to help
tell their parents their accomplishments and goals during parent teacher
conference next week. I still really need to organize my filing cabinet… it’s
becoming such a daunting task. I wish I had a better system for keeping papers
when I started out. Now it’s just a mess in there but I still want all the masters! I
also want to get another small group in for my On Level students so that will
mean some slight adjustments in my schedule.

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