THE END!!

IT IS FINALLY HERE!!
HAHA! I am sorry for the overload of excitement... well kind of! :D
This session has been great, but it has been also very tough for me! Since the start of this session my husband and I got full custody of his children (HUGE BLESSING) and we had a baby!!!!!! :D Even though these are both the best things that could ever happen to us, when I add 3 classes on top of it all, and a job... it made my life CRAZY! Best part is that I made it.. With all of those times of thinking that I wasn't sure if I could do it, and the many times that I wanted to drop the 3 courses that I am enrolled in, I just kept telling myself that in the end it will all be worth it if I could just power through.
I still have to finish the 10 fact pyramids for my lesson plans, but after that, I AM DONE! (I will get a small break before I need to start classes back in the summer; because of when the courses I need are being offered)..
I will only have 3 courses left to be on my way to receive my certification. I know there are a number of other artifacts that I have to complete, but I am hoping that with all of the preparation that has led me to the end, will make the rest of the journey very easy!.
I just thought about how many years I have been in college.... 8 years.... and only 1 summer break off... that is CRAZY to think about! But I have an associates, bachelors, and soon to be a teaching certificate! :D
Needless to say, I am DONE with school for a while after I get my teaching certificate! :D

It has been great getting to know everyone through this course and through our BLOGS!

Week 5: Bio Poem and Observations

 

 

 

Shannon

Mother, Wife, Daughter, Friend

 

Wife of Adam, Daughter of John and Lynne, Mother of Harper, Madison, Landon and Cameron

 

Lover of… Happiness, Food, and Family

Who feels... Happy,  Loved, and Complete

 

Who fears… Snakes, loneliness, and debt

 

Accomplishments…My education, owning a home, becoming a mother

 

Who would like to see...Everyone get along, Bora Bora, my kids happy

 

Resident of ...Cuba, Missouri

Carnal

 

This week I was finally able to get into the school and observe the third grade classroom, as well as have my assigned observer come and observe me present my lessons to the third grade class. I will admit that I am so relieved to know that the presentation of my lesson plans is over! Overall I feel that they went very well, with the exception of having my technology portion of the given lesson plans not work at all! So it was a little frustrating. I was really excited to get to use wordle.net to ask the students to complete their written poems on, but of course they didn't get to... :( I did however, leave the website with the cooperating teacher and told her that since they were working on a poetry lesson that maybe they could use wordle to complete their own bio poems.

 

WEEK 4 TAKE AWAY

We are nearing the end!!! :D

As I try and wrap up this session I can't help but be excited along with major procrastination. It is getting harder and harder to look at my list of TO-DO's and sit down and get them completed, but I will do it!! The coming break and becoming more and more desirable as each assignment for the three classes I am in come to an end!

This week I completed the activity with the same root word as portable. It was a little difficult, due to my brain being complete MUSH!!! However, when I found that it was difficult, I reviewed the CSSR strategy to help me come up with words.
CSSR stands for Context Structure Sound Resource--- I will tell you that I used my resources to help me create as many words as I could. This is a strategy that I know I will be able to use in my classroom, especially with becoming an elementary teacher... But it also goes to show that it can be used throughout education and in life.. SINCE I HAD MY OWN DIFFICULTY with making a list of words with the same root as portable!!! HAHA