Future Teacher

I have ALWAYS wanted to be a teacher. Literally, always.

This semester I am in 3 education classes. One of the best things about elementary education, is the classes are based on projects, discussions and participating in activities.

 I am currently in a Kindergarten class and one of the requirements is spending 15 hours in a Kindergarten classroom. Mostly I observe, interact with the kids and work with small groups on reading. Sounds hard, right? ;) I also have to prepare 2 lessons, one math and one reading, to teach to the class. Wednesday, I taught my first lesson. We did “Who Stole the Cookies” math. We learned a little chant about stealing cookies from a cookie jar before starting the lesson. The kids LOVED it. They all wanted to be the one who stole the cookies from the cookie jar. Then we used the cookie theme to do a subtraction lesson.

First I did a large group example with the kids---Ms. Bergenhagen has 6 cookies and Ms. Conrad took 2 cookies. If Ms. Conrad took 2 cookies how many cookies are left?--- We then counted out 7 cookies and put them into our cookie jar. Then we took 2 cookies out of our cookie jar and counted how many cookies we had left. 

Cookie Subtraction Fun!

I found these worksheets on pinterest. I bought cookie crisp cereal and sorted them into little baggies, 10 each. 

My kindergarten class is full of projects, play time and lots of arts and crafts. Here is a little look into the life of elementary education majors! Enjoy :) 

Playing in the "mud"

The final product!

New clinical outfit! I love being able to buy professional clothes to wear in the classroom---makes me feel so grown up. These pants are from gap, they are so comfy! The sweater was a bargain deal at Target.