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What I Did This Week Monday : responded to intro letters, taught the catalyst in both periods, taught full class in IM1 period 3 (I think?), attended two IM1 classes Tuesday : responded to so many intro letters, planned for edTPA (this day was light because it was the asynchronous day, so it was mostly intro letters Wednesday : attended two IM1 classes and one IM2 class, taught IM1 6th period,  attended an IM2 planning meeting, planned with the IM2 team, ran IM2 Office Hours, responded to SO many intro letters Thursday : attended two IM1 classes for testing, responded to SO many intro letters, planned for IM2 with Remi and Sydney and alone, created a rough sketch of the IM2 unit and of my lesson, created a rough sketch of the test, gave each other planning feedback Friday : attended two IM1 classes and one IM2 class for testing, graded IM2 tests, finished responding to intro letters!!!, planned for IM2 (first lesson and my lesson), wrote this blog!, graded all of the homework (5 an...

  What I Did This Week Monday : had the day off for MLK Day! Tuesday : attended two IM1 classes, attended an advisory period with seniors where we tried out some new technology to implement in the following class, worked in small(er) groups with the second IM1 class, worked to gain access to Schoology, attended the seminar class where I finally DID get access to Schoology, started to explore Schoology and learn about it Wednesday : attended two IM1 classes and one IM2 class, continued exploring Schoology and used it to help me take attendance (something I do every day!), attended (and offered input at!) an IM2 planning meeting, planned with the IM2 team for the edTPA progression and laid track for when and what we will be planning, taught the second IM1 class (with Mr. C still taking a few portions just out of necessity with structure (which of us had access to technology/keys/etc) Thursday : attended two IM1 classes, worked with half the class directly for part of the lesson, plan...

Welcome back to my blog! A new semester is upon us! Thus, a new format of blog posts! For the most part, I will now be using this as a weekly space to reflect on my student teaching experience as it progresses. I will loosely follow a prescribed format from my departmental guidelines, but, as usual, I will kind of write whatever makes sense to me at the time that somewhat fits in the parameters. In general, this will often mean that sections that were intended to be small will be large and sections that were intended to be long will be quite short. I hope to just write down whatever has been on my mind! A Few Definitions IM1, IM2 : Integrated Math 1 and 2, the names of the courses in my school in place of the traditional Algebra/Geometry/Algebra II progression (there is also an IM3, I am just not placed in an IM3 classroom, so I am unlikely to address it) Mr. C : pseudonym for my mentor teacher Schoology : the learning management platform we will be using TCs : teacher candidates, aka ...