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So 5 more days until full time is done.. hurrah!.. it will go fast.. I think..

Update I guess.. Tomorrow I'm going to apparently help film the dress rehearsals for the musical.. so hopefully that won't be awkward..

Anyways.. the reason why you all love to read my blog.. lol..

Thursday-short day
Acct10 - gave them some notes, and assigned them 2 assignments to work on for the period.. They worked very well!.. At the beginning though, two guys came in late.. and my co-op told them they were rude to me because I was doing notes and they were late.. so he told them to wait outside until I told them to come in. I felt kind of bad.. because I just let it slide.. he had to step in.. I figured he would since I told him the day before that I'm having classroom management issues with this class.. mainly because he's in the room.. but regardless.. I should have done something.. I tend to ignore things.. I should stop doing that.. Anyways.. they all worked really well.. one of them still has to return a calculator to me.. cause technically it's not mine.. so I really need him to give me a calculator..

Math10 - P4 - I gave in and let them have a work period.. They worked all right. 4 groups didn't bring anything.. crafty (markers, glue, pics).. it's kind of ridiculous.. I told them like 4 times the day before to bring stuff.. oh well.. Friday is their last day to work on it..

CCA9 - P6 - They worked on their assignment.. very well too.. none of them were on games again.. amazing..

Math10 - P7 - Worked on their poster.. worked well.. two groups didn't do much though.. maybe because they forgot their stuff.. and one group just keeps wandering to the other groups.. whatever.. the other groups are working..

Friday
Acct10 - review for their exam Tuesday.. they all worked so well!.. so quiet and behaved.. good group of kids.. funny..

Math10 - P4 - worked on their map.. more groups brought stuff.. (on the last day to work in class!!).. so they worked good.. I took some pics of them working for my "scrapbook".. some of these maps are so nice too!..

Lunch - I was trying to find a certain professor that comes to the school every Friday.. but I couldn't find him.. A friend/intern wants to put all these videos her kids made onto one cd/dvd.. and he said he would do it for us.. I'll go find him at the university next week..

CCA9 - P6 - worked on their assignment again.. 6 kids were done.. so they played games.. but they were quiet.. . my co-op showed up too for a little bit.. so that was good that the kids see their actual teacher.. lol..

Math10 - P7 - last work period.. they all worked well.. two of the groups were done.. I'm going to start hanging them up since I have no room left to put these posters anywhere.. totally forgot to take pics of them working in groups!!.. ugh.. I'll figure something out.. I think I'll have them hold their posters and I'll take pics then..

I've also arranged to switch schools with another intern on Dec 9.. for like half a day.. so that will be fun.. different environment..

wow.. one week left.. 5 days.. 35 hours.. I have so much stuff to do..

- marking (Prezis, random exams/quizzes, CCA9 questions)
- rewrite Karin's exam??
- mock website (CCA9)
- finish final assessment by Dec 1!!!!
- film musical
- Math Notes..
- Acct Exam - Ch 8
- Acct Notes - Ch 9 -reminds me to stop by tomorrow to grab the notes
- Pay my damn Visa bill.. and deposit my friggin GST cheque that has been sitting on my filing cabinet for like 3 months.. lol..
- find calculator
- fav teacher activity
- buy candy canes..
- photocopy like crazy.. get as many resources as possible
- sit in on an ESL class at least once..
- CCA9 - lessons for 4 days.. most likely it's going to be photoshop
- last day activities
- fill out applications!! certificates, jobs??
- email D. Mcdonald about E.A. intern positions

Then.. crash and burn..

Posted by rom559 at 08:45 PM | Permalink | Comments (0)

So only 7 days left of full time teaching.. It's taking forever.. grr.. October and November just flew.. but this week is taking forever.. anyways.. I must update my week so far..

Monday

Acct10 - Review period for their exam.. Only like 6 of them actually worked.. I dunno.. My co-op was also in the room again. I didn't have the heart to tell him to leave..lol.. So he stepped in like 2 times to tell these boys to start working.. he totally noticed that I wasn't going to say anything.. like i said in a previous post.. there is a reason for it.. moving on..

Math10 - P4 - I booked the library so they could work on their 2nd draft. Only some of them could go on the computers. It's kind of ridiculous.. They need more computer labs in this school. Either that or a certain teacher should not be able to hog the lab for 4 frickin days!!.. like god.. during my period.. whatever.. They worked somewhat well. Considering it was the library. It felt really awkward.. since not every group even had a computer. Some were talking.. some were socializing. .some were working.. it was a complete gong show.. whatever.. Never again..

CCA9 - I introduced the new assignment to them. They were to research what makes a good website vs a bad one. Had them answer some questions. I also helped out a fellow intern/colleague with wordle in the computer lab beside me.. so that was fun.. and my class totally worked well.. it was good..

Math10 - P7 - I booked the computer lab.. for the last time in case most of them didn't have their 2nd draft done.. And I was right.. so we all headed up there. It was good.. most of them worked.. and all of them handed in their second draft. two of them were annoying me.. since they really weren't doing anything.. whatever.. I reminded them about 4 times.. to bring stuff so they could work on their poster.. tomorrow..

Monday.. was not a great day.. since I said whatever alot in most of the periods.. I really didn't give a care for some reason.. i dunno.. it just wasn't a good day.. whatever.. oh there I go again..

Anyways..

Tuesday
Acct10 - I gave them an exam. They were so annoying that day. They kept talking during an exam. Like what the heck?? Whatever. I'm still working on my classroom management..

Math10 - P4 - I gave them a work period on their poster. My fault.. I didn't tell them the day before to bring stuff.. I thought I could get a computer lab.. Nope.. totally did not.. so I told them to start drawing the lines onto their posters.. Most of them did that.. some of them told me that they were doing their project at home.. some of them said that their group member wasn't here.. grr.. so I kind of blamed them for not working well.. when it was my fault that I didn't tell them to bring stuff.. Anyways.. I told them that I was starting the new stuff on Wed.. and no more work periods.. we'll see..

CCA9 - P6 - gave them the website design assignment.. They had to each choose two pages to design for the school website. They worked so well.. none of them were playing games.. it was awesome.. Then the idea at the end.. I would combine them as one page.. So I hope this works..

Math10 - P7 - work period in the class on their poster.. All I can say is.. amazing.. 3 groups brought stuff to use for their poster.. the others didn't but they worked really well regardless.. One group.. I was so proud of because every person in the group had a job/was doing something.. So they definitely were getting more work periods.. cause they deserved it.. One of my intern/colleagues was having projector laptop problems.. so I helped her for a bit.. so I left for like 5 min.. and came back to a class that was quiet and working.. amazing.. really..

Oh yeah!.. during this math class.. another math teacher came in that is a friend of my co-op. he was wondering what my kids were doing in class.. he looked at my project assign.. and took a copy of it.. asked if I could teach it.. I found that funny.. since I am so tired of teaching already.. yeah right I''m going to teach another class.. I just gave him a copy and I'm guessing he's going to use it.. YES!!.. other teachers taking my resources!!.. I have completed another goal in my internship..

I also had a talk with my co-op about how the last weeks are winding down especially in my full time teaching. He asked me if there areas I could improve on in this last week.. that I could work on. I said that " I'm working on being more decisive" meaning that I tend to not stick to my word.. and let the kids make the decision.. I have no idea why I do this.. I think it's cause I like to take a majority poll to see what the class wants to do.. I also should work on my classroom management which I'm totally trying to do.. He just doesn't want me to regret not doing/trying things during my full time teaching.. Well.. I'm just trying to focus on getting through it rather then what I could be doing with my full time teaching.. whatever.. oh there I go again..

So today..

Acct10 - we were in the computer lab for notes.. two of them were annoying me.. they were repeatedly kept talking after I told them to stop talking.. They eventually stopped.. so that just took a while.. My notes were super short.. so yeah.. that was it..

Math10 - P4 - started a new chapter.. on polygons.. they worked well on the text assign.. but they talked me into giving them a work period since.. they didn't know that they were suppose to bring stuff.. (which was my fault). so i'm givng them a work period.. reminded them to bring stuff tomorrow.. so hopefully they do..

Lunch time.. - i had an intern meeting with our supervisor about the final evaluation and what to do before we leave.. like I need to get something for my co-op.. which I need to go shopping.. leave something for your school.. no idea what to do for that.. since I'm just a math teacher.. whatever.. and then we need to find another intern at another school and switch for a day.. so that'll be fun.. That reminds me since it's getting closer to the end.. I need to fit in that fave teacher activity..

CCA9 - they worked on their assignment.. one kid was not doing anything though.. I stressed to him that he's going to get a zero.. he did say he had a stomach ache.. so I tried to ease up on him.. we'll see about tomorrow..

Math10 - P7 - work period again.. amazing again!.. this time.. more of them brought supplies.. I love this.. okay.. I'm tired..

btw, the final evaluation is due on Dec 1!! that is crazy fast.. right?? my to do list is crazy long.. okay.. i need to stay at school longer more often.. I got so much done there then I do at home.. stupid couch making me sleepy.. night world.. I'll update Thurs and Fri later..

Posted by rom559 at 09:24 PM | Permalink | Comments (0)

So here I am.. back again.. I must finish off the week..

To continue..

Thursday was MURT (murray uninterrupted reading time)..

Acct10 - 15 minutes of MURT, another work period. They were finishing off their work from the day before. Again, my co-op was in the room.. so again.. it was hard for me to handle discipline.. I was trying to ignore it I guess.. So he would have to jump in.. Not sure if he thinks that I'm capable of handling these boys or what.. it's just I'm not comfortable raising my voice when he's around.. I'm fine when he's not around.. oh well.. i can't be a jerk and ask him to leave.. since it is still his class.. so there lies the issue..

Math10 - P4 - 15 mins of MURT, gave them a quiz.. realized that I gave them a question that they couldn't really do.. so I didn't count that.. the last 10 minutes I introduced the project to them.. they were stoked about it.. so that's awesome!.. some of them were asking if they could make it 3D.. with the buildings coming out of the map.. I said "totally!!.. that would be awesome!.. "..

CCA9 - P6 - MURT for the entire period.. since I didn't have anything planned.. I turned off the power so they wouldn't play games.. some of them kept on pushing the power button.. wondering why it wouldn't turn on.. oh grade nines... silly kids..

Math10 - P7 - we were in the computer lab this period.. so i didn't have to leave.. lol.. they worked really well.. they were all working on putting their maps on the computer.. I'm so surprised on how they worked.. totally different compared to the grade nines.. It's amazing how more mature the grade tens are compared to the niners..

Later that night.. I went to the Musical rehearsal.. felt totally useless.. i just sat there feeling really uncomfortable.. it sucks.. cause I really don't want to be a part of this.. I asked if I could help out with anything.. and I know he forgets who I am.. so that doesn't help.. I dunno.. if I don't go.. then he'll see me in the hallway and wonder.. if I'm a part of it.. and what I'll be doing.. that's the awkward part.. either that.. just go to the rehearsals.. and try to hang out with the other intern.. and try to make myself look like I'm helping out.. i dunno.. feeling useless in regards to the musical.. Should I go to ALL of the practices?? or just Thursday?? i dunno..

Friday..

Acct10 - review... work period for their exam.. again.. my co-op was there.. couldn't do a brave thing and handle the discipline.. (chatty boys).. whatever.. i did take away one of their cell phones.. so that's something i guess.. oh well.. only one more week of this..

Math10 - p4 - work period.. brainstorming for their project.. they were all in work mode.. it was awesome.. can't get time booked for the computer labs next week.. so they might not get the same benefits as the other math class.. i'll try the library.. we'll see if that works..

CCA9 - P6 - free period.. those who hadn't finish their work.. was to catch up., everyone else.. well played games.. but they were really quiet.. so that was good..

Math10 - P7 - computer lab again.. this time they had rolly chairs.. most of them started to work.. so that was good.. there were two girls who didn't do much since.. their group member was missing and had the map they were working on.. (btw this missing student is always missing school.. so not too sure how their project is going to go..) Then there were the three boys that were annoying me.. First.. they were rolling around in the chairs.. told them to stop.. or they could leave.. they chose to stop.. so I handled that well.. :).. so one of them started to work on the map.. at about 2:30.. he was asking alot of questions.. so that was good.. the other two.. were apparently looking for logos for their map.. which I was kind of questioning.. cause I totally thought that they were searching for random photos.. whatever.. serves me right for jumping to conclusions.. anyways.. everyone else though.. seemed to be working well.. two groups finished and printed their maps.. one of students from the finished group.. told me.. "Miss Mah, I like doing this rather then doing math..".. and I just smiled.. and said "This is Math!"... she said "Yeah well you know.. when we don't have to do an exam".. so mental note.. more projects in the future.. it gets kids to take their mind off the pressure for an exam and focus on creating something fun.. related to math.. and real-life applications.. So that totally made my day.. and my internship.. I've finally got kids excited about math..

This project is totally opening these kids more. I mean two of the students in both classes that rarely say anything.. I've actually talked to the first time since this internship has started!.. I feel like they're more willing to ask questions.. which is awesome.. i mean they never said one word!.. it's amazing..

So one more week of full week of teaching.. or is it two weeks?? i dunno... whatever.. I'm having fun.. so I'm outs.. i have a lot of stuff to do..

Posted by rom559 at 07:56 PM | Permalink | Comments (0)

Holy crap.. I have so much stuff to do.

Full-time teaching is exhausting.. I have absolutely no time to do anything else except worry about what I am going to teach the next day. I cannot wait till my co-op starts taking back the classes. I realize that when I get my own teaching contract, I will have to do everything myself.. but at least I will have the summer to prepare. This internship I'm just planning as the days progress.. I'm not even a week a head. I used to be when it wasn't full time. Now my plate is overfulling with stuff to do.

So Monday, I officially started my full time teaching. And it started with a major bomb. Accounting10, I was scrambling all over the place last minute. I knew what I was going to do but I didn't organize it very well. I wanted an overhead of the worksheet example. So I had to figure out how to do that. Had a problem with the overhead being stuck in the machine. Then got that fixed. Realized that the worksheet for the overhead was the wrong one. So I went back and tried again. Turned it the wrong way. Than I had to go get another overhead thingy.. and finally got it to work. Realized another thing.. I didn't photocopy any of their assignment sheets or example sheets. So I had to run back and photocopy those. So I didn't even have time to do up my own answer key. Which lied the problem. So I started with my lesson, presenting them the monthly statement balances example. Told them we were going to do it on the overhead. So I started doing that.. so far so great. At this point I had the answer key from the book infront of me rather than my own because I ran out of time to make one. So when I get to the point of adding up my DR and CR totals.. they totally don't balance.. Something majorly has happened. The frickin answer key was wrong!!! So that's when I started to lose some of them.. Especially one student who kept asking question after question.. in which I didn't realize to tell him to shut up .. because I was so flustered with dealing with the major error on the overhead.. So I continued anyways.. telling them to just write the balance that is on the screen. As I get to the end of the totalling.. Another balancing error.. they stil don't add up.. when the freakin answers says they do.. Oh my god.. could this get any worse?? So I just gave up and said.. here try the assignment.. it should work out better for you.. So most of them got it.. some were still confused.. then the bell rang.. thank god..

Math10 - P4 - They had their exam. They had alot of questions.. I felt like I was being too nice though.. and helping them alot too.. They were also allowed to bring in a cheat sheet.

CCA9 - P6 - I taught them how to use Prezi.. I thought I was much better with my presenting this time.. I'm not very good at following through instructions when it comes to computers.. I tend to zoom right through.. This time I paced myself.. Told them to be patient so I could get everyone on the same page before moving on.. So they got the gist of Prezi.. I gave them their assignment of which they had to make a prezi presentation on Aboriginal content.. which I tried to incorporate into my lessons.. Are you happy College of Education?? Do I feel good about it?? Of course not.. it feels so forced.. So they all worked very good in my opinion.. none of them were playing games or anything.. All working.. with some low level chatter.

Math10 - P7 - covered angles and measuring angles. They were good. A little bit chatty.. but overall good class..

Btw, my co-op was observing me today.. he wanted to feel like he's doing something... so that made it even more nervous.. he says he's just there to watch.. but I still feel like he's watching me do things wrong.. more than right.. I know he's looking for areas of improvement.. but I really prefer him not being there most of the time.. no offence.. if he's reading this.. lol

Anyways.. my bomb was really Acct10. It was a'ight.. another day.. is a new day..

Tuesday..

Accting10 - Paired up students with students who didn't understand what was going on. Had them complete an assignment and peer-teach one another.. I think that helped.. They seemed to understand what to do..

Math10 - P4 - Started the new section.. Lines & Angles , measuring angles and terms.. covered two sections so I could catch them up to the other class.. They were chatty again.. but good.. Didn't finish marking thier exams yet..

CCA9 - P6 - continued to work on their Prezi presentation.. 2 of them were finished.. so they had free time.. I really hate free time sometimes.. because I can't assign them more work because the people who aren't done will have to complete extra work than.. so it sucks..

Math10 - P7 - covered properties of parallel lines.. There were alot of notes.. I gave them the assignment.. most of them worked well.. Told them they had a quiz the next day..

Wednesday

Acct10 - Tried to teach them "correcting errors".. I thought it would be easy.. I lost it somewhere down the road.. dividng by 9.. it's irrelevant here.. but I know what it means.. "why do we divide by 9?".. haha.. I have absolutely no idea.. I should have figured that out first.. one of the kids figured it out I think.. but she was talking so quiet.. I didn't quite hear what she said.. I gave them the assignment.. told them they would have tomorrow to work on it.. so they could ask me questions..

Math10 - P4 - covered properties of parallel lines.. they complained about how there was so much notes.. I had their exams marked.. told them I would post their marks at the end of the class.. they were so anxious to know their mark.. it was really funny.. lol..

CCA9 - P6 - last day to work on prezi presentation.. chatty again.. but not to an extreme level.. Had to tell them to be quiet about 3 times.. not sure how to approach on handling chatter.. telling them to be quiet.. certainly doesn't seem to be working.. I'll get better.. i know it..

Math10 - P7 - Gave them a quiz.. marked that.. it was about 2:35.. so I had 40 minutes left.. I told them to add some notes to their previous notes.. cause I want them to know it for the final.. Told them there was no assignment.. previous day.. I reminded them that on their course outline that they will have to do a project worth 15%.. Well project day has arrived.. It was a project about city planning that had to deal with parallel lines, transversals, different angles.. etc.. They are to design a city plan with certain criteria for streets and building locations. They are to include pictures for their buildings.. Complete two drafts.. Then make a poster from their drafts.. They seemed excited.. It was really loud though.. Also.. I should note.. my co-op wasn't here in the afternoon.. so he asked another teacher to pop in the last 20 minutes.. that made me nervous.. I was afraid he was judging me.. So I didn't say anything about the noise level.. and neither did he.. I figured since their brainstorming for their project.. it's appropriate.. I guess I could have told them to work quieter.. but I didn't because there was another teacher sitting there.. Anyways... as I walked around.. every single group was working on this.. brainstorming names.. and plans.. none of them were off topic.. I was amazed.. There is one student who isn't sure if he wants to do this project.. I gave him a choice of writing an exam or doing this.. or joining another group.. he was hesitant.. he still hasn't given me a straight answer.. so I don't know about him.. I booked two days in the computer lab.. for them to look up pictures and maps.. but yeah.. i hope this goes well.. we will see..

Later that night.. we had our frosh volleyball wind up.. so i stayed from 3:00 to 7:00.. managed to get a ton of work done.. it was awesome.. i should stay at school later more often.. anyways at the windup we.. watched the OC.. and had pizza, dessert, and chips.. it was fun.. it seemed like the girls just wanted to talk rather than do anything else.. it was quick.. definitely a long day though.. glad to be done with volleyball for good.. lol..

Posted by rom559 at 04:07 PM | Permalink | Comments (0)

So another week done... Short week kind of. So having Wednesday off was a nice day off..

Let's start with Monday. Also report card marks due in the morning.. done like dinner
Accounting 10 - work period. not my turn yet..

Math10 - P4 - we covered arithmetic means. They were really chatty. I'm slowly still working with this class. Getting them used to me and my teaching style. And getting to know them. I don't know if they know what I'm talking about or if it's clear to them. I also don't know if they even like me.. i think they still want my co-op teaching their class.. grr.. I think because this is "his class".. Accounting, I have team-taught with my co-op, so the kids know me a little bit. And CCA9, I took over a while ago.. maybe that's why they're used to me..

anyways.. CCA9 - P6 - Podcast editing. Got one group done editing. Rest still workin on it.. Podcast due on the 16th.. Not sure if I'll let the class listen to them though.. we'll see..

Math10 - P7 - Arithmetic series, Covered the sum formulas.. and sigma notation. of which after my co-op informed me that didn't need to have covered sigma stuff.. cause they were confused.. eventually i got them to understand steps.. so hopefully that helped..

afterschool - I think I went to musical practice this day.. it could have been tuesday.. can't remember..

Tuesday
Accounting10 - computer lab.. free time.. working on leftover assignments.

Math10 - P4 - remembrance day service.. it was good.. didn't really flow.. but there were some really good singers..

CCA9 - P6 - working on podcast again.. loud bunch today.. actually told a kid to "shut up".. was I right?? was I allowed to?? I don't know.. did I handle it right?..

Math10 - P7 - review period.. exam on Thursday.. I think I should've reviewed everything with them better.. Like a summary kind of. Allowed to bring in one cheat sheet.. plus they had remembrance day to study as well.. They should have done good.

after school - definitely went to musical practice today.. I was to stay until 7:00 for our girls' volleyball windup at school.. We were going to have a pizza party and a movie in my classroom because my co-op said we could. So at about 6:00.. I was starting to set up the stuff.. projector, getting the pop and napkins.. then.. one of the caretakers sees me and asks me.. are ya planning something? I said, "we're having a pizza party".. he's like "uh, it wasn't on the schedule.. I'm not coming back in here to clean up.. this stuff can't sit until Thursday. (b/c no school tomorrow)".. so at this point.. I was in an awkward situation.. not sure how I could deal with it.. I said "well my co-op said I could come in and do it.. ".. he said ".. well it needs to be on the schedule.. anything after hours.. needs to be booked..".. how the hell was i suppose to know??.. I mean we would clean up everything.. Although I didn't tell him/ask this.. then he left.. I really hate these kind of situations where I'm forced to change something.. So the only thing I could think of was cancel the party.. it kind of sucked.. so the other coach and I called the girls and told them it was cancelled and we would work out another time next week. most of them didn't sound dissapointed so.. maybe they forgot it was happening in the first place.. whatever.. so I went home..

Thursday - short day
Accounting10 - I started Ch7 notes with them.. quite a lot of terms.. used prezi.. lol..

Math10 - P4 - arithmetic series.. again same thing.. they were confused about sigma notation.. i tried to give them steps.. not sure if they quite got it.. we will see..

CCA9 - P6 - working on podcast again.. 2 groups left to finish editing.. everyone else.. free time..

Math10 - P6 - exam.. it was a pretty basic exam.. they should've been able to complete it within the 45 mins.. 5 of them stayed 15 minutes after class..

Musical stuff at 7:00.. fun.. felt a bit awkward since.. I don't do anything.. not sure if I'll continue to go to every rehearsal.. we'll see.. I'll ask the other girls..

Friday
Accounting10 - they had an exam.. sort of.. report cards also went out today this period..

Math10 - P4 - review period.. this time I reviewed everything.. Hopefully that helped them get the stuff.. I don't know.. they have a weekend to study.. we'll see..

CCA9 - P6 - last period to work on podcast.. most of them had free time.. but they worked quietly.. so that was good..

Math10 - P7 - I marked their exams.. I felt the first question had some questions that they've really seen in their assign.. so I'm going to modify it a bit.. and omit those questions.. so that should bring their mark up a bit..
- we covered lines and angles today.. pretty basic definition stuff..

That was it.. end of week 11.. it's just going by so fast.. I still have some stuff to do though in the meantime ;

- teacher certificate application
- school divisions applications
- ea intern application
- final evaluation..

Until next weeks.. signing off..

Posted by rom559 at 10:09 PM | Permalink | Comments (0)

So, another week almost done.. only 5 weeks left.. holy crap.. My co-op and I were discussing the last few weeks of my internship about what I would be teaching and when he would slowly take back his classes. It was sort of a realization of how much time is really left for this "gig".

So Monday, CCA9 was my second observation. Eek.. I was freaking out and nervous before the lesson. So the lesson was a break from podcasting so I could do something flashy for my college supervisor, I guess. It was a section on Communication/Social Networking. I set-up a Skype conversation with one of my professors that teaches multimedia (web 2.0) stuff. So he was my expert for my students. I was scrambling the whole day to make sure the technical stuff would work. I figured out how to unplug the projector to my laptop (all by myself!) so that was a plus. So my lesson started with a brainstorm of the different social networking/communication tools there are. One of them said Skype, of which I thought to myself (yay!). Then I played a video from currenttv that was funny and kind of inappropriate but that's okay. Then I connected to Skype and told them we were having a conversation with a professor from the university. They didn't believe me at first, but we were doing it.

I told my prof to briefly talk about Web 2.0. I can't thank him enough. My kids on the other hand, two of them were on the internet (i totally forgot to unplug the power), the rest of them were somewhat paying attention. Thank god my professor started to interact with the kids. The kids asked questions but not related to Web 2.0 (about what he teaches, his guitar). So I didn't "get the best bang for my buck". I should have organized it better. I was so worried about making sure the technical stuff would work. I know my lesson was creative but I should have planned it better to be more effective for the kids. I know where I need to tweak it to make the lesson better next time (get students into groups than each group will ask a question about Web 2.0, have someone in the back directing questions to the class, put the laptop on a cart/podium, etc). After the skype conversation, they were to answer questions about communication/social networking on their blog. That was that for CCA9.

Math 10 - period 4, we covered two sections (Direct & Partial Variations). They were getting a work period on Tuesday. They were a chatty bunch. oh well..

Math10 - period 7, we covered Partial Variations. All I can say is Wow!, They worked like angels. Super quiet and asked questions. I have know idea why they are so awesome. Is it because they respect me now? I also gave them candy since I missed them on Halloween.

So Tuesday, my co-op had a "sick day" so I had a sub with me. I also had a meeting with the other interns about applying for SPSD. Anyways, Math10 - P4 had a work period. Most of them worked, i was surprised on how many questions they had since they just had the notes yesterday. It's like they had no idea on what to do. Once I got most of them to figure out what to do, I think they got it.

CCA9, I got the rest of the kids left to finish recording their podcasts. It was kind of crazy, I had some kids in one lab and other in another lab. Thank goodness I had a sub to watch the other half. So that went somewhat good.

Math 10 - P7, we had a quiz on partial and direct variations, marked them, they did good. We then learned functions & function notation. They totally got it too, they were super keen today! Gave them the assignment, they worked awesome again, and they asked questions.

So, Wednesday was sort of an easy day. No grade 9's since it was "take your kid to work today". So that was a load off. Math 10-P4 we learned functions and function notation, they got it too. They were chatty though.

CCA9 - no kids

Math10 - P7 - learned the arithmetic sequence formula. They got it dream-fully easy. They worked awesome again!.. Asked questions. I'm loving this class more and more (very different from the beginning of the year).

So Thursday,

Math 10 - P4 learning arithmetic sequence formula.

CCA9 - working on podcast, editing. Some of the kids are missing their assignments though. Alot of kids missing absent as well, flu-like symptoms.. eek!

Math 10 - P7 - learning Arithmetic Means. I told them yesterday we were going to have a quiz, but changed my mind since it's a short day. They were okay, not as great as the rest of the week but good.

Report card marks are to be finished by Tuesday, and some of my students are rushing to redo some of their exams before report cards. I tell them they shouldn't rush since it's not the final mark, it's just a midterm mark. Not sure if they'll listen, but we'll see.

5 weeks left.. dun dun dun.. here we go..

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