Berger- Week 8

This week, Walsh has been on a fall break so I have been observing other classrooms and working on my lesson plans. For the first few days I was pretty much just continuously working on the lesson plans throughout the day but on Wednesday, I was able to visit Molly's school, Pershing West. While I was there, the students were working on their Bullying Data poster, where they were putting together all of the information that they have gathered throughout the past weeks. This included a bar graph, line graph, line plot, nonfiction summary, and bullying facts that the students have researched. I was able to go around an help the students with their projects, helping them finish their charts & data or helping place the information in the instructed manner. The students were very good and thoroughly enjoyed that fact that my name is Ms. Berger, while their student teacher's name is Ms. Iberger. They were convinced that we were sisters or cousins, because we had the same "style" and nail polish color. I was also able to visit my friend's classroom who teaches in a school in Lansing, which is part of the National Heritage Academies. It was very interesting to see her classroom and all of the classroom management techniques that she had instilled. The environment was a lot different, but it was very interesting to see her teach. I am very excited to get back to school on Monday, and I'm excited to start my lead teaching in math.