This week I am feeling more confident in my take over. It takes a lot of time to get used to everything, have the students adjust to the complete change of teachers (though the transition was slowly introduced), and the spot light was even more on me. It was stress levels were high. University students were on spring break, edTPA due dates are vastly approaching, and my students have a talent show this week. I’d say the motto this week was give it all you got. Teaching students is no easy task. You don’t just come in and teach the information the same day you’re teaching it, and much of the information I have not read since I was in school. I was teaching about telescopes, constellations, and the Hubble Space Telescope. This content was really new to me and new to the students. I would be exposing them to different parts of the EM spectrum, discussing constellations and their history, and then explaining the Hubble Space Telescope.

I realize that I am teaching students this abstract content many have not discussed in detail, and I get to be the teacher who answers all their questions and explains the universe past Earth to them. Keeping this in mind, it is also important to review all information before it is taught and make sure it can be explained in various different ways: visually, auditory, and in various ways of each. Including models, pictures, and real-life connections is a great way to engage students, keep them understand an abstract topic in a more relatable sense, and pique their interest to further ask/answer questions.

-Miss. P