Los verbos irregulares

January 30th, 2015

Today was just absolutely crazy.  My lessons were planned (because they were supposed to be done yesterday!), but it did not, by any means, go as I planned.  I was baffled that my first-block students had never seen any of the irregular verbs--which were supposed to be a review.  As a result, I had to adjust my lessons to make sure they understood.

Unfortunately, I felt bad after my first block. By the time I did this lesson with my second and last class of the day, it was so much better because I was prepared for them to not know the verbs.  My first block is kind of like my guinea pigs--which is normal, but I HAVE to make up for it today.  My first block needs a better, color-coded lesson like I gave my other two classes.

My last block, to my surprise, already knew most of the verbs! It's amazing to see the discrepancies. I started this thing where I have the students close their eyes and I ask them questions about comfortability, or even about grammar.  This way, the students are honest if they don't know something.

I am starting to really connect with my students.  Today, a lot of them made me laugh or smile, and it is so incredibly rewarding when they reiterate something I taught them. I am in love with teaching.

La vieja and I had a lot of wonderful conversations today.  She showed me how to write personal notes on the gradebook to help me keep track of concerns, and we combined our SAP classes today! She and I created this activity about ethics where we had students move to one side of the room if they were perfectly fine with the scenario given; walk to another part of the room if they were neutral; and walk to the opposite side of the room if they were completely uncomfortable with the scenario.  This caused for AMAZING conversation, and I was so proud of the students for speaking their minds, being willing to change opinions, and for being truthful. I am so lucky.

Cambio y corto,

El joven