The first few days of my residency have gone relatively well. Other than having to write a referral and send a student to the principal, I can' t complain much. I think the biggest thing I have realized is how much time teachers spend out of school preparing and going over lessons. Each evening I get home, veg for an hour, make dinner, and look over and plan for the lessons I am teaching the next day. It's insane! I feel like I am a robot with no time or energy for anything other than teaching, which is sad for my little kiddos. Today I felt completely incompetent when I taught the math lesson. I will definately prepare better tonight. Math algorithms and strategies are not taught the same as when I was in school. I feel like I am learning how to perform math concepts all over again.
We are teaching and introducing "mental images" in reading and writing. Does anyone have any good ideas on how to teach children about the pictures in our brains when we read and write? My kiddos seems to be struggling with the concept...
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ReplyDeleteFor mental imagery try telling an oral story (fairy tales work well). I used to turn off the lights and have the children lay on the floor with their eyes closed. Then we would talk about what things looked like in our heads - such as "Describe what the princess was wearing or describe the castle". Then we would try drawing the things we saw. I would try to be very specific about the images.