After having a rough day last Wednesday, I thought back to the power of reflection and how I want to get my thoughts down. During student teaching and my first year, I tried to be reflective as much as possible, and it paid off because, now, I get to look back at my entries and see how far I have grown. I am going to try to reflect on a daily basis after work for 10 - 15 minutes and post an entry on how things went during that day.
I had a rough day on Wednesday which consisted of a lot of tears, and it was mainly due to realizing something was not working in my classroom. I felt like my students had the expectations down, but I did not have much of a whole class reward established. I realized, after talking to one of my amazing admins, that I needed to review expectations and be more consistent. The week prior to last week was rough on me, and I cried in my car 2 days that week. I knew then that I had to change something, and I decided to change the seating pattern. I had my students in groups, but I decided that I wanted to try out a "U" shape. After a few days of trying it out, I am liking it a lot because I get to see my students and make sure that they are all following along with me prior to moving on. I bought dry erase circles to put on my table in the back so that I can pull a small group and have quick access to dry erase boards. So far, things are a lot smoother, but I am continuing to reflect and making tweaks to how I have established procedures in my classroom. I want my students to have a positive experience and one that is highly structured as well, so that is what I am currently working on. I know that reflecting will help me think through each day and will help me become a better educator because reflection allows me to problem solve and think through multiple solutions.
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