Still kind of catching up

Well, I got my computer back, but for a while the internet wasn't working on it. I just fixed it myself today! Yay!

It's midterm evaluation time, so I've been kind of freaking out thinking I'm super behind and doing a horrible job, but one of my professors decided to change some of her requirements and it made my life so much easier! Also, Beth told me she gave me very high remarks on my midterm eval she had to turn in to my department. She assured me that all of the kids love me and that I;m doing a great job. Between her reassurances and how well things went last Wednesday, I'm feeling pretty good!

On Monday I observed Katrina in her Gen Ed class. I shadowed her in reading workshop and social studies. She was a lot better in that room than she is in Beth's room. At least, that day she was.

Something I saw that her Gen Ed teacher does that I thought was a neat idea is she has this little foam pointing hand that says Mrs. Lemat wants you." When she is doing one on one work with the students and is done with on student and needs another, the first goes to the second and gives them the hand. It's a cute way to switch centers among the students quietly.

When I first went into Katrina's Gen Ed class, some girls were making this little girl Cassidy cry and Katrina was trying to talk her down. It was really quite sweet to see her being such a good friend, because I know that in the past Katrina has had a hard time making and keeping friends.

Last week were parent teacher conferences so in the teachers lounge everyone was complaining. I'm really not looking forward to them after some ofthe stories I heard. Although some of the teachers had some funny stories too. One dad calls his daugher cupcake a i it was her birth name and she has been having trouble reading. Of course the dad blames the school, but apparently he said to the teacher "Well, frickin' cupcake can't read!"