As Thanksgiving approaches, my first student teaching placement has just about wrapped up. I taught my last lesson on Friday, and tomorrow I will administer the final assessment. Then on Tuesday and Wednesday, I am hoping to be able to visit some other classrooms at my school and in the area. My mentor has encouraged it greatly, as she says that I'll never have the opportunity to do so once I get my own classroom (or at least, it will be much harder!). I am sad to think that I will be leaving the kids I have been working with for the last three + months. And they seem as though they might just miss me too. Last Friday, several of them were asking me why I had to leave, and if I was going to be around in the spring. Pretty cute.
I will be doing an ESOL placement in December, assisting and teaching non-native English speakers. Then, we walk at graduation on December 19th. But I will have one more placement back at the school I'm at now for three weeks in January in first grade before I actually get my master's and teaching certificate. I can hardly wait. I am so ready to begin this exciting new chapter in my life as an elementary teacher. I always thought this was something I would end up doing...and I'm relieved to know that it truly is my passion. Now I just need to land a job!
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