It's Only the Beginning...

Who knew how easily a week could go by without time to touch the keys of my computer.  As I mentioned before, this week began my official journey into student teaching.  The week started out with two PIR (read teacher work time) days, followed by the students arriving on Wednesday.  I still have a full day ahead of me, but I wanted to post a picture of the bulletin board I created for the first day of class.  

As you can see (hopefully), it is a crossword puzzle with the word,s Welcome Back, English, Spanish, and Schumacher (for the name of my CT) hidden in the puzzle.  I was fortunate to receive multitudes of ideas from fellow teachers from across the country.  (THANK YOU!)  In the end, I chose this simple design for the small bulletin board in beside the doorway.  However, I'm still working on creating a longer-lasting board that is across the hall from my little piece of educational heaven.  I hope to create an interactive board that every student in the high school can participate in. (all 25 of them!)

Today is Friday!  The week went fast, but admittedly dragged by during several hours.  I think because I am still eager to start actual teaching that I at times feel as though seconds are crawling because I'm envious of the busy schedule my CT keeps.  Although I know in good time that prized schedule will soon be mine.  Please check back in with my blog this weekend for a full update of my adventures as the rural school teacher.