Informal Observation
Today was my first observation as a student teacher. It went rather well. My university supervisor sat in on the second class of the day. It isn’t one of the classes I’ve started teaching, but I do participate in the teaching of the class and help out where I can. The form she filled out for my file looked good. It was all upbeat. Her big concern really seemed more about if I looked comfortable. If by this point I still wasn’t very comfortable in the class, I think she might have taken me aside to have a good talk.
I’m working away at my lesson plans and it looks as though I will be taking the classes over completely by about Wednesday next week at the latest. I have most of what I will be teaching planned out, but I need to make it fit into a RIO lesson plan for when my supervisor comes to observe. I need at least three of them set up, but may have to do a fourth at this time. My first formal observation is set for Monday the 18th of February, so whether I will be able to use one of my base three RIOs for her observation will hinge on when exactly I take the classes over.
I still haven’t heard anything from the principal about if I will be allowed to take over the gaming club at the school. I’m trying to decide if I should email him on my own or have a couple of the students go plead their case.
It looks as though we will have another snow day tomorrow. I’ve been watching the BBC News covering the American Primary races tonight while drinking a pot of coffee. If there isn’t a snow day tomorrow, I will be a sleepy social studies panda. 
