Reflections of a UMD Student Teacher

Over the last week or so, I have started to take over language and spelling. I thought that this would be an easy challenge because language...

This week we decided that it was time to have a review of capitalization rules. I had taught this lesson last semester, but for whatever rea...

It's hard to believe but this is my last first day as an undergraduate! It was great to get back and see all the kids. I was pleasantly ...

Today I spent first period in math with the Yellow Class. I was able to go over the homework from last night and today's warm-up with th...

Today, I spent two out of three periods in the math classroom with the other fifth grade intern's mentor teacher, I'll refer to her ...

For my observation, I taught a lesson to launch the new reading unit, Nature’s Fury. Students seemed to be really interested in the t...

My second Directed Teaching Activity focused on the launch for Nature’s Fury. In this activity, students were given activities to pre-a...