Well, we survived and that's a good start! :) The first day of field had Sarah-Jane and I worried but we are going to be able to do this and do a wonderful job. We are teaching a 6th grade class at Fox Hollow Elementary School. There are a lot of boys in the class and they feed off of eachother's bad behavior. It's teaching us a lot about classroom management! Mrs. O'Very is strict with the class, I can only imagine what it would be like with a teacher that was laid back. It would be an ugly mix. She does well with them but yells more than I want to.
She's a great teacher to help us to be the best teachers we can be! Bring on the next two weeks!!! Hopefully after that, we'll be headed to Washington for Thanksgiving!!!!
Sunday, November 7, 2010
Sunday, October 31, 2010
Yikes! Where did time go?
Here I am again...trying to catch up! I have had some great things happen since I last blogged! I am now in the Elementary Education Program at UVU! I love it!!! It's a ton of work but well worth it! I am learning a ton. I begin my first round of student teaching this week at Fox Hollow Elementary School in Lehi this week. I'm really nervous but very excited too.
My kids are great! I love them very much and am so thankful for their understanding (most of the time) with my lack of good mommy time. They are really good to me. Abbie is 10 on November 11th. I can't believe it!!! Sidney is 8 and still my little spitfire! Ashton is almost 6 and thinks he runs the roost.
Well, I had better get to bed soon or I'll be passing out in class tomorrow.
My kids are great! I love them very much and am so thankful for their understanding (most of the time) with my lack of good mommy time. They are really good to me. Abbie is 10 on November 11th. I can't believe it!!! Sidney is 8 and still my little spitfire! Ashton is almost 6 and thinks he runs the roost.
Well, I had better get to bed soon or I'll be passing out in class tomorrow.
Monday, January 11, 2010
Wow! Where did time go?
Yikes, I had to start a blog for one of my classes at school and thought I'd take a look and see when the last time I wrote on here was. Shoot! It's been way too long! I HAVE to get better at this!
Things are going well and we are happy to start a new year! Hopefully this one will be better than last year. I'll just give a quick run down of everyone and what's new.
Abbie is 9 and a happy girl (most of the time!). I swear she's hitting puberty. Boy, I hope not though. She is so emotional! She is also my cuddly girl which even though she's getting older, I hope she never stops being that way with me! I love it! Anyway, she is in third grade and loves it. She also loves going to activity days for church. It gives her something special for just her. Pretty soon Sidney will be tagging along though.
Sidney is 7 1/2 and is also a happy girl. She is very artistic and loves to create. She's just like her grandma which I think is great! She just lost her third tooth tonight. It was hardly wiggly last night but she was determined to get it out and wiggled it until it was practically falling out. I was so amazed at how she stuck with it because she was determined to get it out. I'm not sure if it's because the tooth fairy will bring her money or if she just wants to have big teeth and get rid of the baby ones. I wish that she would be so determined when it comes to school work. She's so much fun!
Ashton is 5 and had his well-child/kindergarten physical today. He's healthy and happy. He's very much a mama's boy which can be good and bad. :) He just started at a preschool that is run by UVU where I am going to school. He is there during the times that I am at school and he loves it. It's such a relief not to have to worry all the time about who was going to watch him while I am at school. It is a program that we were accepted into and it's super inexpensive which is perfect for us. He loves to play with his cars, dinosaurs, and pirate ship. He also loves playing Club Penguin on the computer. It's amazing how good kids are at figuring things out on the computer now days. When I was his age, we didn't have any of that stuff. It was all about imagination!
I just started my second semester at UVU. I love being in school and learning again. I was worried that my brain wouldn't work but I did pretty well last semester. I got two A's, a B and a B+. My GPA was 3.56. I was so happy because I actually got a B in math! Yay! I am studying to be an Elementary School Teacher. I would like to teach either 2nd or 3rd grade. If everything goes as planned, I will go into the El Ed program in the fall and will have two more years of school.
Zonder, the company that I worked for went out of business on December 22nd. Merry Christmas, huh! I worked for them for two years and it was sad to see them not make it. Unfortunately, the economy isn't so great which affects the travel industry. So, I'm unemployed but I'm trying to make the most of it and focus on school for now. Hopefully, the perfect job will come around that will allow me to be home with my kids and allow me to keep going to school full time!
That's pretty much what is going on with us. I hope that you all have a great New Year!
Things are going well and we are happy to start a new year! Hopefully this one will be better than last year. I'll just give a quick run down of everyone and what's new.
Abbie is 9 and a happy girl (most of the time!). I swear she's hitting puberty. Boy, I hope not though. She is so emotional! She is also my cuddly girl which even though she's getting older, I hope she never stops being that way with me! I love it! Anyway, she is in third grade and loves it. She also loves going to activity days for church. It gives her something special for just her. Pretty soon Sidney will be tagging along though.
Sidney is 7 1/2 and is also a happy girl. She is very artistic and loves to create. She's just like her grandma which I think is great! She just lost her third tooth tonight. It was hardly wiggly last night but she was determined to get it out and wiggled it until it was practically falling out. I was so amazed at how she stuck with it because she was determined to get it out. I'm not sure if it's because the tooth fairy will bring her money or if she just wants to have big teeth and get rid of the baby ones. I wish that she would be so determined when it comes to school work. She's so much fun!
Ashton is 5 and had his well-child/kindergarten physical today. He's healthy and happy. He's very much a mama's boy which can be good and bad. :) He just started at a preschool that is run by UVU where I am going to school. He is there during the times that I am at school and he loves it. It's such a relief not to have to worry all the time about who was going to watch him while I am at school. It is a program that we were accepted into and it's super inexpensive which is perfect for us. He loves to play with his cars, dinosaurs, and pirate ship. He also loves playing Club Penguin on the computer. It's amazing how good kids are at figuring things out on the computer now days. When I was his age, we didn't have any of that stuff. It was all about imagination!
I just started my second semester at UVU. I love being in school and learning again. I was worried that my brain wouldn't work but I did pretty well last semester. I got two A's, a B and a B+. My GPA was 3.56. I was so happy because I actually got a B in math! Yay! I am studying to be an Elementary School Teacher. I would like to teach either 2nd or 3rd grade. If everything goes as planned, I will go into the El Ed program in the fall and will have two more years of school.
Zonder, the company that I worked for went out of business on December 22nd. Merry Christmas, huh! I worked for them for two years and it was sad to see them not make it. Unfortunately, the economy isn't so great which affects the travel industry. So, I'm unemployed but I'm trying to make the most of it and focus on school for now. Hopefully, the perfect job will come around that will allow me to be home with my kids and allow me to keep going to school full time!
That's pretty much what is going on with us. I hope that you all have a great New Year!
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