Deep Breath

Breathe in.....breathe out.

Wow. Today was tough. As I mentioned in my post yesterday, today was my first experience in teaching the whole class together. I taught a social studies lesson about African American culture in North Carolina.

When I completed my plus/delta chart as instructed by my cooperating teacher, I had two things on the positive side and a never-ending list on the "what I would change" side. As we went over each thing that I wrote down, I was near tears. I knew coming in that I was going to make mistakes and that I could not expect to be anywhere close to the "perfect" teacher. However, that did not stop me from picturing the "ideal" students, the "ideal" responses, and the "ideal" lesson.

I am scheduled to teach again on Friday. I will walk in ready to conquer a new day and hope to keep a level head. Hopefully that day goes a little better and I only go up from here.