Today I spent more time than I expected finalizing the lesson for tomorrow. A big reason this took longer than expected is to prepare for the guests Ravenel will be hosting tomorrow. Literacy coaches from the district are coming to observe in several classrooms for the day to see practices and behaviors of the students and teachers. I asked if this required me to teach on another day, but Mr. Dent insisted that they were interested in all aspects of the curriculum. Thankfully, I teach the same and am comfortable regardless of who is in my room! (Not that I'm not a little extra nervous to have a few more intelligent adults present for my first lesson to eight, nine, and ten-year-olds!) Because they are visiting, I created a more detailed rationale lesson plan to have available for these visitors.
I had also planned to teach the students via real-time modeling. The internet had been having connectivity issues earlier in the week, so i decided to add screenshots to a PowerPoint to make sure that the students could at least see the portions of WebPath Express that they would be using. This was an easy addition to the lesson, but did take some time to create and crop screenshots.
I also wrestled with the copier for a bit. Such inevitable moment of an internship! Though I had had some problems with copying the bookmarks/book handouts during my booktalks in February, I again struggled with sending a document digitally to the copier. Between all the drawers and passwords, it is one of the most complicated systems in the library!
Unfortunately, finalizing the lesson and pulling resources for teachers was almost all I got accomplished today. I was thankful that Cindy recognized this need and allowed me to focus my work. I also apologized to Toni for not being able to help with the books' circulation. This is something I will have to work toward as a full LMS: not feeling guilty for doing my parts of the job while an assistant shelves books, etc, and better using my time to prepare for lessons and curriculum development.
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