Before 8:15 am
I really enjoyed the readings this week. I particularly enjoyed viewing the teacher practice maps made by other educators and hearing their analysis of the work. Viewing the maps created and reading about how they think their students view them, what they do in a day, made me stop reading and reflect on what my students would say about me and all that we do together in a day. School starts at 8:15 and there is much that is done before the bell even rings. I identified with Michelle's teacher map in particular. She talked about how it is impossible to plan the day because you never know when a particular child is going to do a complete 180. I have a student who is like this in that she can be easily set off by things, like not getting chosen to answer a question or if she doesn't like the lunch choices for the day. As much as you think you can plan out the day, you can't. It is minute by minute plan more so. I also made a connection to myself and many other educators I kn...