WEEK THIRTEEN- Daily Log: Thursday, May 24, 2007

• Today was a very different day at my placement because Mme. Mercer was not at school. She had a dentist appointment, and she had told me yesterday she would not be present. And so, I would be helping other teachers out with various jobs today. My first job of the day was to help Mme. Colonna write more students' names on some documents. I wrote about a whole class before class time rolled around.


• Seeing as Mme. Mercer was not here, I went to class with Mme. Colonna. She teaches grade four french, and the kids were so cute! They were working on posters that advertised a shoe that they had made up. They also had to have a slogan for their shoe, and the slogan had to be in french. My job was to walk around the class and help anyone who needed it. The students would ask questions such as how to write a specific word in french, or how to correctly pronounce a word in french. I had a lot of fun in this class because it was nice to have a change in scenery, and the kids were also very nice. They were also amazing workers and ended up accomplishing a lot in the period.


• After this, I made my way to help out Brian with the grade eight grad silhouettes. We set up two overheads in the hallway, and made the students sit in this projected light so that their silhouettes would show up on the wall. We stuck up a black sheet of paper, and traced their heads using chalk. I found this job kind of hard and stressful because the students were very judgemental, and I felt really bad if they disliked my work. I tried my best, and traced their shadow exactly! Most students were very happy with how their silhouette came out, and this made me feel great! I found this activity very fun and entertaining, and the kids were just awesome and allowed me to enjoy myself.


• Today threw some new experiences challenges at me, and I enjoyed every minute of it! I will not be at my placement tomorrow seeing as I have co-op integration. I worked for three and a half hours today.