Pause for the CalTPA

In the week between assignments I have churned out over 60 pages of work and over 25,000 words for  three major assignments.  The CalTPA took about 20 hours of work over several days.  I'll resume regular posts next week.

It's kept me busy, for sure.

CalTPA is Done!

I did meet my new master teacher on Wednesday, and I'll be teaching physical science!  The next few weeks will be concentrated on teaching density.

I'm really looking forward to teaching science to a younger audience.  The Honors Biology students were very bright and I could stretch their minds beyond what they were used to.  The 8th grade mind can be stretched too, but it will stretch in a different way and probably not as far.  I don't have as much experience with Junior High students so I'll be doing a great deal of observation, especially classroom management.

But, for now, I'm doing some reading, poking around physical science websites, and catching up on some podcasts I've missed over the past few months.