The Dusk of my First Assignment

Well, I have finished my last heap of grading, the students are preparing for a quiz tomorrow, and my master teacher is starting to take back her class.

Tomorrow is my last day.  I will be glad to be in a different classroom at a new school and excited to continue my preparation, but leaving my students is a sad proposition.  They have been very kind and patient with a new teacher.

Though the first assignment is over, there is much work ahead.  In the next week I'll pound out the final portion of a Unit Plan, meet with my adviser to review the last 10 weeks of student teaching, complete the third CalTPA Task: Assessing Learning, meet with my new master teacher at a junior high in the district, prepare for teaching on the block schedule, and start looking for a job in the fall.

My honors bio students will continue their trek through ecology without me.  It would be great to be able to continue teaching them.  But, there is another group of 150 8th grade Physical Science students that are about to meet Mr. Davis.  And that is exciting.

Very, very exciting.