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FFA Week & A Full Load, What a Crazy Week 6 it Has Been!

     Blue and Gold, Boots vs. Crocs, Drive Your Tractor to School, Pancake Eating Contest, and a Petting Zoo were just a few of the ways the Athens FFA chapter celebrated National FFA Week. Each day was a different adventure as I navigated wearing my Advisor hat and Teacher hat all at the same time all while teaching a full load for the first week! 

    It was a crazy adventure from seeing student's excitement as we counted up how many pairs of crocs vs. boots were in the room, then followed by a very heated debate. To completing a Rate of Flow lab with my Agricultural Mechanics 1 class. One of my students was even the champion of the pancake eating contest! Others were super excited to show of their pets at the petting zoo. The excitement and laughter that filled the school this week was infectious and made the stress of teaching 7 classes much easier. 



    

    As I began the week I quickly learned that I would in fact be getting quite the workout each day, as my CT and I counted that I will be going up and down the steps approximately 7 times each day. I will have calves of steel by the time student teaching is over! Through the frequent back and forth I realized how important it is to have bellwork up and posted for students because many of them arrive in the classroom before I do. I also switched things up a little thanks to some sound advice from Mr. Jon Seaman and Ms. Nicole Guise, and had my students complete a fishbone for Veterinary Science and Agricultural Mechanics 1. This allowed students to move through the content at their own pace all while pulling out 6 pieces of information they believed to be beneficial and summarizing those points. At first, I am pretty sure they all thought Miss. Royer was crazy but eventually came around. 


 

    This week was full of so many "wins" but I have two goals for next week and as I move forward through my student teaching experience. Organization is what made this week successful and less stressful, I need to maintain my organizational system as I move forward. I also want to ensure that I am moving at a pace that meets the needs of all of my students. I am excited to see what the next 9 weeks has in store and I cannot wait to dive further into content with all of my students. 

Questions: 

1. How do you meet the needs of such diverse learners in the classroom aside from given diverse options? (i.e. research diseases instead of drawing terminology) 

2. How do you set the "pace" in your classroom without going to fast or too slow?



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  1. Nicole GuiseMarch 1, 2021 at 5:35 AM

    Hi Megan! I loved reading about how you used the fishbone diagram! I think it is a great way for students to visually pull out important pieces of a text/video - especially when it may be overwhelming or bogged down with science jargon. Keep up the great work!

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