The End

It's so hard to believe that we only have a few more assignments to complete before the end of the semester. Of course I'm thrilled about being closer to receiving my Master's, but at the same time, I wish I could continue to learn about teaching language arts. Before taking this class, I would have said that I disliked teaching writing more than any other subject (for several different reasons). However, after this class, I feel good about walking into my classroom and helping my third graders enhance their writing and become life-long writers.

Yesterday, my group and I had our literature circle chat (our book was about teaching memoir writing to students) and I learned so much from everyone. We got so into sharing our ideas and techniques in our classrooms that the chat lasted about an hour longer than we had scheduled. While we talked mainly about teaching the memoir genre to our students, we also shared some classroom management tips, some of which I have never heard of and can't wait to try in my own classroom.

When I found out that I would be require to blog three whole times a week for this class, I was really worried because I admit, I'm a pretty boring person and was worried I would quickly run out of things to talk about. However, I have REALLY enjoyed blogging (it's been very cathartic to share even my most boring thoughts) and will definitely keep up my blog after the end of class. I have always loved being in school and learning, but I have to say that taking this course has been one of the best decisions I have made in my college career and will DEFINITELY make me a better teacher!