my button fell off the second before i ran outside to take these - whoops!
cardigan, belt, pin, and skirt: vintageblouse: express
tights: h&m
shoes: guess
this weekend, i took a drive to my mom's house in maryland. i had to pick up the dogs, but i also needed time to just rest. i've been really struggling with sleeping after coming back from hong kong, and i've never had sleeping problems in my life. i can't fall asleep until 3am, and can only sleep for about 2 hours. i crash in the middle of the day and end up taking a 4 hour nap, which screws me up for sleeping at night. it's incredibly frustrating, especially since i've never had sleeping issues in my life (i'm one of those people that can fall asleep at the drop of a hat, and i can sleep through anything). it was getting to the point where i felt physically sick: nauseous, dizzy, and very woozy. i spent most of the weekend sleeping, and am now able to make it through 5 hours of sleeping without waking up.
i also wanted some time to re-work the lesson plan that i had developed for my demonstration lesson last thursday. honestly, i was extremely disappointed in how it went. i think i over-complicated the lesson; i focused on making predictions while reading. i based the lesson on the skill level of the second graders that i student taught for, and the second graders that i did the lesson were not near this level. this definitely wasn't their fault at all; i should have developed my plan with less components, since i knew nothing about the class before going in. i have another demo lesson this week and i'm changing up the learning plan considerably; there will be far less student writing and more groupwork. i guess my expectations for the overall performance of the lesson were too high; i should have asked their teacher for more information about the students before i wrote the lesson. i'm probably being too hard on myself, but it just feels like i ruined a great opportunity because of a lack of preemptive thinking. i feel this time will go much more smoothly - hopefully! elementary teachers, if you have any suggestions or ideas, feel free to shoot me an email; i'd love to hear them, and i'm always looking for new teacher-friends.
how was your weekend?
