- Jun 8, 2001
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So I have been observing and acting as something like an aide for the last couple months for about 6-8 hours/week in a fifth grade classroom. For the last month or so, I have been teaching about 1/4 of the class (the class is split into 4 literature groups) in a small group. No biggie. Today there happened to be a sub in the classroom. About five minutes before the end of the class, the regular teacher comes in and asks me to go outside to talk. She asks me to teach a science unit (water pollution) for 40 minutes/day for three days next week (next week being the last week of the semester). Having a little common sense, I say yes (even though I really don't want to do it).
So what do I have? I have never taught anything to an entire class. I have 1 double sided handout with heavy (relatively) reading on water pollution, 1 handout with six multiple choice questions, and a third handout dealing with logic (related to the subject). Somehow, I have to figure out what the heck I will say and do for those three days. The kicker? I have to have this all planned out by the morning when I will have exactly 10 minutes to meet with the teacher before I have to get to work.
Suprises suck.
So what do I have? I have never taught anything to an entire class. I have 1 double sided handout with heavy (relatively) reading on water pollution, 1 handout with six multiple choice questions, and a third handout dealing with logic (related to the subject). Somehow, I have to figure out what the heck I will say and do for those three days. The kicker? I have to have this all planned out by the morning when I will have exactly 10 minutes to meet with the teacher before I have to get to work.
Suprises suck.