Wednesday, October 21, 2009

Lacking in Details

Today was equal parts nice and frustrating.

Nice: The kids were pretty well behaved. They were sweet, and fun to chat with, and generally did a good job. We had fun.

Frustrating: The teacher's lesson plan was very sketchy. There were no details whatsoever for all but one activity of the day. The entire literacy block (1.5 hours) was planned in Spanish with no alternative for a non-Spanish speaking sub. The activities that were planned were slotted to take twice as much time as they actually did. So I had a lot of time to fill. The materials I needed for the planned activities were not set out, nor were there instructions on where to find them.

The day went smoothly enough, but I felt very flustered trying to constantly fill time and figure out where stuff was. It annoyed me that the teacher hadn't bothered to put a little more effort into his/her sub plans.

1 comment:

Betty said...

That teacher was fortunate that you are able to deal with bad or non existing plans. When you have your own class I'm sure the sub notes will be fantastic.
Love you!!! MOM