I also graded math papers.
And once, I supervised 3 kids in the computer lab while they took reading assessments.
I didn't teach.
Because there was a student teacher doing her full-time teaching!
Thankfully, I am a good worker bee, and I kind of don't mind doing the menial tasks once in a while. It's interesting to interact with the kids but not be "in charge" of them.
The spelling tests did take up most of the day though. The way they do it in the class requires a lot of testing. You see, each student has the same list of like 1000 words. And at some point someone goes through the list with them, reading the words to them and marking a plus by the ones they already know how to spell. Then each week the teacher makes each kid their own spelling list of 10 of the words they've missed. So I went through pages and pages of the master lists with kids so the teachers would have words to give the kids for the upcoming weeks of tests. And if the kid was a good speller it took even longer because I needed a list of 10 words they didn't know! At one point I was doing 5 kids at one time, all of whom were at a different place on the master list. It was going around and around the table saying the kid's name, then their word, then the next kids name, then their word, then the next kid's name, etc. Repetitive, but a pretty good way to make money for today. :)
2 comments:
Wow. Sounds like a really complicated way to test for spelling. Glad you had a nice relaxing day though, and I hope you're feeling better today.
Hugs, Rhonda
It sounds like an interesting day in a very different way. Probably not one of those ideas that you jot down for use when you have your own class. I'm so glad you got the week started with a good job. Let's pray for some more calls for fun classes!
Love you!!! MOM
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