So Many Meetings

With my cooperating teacher being tied up in annual reviews and proctoring tests the making and implmenting of the lesson plans have mainly fallen to me. It has been good for me to be able to do this as I have to set the pace and keep an eye on how the students were doing. I have the pleasure of starting a new unit on money starting with pennies, nickels, and dimes. In second grade they have not yet begun to equate money with buying things. I have a couple of things up my sleeve. I am trying to give them some time to move around as well as sitting and doing busy work. This week they have sent me an extra TA while Mrs. Hoag is out of the classroom. This is good because an extra pair of hands go a long way. I am getting good practice with controlling the class and in counting and pennies, nickels and dimes.