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 * Aug. 30, 2010- Sept. 3, 2010 Crash Course**

First day of internship is always a **'crash course,'** isn't it? That's what it was today. However, I'm very thankful that we had a very thorough and detailed Intern Orientation by Bonneville's Intern Coordinator and CRT: Mr. Justin Moore. It was a very long day that lasted until 4:52 pm! Very worth it though.

My supervising teacher has an extremely **rigorous schedule** from the moment she begins her day at 8am all the way until she finishes her 'car rider duty' at about 3:45pm. She's an ESE Resource Teacher which means she goes to **different classrooms all day long** (K thru 5th) either 'pushing in' or 'pulling out' students so she can provide them with Tier 1, Tier 2, or Tier 3 service in Reading and Math using the **Response To Intervention** model that Orange County Public Schools have adopted this year. She also has **Car Duty**, which means we stay out in the front of the school until every single car rider leaves.

I'm up for the challenge!


 * Tuesday, Aug. 31st**

There's an incredible amount of **new things** being implemented at Bonneville Elem School this year. As I've mentioned, they have adopted the Response to Intervention (RTI) model of delivering services. Among other things, they've also adopted a brand new Math Curriculum for 5th grade. My supervising teacher and I just got our Teacher's Edition copy yesterday! They also have a brand new principal who started in January this year.

With all the changes that they're going through, the words that can be described as my supervising teacher is also learning all this along with me, is **'STEEP LEARNING CURVE.'**


 * Wednesday, Sept. 1**

Today, I started pondering on how I can fuse 2 very different teaching styles (mine and my supervising teacher's) to gain the best internship experience.

In the mean time, below is the first Strategies Poster I made for my supervising teacher.




 * Thursday, Sept. 2**

My BIG lesson for today: **ONE day CAN make a difference!** I was overwhelmed yesterday with thinking how I can make the best of my Internship Experience and doubts took over me. But today was a brand new day. Starting to get familiar with the schedule and the 7 different places we have to be in each day.

Going to all the grade levels (K-5th) has it's advantages: I get to see each teacher's teaching style and see how they conduct they're learning environment and getting tons of ideas! I started writing them to use in my future classroom :) Here's some of what I've seen so far:


 * 1) Name on sticks in a cup (used to call students)
 * 2) Big roll of tickets for kids who behave or participate
 * 3) Choral Reading works and the kids enjoy it!
 * 4) Math Bucks
 * 5) Tattle Tale Book so kids don't come up to teacher each time they feel like tattling. (Bright Idea!)

Bonneville also has been re-done in 2007 and with that, the whole school is **Technologically Advanced!** It's amazing to see different teachers take advantage of their doc cams, writing interactive tablets/screen, voice projector, computers, etc.

On the side: Below is the 2nd Poster I made for my supervising teacher.


 * Friday, Sept. 3**