So today was the first day IN THE CLASS for the Practicum. I met my placement teacher and found out what? That his internship has motivated him to give up teaching. So sad. He said he wanted to be a teacher to teach "ideas" and found himself only teaching things like Prefixes/Suffixes and Text Features (like bolded words and italics and bullet points, etc.). It made me sad... and a little scared for the experiences to come.
But guess what? In our prefix/suffix lesson, two students came up with some awesome words as examples!
UNFATHOMABLE (attention to the prefix UN- and suffix -ABLE)
PREDETONATION (PRE- and -TION)
What 7th graders use these words? Ones we can teach IDEAS to.
It gave me hope.
No giving up, guys. No giving up.
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