Growing as a (Student) Teacher

 1) My passion for teaching has always been there, my ability for working with and connecting with students is there (I hope so anyway) but the technical part I never really had a full understanding of. I have had some experience with these lesson plans in past classes however, I have not had filled out out like this and to this extent. It is just giving me a little more insight on the other half of being a teacher. While I am a little nervous to take everything on I am still excited for the whole thing. So I was hit with a wave of overwhelming but then reminded of how fun it is going to be to actually execute these lessons that we are learning to build. 

2) I really want my lessons to be all kinds of fun and varying styles. Overall for the quarter I just want to get more comfortable and confident with lesson planning. It is not something that I am necessarily uncomfortable with, but something that I know I need to work on more in order for me to be successful as a teacher. I want to be able to confidently write a lesson plan without having to stop all the time to double check with references and make this a more seamless project. 

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