CTE New Teacher Institute Forum: An "Ooie Gooie" Day.....

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Friday, February 2, 2007

An "Ooie Gooie" Day.....

For the past two weeks I get sick on my stomach thinking about that Observation Day. And this is not because I have had a previous bad experience. Mrs. M has been so encouraging and always hightlights the positive things. I guess I just want to have that "perfect class" when she comes. So I tried out my lesson on a different class period this week. Can I just say that students love "ooie gooie". While teaching them to don and remove gloves I had them contaminate their gloves with an "ooie gooie" concoction. After they got over the initial "you've got to be kidding me" look, they moved into the "oooo this is so much fun" phase but quickly focused on the real issue at hand: remove these yucky gloves without getting it all over me and everything else. And focus they did. For some it was an easy task but for others it took some time to master. The joy for me was that they never gave up. There were a lot of "high 5'ves" that day and rightly so. Now I look forward to that observation day, not so much for the observation but for seeing those students have fun learning............

3 comments:

Lin W. said...: I have not been observed yet. I am just gonna' do what I usually do. I am glad that no one came to observe me this past week because I have not felt the best. You will do fine... You have the right attitude!; February 2, 2007 at 9:58:00 PM EST
Joyce D said...: I love your ooie gooie idea and plan to steal it. What did you use for your ooie gooie?
That's what I'm about to teach.; February 3, 2007 at 7:02:00 AM EST
Jan said...: Hi Joyce....I just used what was in my refrigerator: ketchup and jelly. I put it in a tupperware container and had them dip their gloved hands in it. It does smell. When the students complained I just said "welcome to the operating room ladies and gentlermen"; February 3, 2007 at 11:09:00 PM EST