playing with puppets.

Today, I woke up at the crack of dawn, got all dressed and ready, and headed off to SouthWest Edgecombe for another day as Miss Averette. I was especially excited for today because I was scheduled to teach! As a part of my internship requirements for ECU, I have to teach a specific amount of lessons. I was planning to teach a mini-lesson during 1^st period to my Teen Living class. Here’s the problem. Mini-lessons are supposed to last about 20 minutes. So far, I have attempted 2 mini-lessons. And, you know what happened?! There was nothing “MINI” about them! Both times, I taught the entire class period when I was only supposed to teach for 20 minutes. Well...guess what happened today with my mini-lesson?! I didn’t teach the whole class period. I taught the whole THREE class periods! Haha.

Anyway, my lesson was on interpersonal development. I created a cute lesson plan with puppets. First, I used a brown paper lunch bag, scrapbook paper, and markers to create a puppet to model for the students. This puppet was an abstract version of me. It was made to reflect who I am physically, emotionally, and socially. Here’s my puppet!

The students also made puppets of themselves. They loved doing this. It was like they were back in elementary school! :) Here are a few of the puppets made by the students. I can’t wait to hang all of the puppets around the classroom. The students really got into it and they were so creative!

The adventure of the day. Obviously, I can’t leave SouthWest without some exciting story to tell. So...today, I was only planning on teaching this lesson to 1^st period, and I only bought 50 brown paper bags. Well, the 50 ended up being enough for 2 class periods but I needed more so the last class could make puppets too. During my lunch break, I ran to the Family Dollar in search of more brown paper bags. They didn’t have any! The toothless cashier said, “Honey, the only place in Pinetops that carries brown paper bags is the Piggly Wiggly down the road.” Oh no! This girl didn’t have time for a trip to the Piggly Wiggly. I was on a mission! I flew out the door of the Family Dollar and marched my butt right next door to the Hardee’s. I put on my best smile and sweet southern accent, and I asked the cashier, “Excuse me, but I’m having a bit of a problem. I really need some brown paper bags. Can you pleeease help me out?!” One minute later, I walked out of the Hardee’s with 40 brown paper bags and the best thing is that they were free!

That’s been my day so far. Can’t complain. 

And, as lame as this might be, here is my outfit for today. I love getting all dressed up in my teacher clothes. It makes me feel grown.

Peace and blessings...

Kaitlyn.