Another Week Done

Yesterday I worked with two students I hadn't worked with before. I did DRA with them, which is like a kind of reading test to see what level students are reading aloud and how well they are understanding what they read. It was great getting to see how different students can be. The first girl I did DRA with read really quietly, making it really difficult to grade her oral proficiency, but I managed by having her read it over again. She loved answering the questions though and didn't need much prompting to give a lot of information.

The boy who I worked with next was an excellent reader. He had a few troubles with some of the more difficult words, but overall did a really good job, but it was like pulling teeth to get him to answer questions. At one point, when asking him to predict what would happen in the story he gave one idea, and I asked if he thought anything else would happen and he promptly answered, "Nope."

Today I found out my registration time for next semester courses so I spent the next hour or so coming up with the different courses I would be registering for. If all goes as plan (which it never does when it comes to registering, especially since second years are the last to pick their courses third this semester--the first years are given first priority and then it goes athletes, fifth years, fourth years, etc.) then I will be taking three French courses (French Language Training III, Introduction to Linguistics, and French Romanticism), an English course (Canadian Literature), and a Women Studies course (Women, Race, and Social Justice) as well as my Education practicum for the month of May. In addition to my courses I will be helping a professor through the Outstanding Scholars program, and I hope to become a TA for Foundations of Academic Writing I, an online course I got an A in last year. It's going to be the busiests semester I've had yet, and I'm a little apprehensive about taking three French courses...but I think as long as I spend the time necessary studying, I should be able to manage it.

In fact, I'm kind of excited at the challenge.