All About Different Assessments

     It is week seven of fifteen and we are officially halfway through the semester on Friday. This semester has gone by fast and it seems that life is in fast forward mode. On Tuesday this week, I had the lucky chance to visit New York City for the day whelky peers were observing group four teach their direct lesson plan. On Thursday in class we worked on our unit plans, edTPA, and discussed the first half of the semester and the second semester.
      I am blogging on what it was like to use assessment in my lesson plans and importance of using assessment throughout my lessons. As a teacher in training, I try to take note of what I dislike about other aspects of other teachers. To comment on assessment in the classrooms/lessons as asked, I think that it is important to constantly check for understanding because that is usually your tally marker for whether you can move on in the lesson or not. If a teacher does not assess, how can s/he really know where their students are? Assessment, however, can be controlled. I feel that professors/teachers/educators can overwork their students with assessment which is too much, especially young students. When referring the making of the pre/post test, I found that this task was easily attacked. When making questions for the second grade class, I felt that they were pretty basic questions. I would not label this task as difficult. I wrote my groups questions in, but we all created the questions together because that's what we were instructed to do.
     In today's class we discussed the beginning of the semester and the rest of the semester coming ahead. I felt that today's question was very frustrating and disturbing. Today in class we were informed that we need to get our cooperating teaching and her assistant teacher gifts because we were a burden on them. I COMPLETELY disagree, the teacher has said many times that she has enjoyed us (the students of the social studies methods class) in her class. I personally feel that I would gladly love to make something for Miss Pozzulo; however, it is rude to assume everyone in the class has money to give. Next, we were then informed of all of the assignments due in ONE WEEK. We have multiple assignments  due in one week with no advanced notice. We couldn't even see the assignments on eClass, so it was just sprung upon us. My frustration has reached an all new level. Otherwise, we worked on a variety of things for edTPA, reflections, and lesson plans.
     Overall, Week seven has been a hot mess and I have not felt more frustrated with the un-organization of this class more than now. I am not looking forward to the last week before spring break.