Solo Week worked out fine. My cooperating teacher is taking back over the modified classes this week to transition them back. (I'll still be working with them, sort of in a teacher's aide capacity.) That's okay with me, since coming up with individual homework assignments/in-class assignments every single day was starting to fry my brain.
9th grade and 6th grade are finishing their current chapters, so I'll finish up the week with them. 8th grade has their state exam Tuesday and Wednesday. Thursday and Friday are going to be the fun days -- the 6th, 8th, and 9th classes get to make stellated icosahedra, such as this one:
For anyone who's wondering, an "icosahedron" is a polyhedron (3-d object, no curves) with 20 faces. The "stellated" part means that each face has been "pulled out" to form a pyramid or point. (If you've ever played Scattergories, the twenty-sided die used for that game is an example of a regular icosahedron.)
I spent the last 10 minutes of the 8th grade class Friday (the 3 boys) teaching them how to make the basic unit. Boy, I have never seen them so attentive and well-behaved. Hopefully I'll remember to bring my camera and take pictures.
I'm definitely going to miss the students I've been teaching for the past two months, but on the other hand, I get to visit everyone at home in less than two weeks. I'll undoubtedly see some of my old students while I'm there, so it's a trade-off.
Here's hoping I get a decent amount of sleep to kick off the final week!
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