My professor gave us a sheet of paper that a past student-teacher scribbled on and I thought it was sweet.
Student Teaching: What I learned...
It's not an academic exercise. If you don't get a lot of sleep, the adrenaline will kick in. Every day, someone will ask what we have for specials. Using food to teach rock formation will be a big hit, but it may not teach rock formation. Your friends will ask you if you can go out every Thursday ninght, even though you always say no. Any topic is more fun if you pretend it's a crime lab. When you tell the kids they can't play kickball for a week, they'll ask you every day if they can play. Naps resolve most bad days. Post-it notes make reading fun. Between 8:45 and 3:45, you will only get to go to the bathroom once. Kids love playing 7-up...and I'll probably never understand why. Beautiful is a very difficult word to spell. Kids love when you play 4-square with them... but they'll still try to get you out every time. Some days you just need to have two recesses. Singing pop songs during a writing lesson = trouble. 4th graders often forget to label graphs.