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Interviews

Mrs. Der Interview

By Emma Chung and Noella Lee

 

1.How many students do you have in your class?

34

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2. How are you dealing with teaching both fifth grade classes at the same time?

Fine.

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3. What is it like teaching 34 kids?

Not bad.

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4. What is the biggest challenge about teaching so many fifth graders?

The amount of papers I have to correct on weekends.

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5. Do you prefer teaching a bigger class or a smaller class?

Either or as long as they’re good kids like the ones I have now.

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6. How was the transition from a small class to a bigger one?

Minor especially because I had these kids last year

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7. What is it like not having a fellow teacher teaching the same grade as you?

Lonely.

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8. What’s it like teaching all the subjects by yourself?

Well the only edition is history and it’s

interesting incorporating history in life. I also

can say that math is better.

Interviewing Mrs. Phillips

By Kaylie Wong

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  1. What grades do you teach? 5-8 science

  2. Do you miss teaching 5th grade? Yes. I love teaching history. The fifth grade field trip to Angel Island was always a highlight of the year, and I’m sure I’ll miss that experience when May comes.

  3. Do you like teaching science more or 5th grade? Science is really fun, and I enjoy doing all the experiments. The two subjects are so different that it is hard to pick a favorite.

  4. What’s better: Teaching several grades or 5th grade? I like having a homeroom of students that I saw everyday. Nobody comes to me with book recommendations now that I am the science teacher.

  5. How many students do you teach in total? 177!

  6. Is it tough teaching so many students? If so what the hardest part about it? I need to stay really organized to make sure that I remember what I did with each class.  

  7. How did you prepare to teach science? Did you have previous knowledge about the curriculum or did you study a lot about what you were going to teach? I have taken classes over summer and the school year to learn how to teach science again. It has been 18 years since I taught it, so I had to go back over the topics to refresh my memory this summer.

  8. Did you have experience previously teaching science? I taught 7th grade science in Lincoln, California.

  9. Was it difficult switching to only science? Any time you switch subjects, you have to learn a whole new job. This year was a lot of work, but next year will be so much fun because I will know what to expect.

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