Today, I went with my homeroom class to science. Since they use FOSS, I was excited to see the lesson being taught. They were working on mixtures and solutions, and I thought it was a lot of fun to see them work through everything. They were all so excited when working with the materials. My coop is also going to have me teach a health lesson. Now that we finally got back into a normal schedule after PSSAs they started the health unit. This week has been great because I am seeing a lot more than math and reading being taught!
Today was a great day at placemetn, besides PSSA's..ughhh. I was observed today as well. This week I am teaching an entire reading unit on a folktale that is included in the basal that the students use. So far it has been going well. Yesterday I covered the vocabulary and some background information about the story. Today we learned about why we read folktales, what rulers do, reviewed vocabulary, and read the story.I am excited for the remaining 2 weeks! I can't wait. We had picture day yesterday. We have an Earth Day assembly on Thursday and the Spring Musical on Friday!!! It's just so exciting!!! I have noticed that I am feeling more comfortable when I am teaching as well which makes me excited because I know that it will just keep coming naturally to me!
The past two days have gone really well! I am definitely feeling much more comfortable with my role in the classroom as well as when I am teaching. Ive been given more responsbility in the classroom which feels great and the kids have been responding really well to seeing me all the time which is a releif. I also am enjoying seeing how the days play out with all the "teacher" things that I didnt see on Thursdays as in team meetings, getting things ready for the whole week, etc. And now I can say that I understand why taking two minutes to something as simple as lining up is so frustrating!
On the plus side, I am desiging, teaching, and carrying out a social studies project on different countries!!!
My week has been going well, and has been flying by! I am really enjoying being able to see my students on a regular basis.
I have been teaching at least one lesson or more a day, and they have been going well. Most of the time my teacher will tell me that I am teaching a minute or two before it actually happens, but the lessons have been going well (they have been literacy/grammar lessons).
Tomorrow I am going to be observed by my supervisor and I will be teaching my first math lesson on pennies and nickels. I am hopeful that what I have planned will go smoothly.
Today I was able to sit in on a meeting with my teacher, the principal, and another staff member (I forget who she was!) about a student in my class who has had "behavior" issues since the beginning of the school year. By behavior issues I mean that she is unable to sit still, follow directions, or keep her hands (and legs) to herself. They were talking about implementing an FBA and a different reward/punishment system for her. I hope that these changes go into place while I am still there so I can see specifically what changes have been made to her daily routine.
I am loving my time at my field placement this week! It has been exciting to be with my students and they have been exciting to have me in the classroom. My co-op has given me different responibilities in the classroom. Today, the students were doing benchmark assessments and when they finished, my co-op asked me to design a new seating chart. She liked what I presented and how I arranged the students and tomorrow we will be changing seats to see how it works out! I have taught a math lesson the past two days as well as worked with guided reading groups. There was a substitute today for the afternoon class, and my co-op told the sub. to let me take the lead. It felt good to be in charge of the class and I am getting more comfortable with them and teaching!
Tomorrow I am being observed and teaching a literacy lesson. I am ready a book that I have selected, one not from a basel, so I am excited! I hope it goes well tomorrow and the rest of the week!
I have really been enjoying my full time experience so far! Each day that I teach a lesson, I become more and more comfortable. Yesterday, I taught a literacy lesson on questioning. I used the Fact/Question/Response strategy from the Strategies That Work book. It was really great to get to use a strategy that we practiced during our presentations in Reading. I also taught a Social Studies lesson, which had to do with citizenship! We talked about what it means to be an effective citizen! Today, I taught another literacy lesson on summarizing. The lessons went together, so it was nice to see how lessons flow one into the next. Being in the classroom everyday is helpful to see the whole routine of the class. I have enjoyed getting to try out different activities that we learned in class. Mr. Keefer is very open to what I want to try, which is really nice. I have been enjoying every minute of my time in the class!
The last two days have been filled with several firsts and many encouraging moments. I will begin with the “firsts”. Yesterday, I administered a test to the entire class. It was actually the first time I witnessed the entire class taking a test at the same time. I also had “real” teacher homework like, grading and recording tests, making math charts, and preparing a grade book with names and numbers. I was happy to do extra work because I felt like I was contributing to the classroom. I honestly felt like a real teacher!
Because of the additional time in the classroom, I feel my confidence developing each day. I have been put in charge of more classroom activities and I am making more plans. I am enjoying watching lessons carry over from one day to the next, and I am learning how to balance and develop a unit.
Though I still make rookie mistakes like, allowing too much noise in the halls when going to a special, I am learning that even teachers with some experience make the same mistakes. I am also comforted in knowing that I am not the only one who still asks hundreds of questions. While eating lunch, some of the younger teachers were discussing their plans for completing reading assessments. They were asking veteran teachers for advice about how and when to give the assessments and which subjects would be best to put on hold until the testing concludes. I guess teaching is a learning process for everyone.
My field placement this week has been going very well! Each day, I am given more and more responsibility by Mrs. Kauffman. Today, she was away on a field trip, and I was to teach all of reading. It went well! The students listened, and responded well to me. My class can be very talkative and active, and I've begun using methods such as clapping to gain their attention back to me. In being there everyday, Ive had the opportunity to begin teaching a story and follow it through in the entire week. It's nice to see it through and understand what is going on!
My full-time has been going well so far, although it is stressful! The past two days I have come in and my teacher has asked me to make a lesson for the day without having any prior warning or knowledge of materials. Although this is a little difficult, it has taught me to think on my feet and use my creativity quickly! Today I got to administer the science PSSA’s, which was pretty neat. Tomorrow we have a half day and I get to help score their district writing assessments. Thursday and Friday we have field trips, so I’m pretty excited about that as well! I’ve currently been teaching a unit on the Middle Colonies and for my assessment tomorrow, the students are doing a RAFT assignment in which they will pretend to be a settler of the Middle Colonies and they will have to write back to their families at home, using facts to persuade them to come, too. The students really like having social studies back in the curriculum and seem to have really enjoyed my lessons so far. I’m going to continue teaching social studies and pick up reading every day, as well. Each day I feel more confident because I am given more responsibilities and am being treated like a real teacher!
So far so good. I'm enjoying myself at field placement, but I'm still not used to the schedule. I found myself being very exhausted today. I'm hoping waking up tomorrow and my energy throughout the week will improve.
Yesterday, I did a math lesson plan in Math on the median on a set of data and I've been really involved in the classroom helping the students a teacher throughout the day. The students took the science PSSAs and they are taking them again tomorrow, so the mornings consist of mainly that. I observed a Social Studies project the students are doing in groups yesterday and will be presenting later in the week. I've definitely been seeing more hands-on lessons at the end of the semester at my placement, which is neat to observe and learn about. Even the scripted math lesson plan on geometric shapes had the students creating their own 3D shapes out of paper today. I'm looking forward to the rest of the week and next week to continue getting more experience in the classroom!
So far things have been really good at placement! I'm definitely exhausted and incredibly busy planning and figuring out everything for every day but the chance to teach 2 subjects every day is so great. I'm so glad my co-op is so organized. She keeps me sane. She helped me plan ahead so I knew what I would be doing during this placement. I teach Social Studies every day and Reading (including a vocab activity and a skill activity) every day. It's great. The kids are definitely different from Monday to Thursday but the level of hyper-activity is definitely going down as the week continues which I'm thankful for. I'm nervous because tomorrow AND Friday I am going with them on Field Trips. 24 fourth graders...on a dairy farm tomorrow. It will be an adventure...
Things have been great... definitely exhausting but getting easier each day as my sleep schedule becomes for routine.
I've just been doing a bunch of the morning routines, checking homework, going over the schedule, reading the morning story,and doing literacy work. I'm really enjoying being able to see the constant growth from day to day, as well as experiencing some frustration as students struggle with work (mostly due to their lack of focus... which is absolutely terrible- I've come very close to yelling at them! We are going to try working in a conference room tomorrow to minimize distractions since we have been working out in the hall.)
Right now we're not doing any social studies... we're still doing science and about to begin a unit on earthworms... joy....
These first few days of the week have been exhilarating and tiring. Mrs. Funck's been handing more responsibilities over to me. Monday I was in charge of lining them up for special, lunch and social studies and I have to go get them and bring them back as well. It really makes you conscious of the schedule when you actually have to go get the kids. By the end of the day yesterday, my students already knew my expectations for the hall and my blobs in line were gone! (I don't take blobs into the hall.) Tuesday, today and tomorrow I've been/will be teaching math and it's been an experience to finally see how all these lessons flow together. I've also been working with one of our reading groups as we prepare for a play we'll be presenting may 10th.
I love seeing the students day in an day out, and how nuances such as having music instead of gym really effect them and their behavior. I also was able to sit in on an IEP meeting yesterday which was incredibly enlightening (they do them just like we talked about in Sp.Ed. block!) and I had a faculty meeting this morning. It's nice to get a real taste of what a full week entails as a teacher (and all the planning that goes into it)
Things have been going really well so far. I will admit that it has been pretty difficult waking up really early in the morning but I can feel my body gradually adjusting to this new routine. Inside the classroom I have been having a blast. It is truly a pleasure getting to see the kids everyday rather than once a week. I get to see how all of the lessons flow throughout the week and also get to play a part in the planning of the lessons each day. This week I have been doing phonemic awareness lessons with the letter U and I got my second observation out of the way so I feel a little more relaxed in the classroom. I have noticed that I feel more and more confident every lesson that I teach. Although I am a little nervous because my co-op recently told me that she may be going on medical leave at the end of the week. So I am not really sure how things will work next week but I am sure it will be just another challenge that will make me stronger as an educator. Saying that, it has been a great experience so far and I am excited to see what each new day has to offer.
Today I taught a lesson in science. The topic was erosion and that was one of the topics I had for my FOSS lessons. My co-op also gave me a handout of a simple lesson plan to help to plan out my own. Since I already had so many resources and I knew this subject area pretty well, I was feeling comfortable about planning and teaching my lesson. The hands-on part of my lesson I was not worried about and it ended up going very well. I made sure to give students complete directions and my co-op and I did not allow any bad behavior since we were outside. The students listened to all of the instructions and waited patiently for each group to do their part in the experiment. When we went back to the room, I had the students share what they wrote down for predictions and observations. Then I introduced the word erosion, weathering and transport. Instead of only introducing these concepts, I went more in-depth into what they meant. After the lesson, my co-op and I discussed my lesson. We both agreed that I went too much into what the concepts meant because I started to lose them after a while. It would have been better to introduce the concepts and give brief definitions of them and then move onto the next thing. Also I need to work on managing my time. I went over into the math time but my co-op allowed me to do this. For my next lesson though, I am going to plan my lesson out based on time. A major reason why time is important is because students cannot focus on one subject area for too long. They need to move onto the next thing to keep their attention. The two major things from my lesson that I need to improve on are to keep the content at the students’ level and to make my lesson’s shorter.
I have noticed an influx of bullying going on at my school. So much that when students go to special or a different class, at least one student has come back crying each day. I realized that my cooperating teacher was oblivious to what was going on. I realize it is much easier for me to focus on the students while my cooperating teacher is teaching. I started keeping track of the comments I heard. However, after discussing it with my teacher, we both started keeping track of things today when 4 girls came into school crying because of bullying. We took time during reading to address the issues. I decided to have students two paragraphs, one about "whats bugging them" and the other about "how bullying makes them feel and how can you prevent it" I only expected two paragraphs. However, some students were so heated that they wrote 8 pages of tablet paper about what is going on in the classroom. They wrote about how sad they were that they were not able to go on 2 field trips this year, how some students in their class are alwawys bringing them down, specific events going on etc. Some of the things they wrote were so disturbing that my teacher had no choice but to copy them and show them to the principal. I hope in the coming week that the students can better understand how bullying truly effects themselves and others.
I'm having a great time so far! It's awesome seeing the kids everyday and having so much responsibility. I've pretty much taken over all of the teaching, except for math, which I share with my co-op and it's going really well so far! I taught Reading Skills today for the first time by myself. The small Reading Skills groups focus on phonology which is really hard! I never did this much phonics work at such a young age. I had to really study the material to be able to teach it today. Today was also 2nd grade lunch dates with parents so I got to meet some of the parents of my kids which was really great. We also watched The Magic School Bus. Overall a good day!
I'm having a great time being here all week! I love getting a really feeling for the classroom and my students instead of just seeing them one day a week. Mrs. Doane is also giving me more and more responsibility in the classroom which I really enjoy. Today I taught a Reading and a Math lesson. Both went well and I can't wait to go back again tomorrow and for the rest of the two week period!
It is so different being with the kids all week. I feel like I have so much more of a major role in the classroom. Mrs. Ober has been really great about giving me a lot of responsibility and teaching time. It's been such a great learning experience. I have gotten so much more comfortable and confident with the class and I feel like they truly look at me as a teacher now! It's so exciting =) My favorite thing to do with the kids is calendar ... it's like the only thing that's not scripted and they sing really cute songs =) I'm finally starting to get better at teaching math too so that is exciting!
Today, I went with my homeroom class to science. Since they use FOSS, I was excited to see the lesson being taught. They were working on mixtures and solutions, and I thought it was a lot of fun to see them work through everything. They were all so excited when working with the materials. My coop is also going to have me teach a health lesson. Now that we finally got back into a normal schedule after PSSAs they started the health unit. This week has been great because I am seeing a lot more than math and reading being taught!
ReplyDeleteToday was a great day at placemetn, besides PSSA's..ughhh. I was observed today as well. This week I am teaching an entire reading unit on a folktale that is included in the basal that the students use. So far it has been going well. Yesterday I covered the vocabulary and some background information about the story. Today we learned about why we read folktales, what rulers do, reviewed vocabulary, and read the story.I am excited for the remaining 2 weeks! I can't wait. We had picture day yesterday. We have an Earth Day assembly on Thursday and the Spring Musical on Friday!!! It's just so exciting!!! I have noticed that I am feeling more comfortable when I am teaching as well which makes me excited because I know that it will just keep coming naturally to me!
ReplyDeleteThe past two days have gone really well! I am definitely feeling much more comfortable with my role in the classroom as well as when I am teaching. Ive been given more responsbility in the classroom which feels great and the kids have been responding really well to seeing me all the time which is a releif. I also am enjoying seeing how the days play out with all the "teacher" things that I didnt see on Thursdays as in team meetings, getting things ready for the whole week, etc. And now I can say that I understand why taking two minutes to something as simple as lining up is so frustrating!
ReplyDeleteOn the plus side, I am desiging, teaching, and carrying out a social studies project on different countries!!!
My week has been going well, and has been flying by! I am really enjoying being able to see my students on a regular basis.
ReplyDeleteI have been teaching at least one lesson or more a day, and they have been going well. Most of the time my teacher will tell me that I am teaching a minute or two before it actually happens, but the lessons have been going well (they have been literacy/grammar lessons).
Tomorrow I am going to be observed by my supervisor and I will be teaching my first math lesson on pennies and nickels. I am hopeful that what I have planned will go smoothly.
Today I was able to sit in on a meeting with my teacher, the principal, and another staff member (I forget who she was!) about a student in my class who has had "behavior" issues since the beginning of the school year. By behavior issues I mean that she is unable to sit still, follow directions, or keep her hands (and legs) to herself. They were talking about implementing an FBA and a different reward/punishment system for her. I hope that these changes go into place while I am still there so I can see specifically what changes have been made to her daily routine.
I am loving my time at my field placement this week! It has been exciting to be with my students and they have been exciting to have me in the classroom. My co-op has given me different responibilities in the classroom. Today, the students were doing benchmark assessments and when they finished, my co-op asked me to design a new seating chart. She liked what I presented and how I arranged the students and tomorrow we will be changing seats to see how it works out! I have taught a math lesson the past two days as well as worked with guided reading groups. There was a substitute today for the afternoon class, and my co-op told the sub. to let me take the lead. It felt good to be in charge of the class and I am getting more comfortable with them and teaching!
ReplyDeleteTomorrow I am being observed and teaching a literacy lesson. I am ready a book that I have selected, one not from a basel, so I am excited! I hope it goes well tomorrow and the rest of the week!
I have really been enjoying my full time experience so far! Each day that I teach a lesson, I become more and more comfortable. Yesterday, I taught a literacy lesson on questioning. I used the Fact/Question/Response strategy from the Strategies That Work book. It was really great to get to use a strategy that we practiced during our presentations in Reading. I also taught a Social Studies lesson, which had to do with citizenship! We talked about what it means to be an effective citizen! Today, I taught another literacy lesson on summarizing. The lessons went together, so it was nice to see how lessons flow one into the next. Being in the classroom everyday is helpful to see the whole routine of the class. I have enjoyed getting to try out different activities that we learned in class. Mr. Keefer is very open to what I want to try, which is really nice. I have been enjoying every minute of my time in the class!
ReplyDeleteThe last two days have been filled with several firsts and many encouraging moments. I will begin with the “firsts”. Yesterday, I administered a test to the entire class. It was actually the first time I witnessed the entire class taking a test at the same time. I also had “real” teacher homework like, grading and recording tests, making math charts, and preparing a grade book with names and numbers. I was happy to do extra work because I felt like I was contributing to the classroom. I honestly felt like a real teacher!
ReplyDeleteBecause of the additional time in the classroom, I feel my confidence developing each day. I have been put in charge of more classroom activities and I am making more plans. I am enjoying watching lessons carry over from one day to the next, and I am learning how to balance and develop a unit.
Though I still make rookie mistakes like, allowing too much noise in the halls when going to a special, I am learning that even teachers with some experience make the same mistakes. I am also comforted in knowing that I am not the only one who still asks hundreds of questions. While eating lunch, some of the younger teachers were discussing their plans for completing reading assessments. They were asking veteran teachers for advice about how and when to give the assessments and which subjects would be best to put on hold until the testing concludes. I guess teaching is a learning process for everyone.
My field placement this week has been going very well! Each day, I am given more and more responsibility by Mrs. Kauffman. Today, she was away on a field trip, and I was to teach all of reading. It went well! The students listened, and responded well to me. My class can be very talkative and active, and I've begun using methods such as clapping to gain their attention back to me. In being there everyday, Ive had the opportunity to begin teaching a story and follow it through in the entire week. It's nice to see it through and understand what is going on!
ReplyDeleteMy full-time has been going well so far, although it is stressful! The past two days I have come in and my teacher has asked me to make a lesson for the day without having any prior warning or knowledge of materials. Although this is a little difficult, it has taught me to think on my feet and use my creativity quickly! Today I got to administer the science PSSA’s, which was pretty neat. Tomorrow we have a half day and I get to help score their district writing assessments. Thursday and Friday we have field trips, so I’m pretty excited about that as well!
ReplyDeleteI’ve currently been teaching a unit on the Middle Colonies and for my assessment tomorrow, the students are doing a RAFT assignment in which they will pretend to be a settler of the Middle Colonies and they will have to write back to their families at home, using facts to persuade them to come, too. The students really like having social studies back in the curriculum and seem to have really enjoyed my lessons so far. I’m going to continue teaching social studies and pick up reading every day, as well. Each day I feel more confident because I am given more responsibilities and am being treated like a real teacher!
So far so good. I'm enjoying myself at field placement, but I'm still not used to the schedule. I found myself being very exhausted today. I'm hoping waking up tomorrow and my energy throughout the week will improve.
ReplyDeleteYesterday, I did a math lesson plan in Math on the median on a set of data and I've been really involved in the classroom helping the students a teacher throughout the day. The students took the science PSSAs and they are taking them again tomorrow, so the mornings consist of mainly that. I observed a Social Studies project the students are doing in groups yesterday and will be presenting later in the week. I've definitely been seeing more hands-on lessons at the end of the semester at my placement, which is neat to observe and learn about. Even the scripted math lesson plan on geometric shapes had the students creating their own 3D shapes out of paper today. I'm looking forward to the rest of the week and next week to continue getting more experience in the classroom!
So far things have been really good at placement! I'm definitely exhausted and incredibly busy planning and figuring out everything for every day but the chance to teach 2 subjects every day is so great. I'm so glad my co-op is so organized. She keeps me sane. She helped me plan ahead so I knew what I would be doing during this placement. I teach Social Studies every day and Reading (including a vocab activity and a skill activity) every day. It's great. The kids are definitely different from Monday to Thursday but the level of hyper-activity is definitely going down as the week continues which I'm thankful for. I'm nervous because tomorrow AND Friday I am going with them on Field Trips. 24 fourth graders...on a dairy farm tomorrow. It will be an adventure...
ReplyDeleteThings have been great... definitely exhausting but getting easier each day as my sleep schedule becomes for routine.
ReplyDeleteI've just been doing a bunch of the morning routines, checking homework, going over the schedule, reading the morning story,and doing literacy work. I'm really enjoying being able to see the constant growth from day to day, as well as experiencing some frustration as students struggle with work (mostly due to their lack of focus... which is absolutely terrible- I've come very close to yelling at them! We are going to try working in a conference room tomorrow to minimize distractions since we have been working out in the hall.)
Right now we're not doing any social studies... we're still doing science and about to begin a unit on earthworms... joy....
These first few days of the week have been exhilarating and tiring. Mrs. Funck's been handing more responsibilities over to me. Monday I was in charge of lining them up for special, lunch and social studies and I have to go get them and bring them back as well. It really makes you conscious of the schedule when you actually have to go get the kids. By the end of the day yesterday, my students already knew my expectations for the hall and my blobs in line were gone! (I don't take blobs into the hall.) Tuesday, today and tomorrow I've been/will be teaching math and it's been an experience to finally see how all these lessons flow together. I've also been working with one of our reading groups as we prepare for a play we'll be presenting may 10th.
ReplyDeleteI love seeing the students day in an day out, and how nuances such as having music instead of gym really effect them and their behavior. I also was able to sit in on an IEP meeting yesterday which was incredibly enlightening (they do them just like we talked about in Sp.Ed. block!) and I had a faculty meeting this morning. It's nice to get a real taste of what a full week entails as a teacher (and all the planning that goes into it)
Things have been going really well so far. I will admit that it has been pretty difficult waking up really early in the morning but I can feel my body gradually adjusting to this new routine. Inside the classroom I have been having a blast. It is truly a pleasure getting to see the kids everyday rather than once a week. I get to see how all of the lessons flow throughout the week and also get to play a part in the planning of the lessons each day. This week I have been doing phonemic awareness lessons with the letter U and I got my second observation out of the way so I feel a little more relaxed in the classroom. I have noticed that I feel more and more confident every lesson that I teach. Although I am a little nervous because my co-op recently told me that she may be going on medical leave at the end of the week. So I am not really sure how things will work next week but I am sure it will be just another challenge that will make me stronger as an educator. Saying that, it has been a great experience so far and I am excited to see what each new day has to offer.
ReplyDeleteToday I taught a lesson in science. The topic was erosion and that was one of the topics I had for my FOSS lessons. My co-op also gave me a handout of a simple lesson plan to help to plan out my own. Since I already had so many resources and I knew this subject area pretty well, I was feeling comfortable about planning and teaching my lesson. The hands-on part of my lesson I was not worried about and it ended up going very well. I made sure to give students complete directions and my co-op and I did not allow any bad behavior since we were outside. The students listened to all of the instructions and waited patiently for each group to do their part in the experiment.
ReplyDeleteWhen we went back to the room, I had the students share what they wrote down for predictions and observations. Then I introduced the word erosion, weathering and transport. Instead of only introducing these concepts, I went more in-depth into what they meant. After the lesson, my co-op and I discussed my lesson. We both agreed that I went too much into what the concepts meant because I started to lose them after a while. It would have been better to introduce the concepts and give brief definitions of them and then move onto the next thing. Also I need to work on managing my time. I went over into the math time but my co-op allowed me to do this. For my next lesson though, I am going to plan my lesson out based on time. A major reason why time is important is because students cannot focus on one subject area for too long. They need to move onto the next thing to keep their attention. The two major things from my lesson that I need to improve on are to keep the content at the students’ level and to make my lesson’s shorter.
I have noticed an influx of bullying going on at my school. So much that when students go to special or a different class, at least one student has come back crying each day. I realized that my cooperating teacher was oblivious to what was going on. I realize it is much easier for me to focus on the students while my cooperating teacher is teaching. I started keeping track of the comments I heard. However, after discussing it with my teacher, we both started keeping track of things today when 4 girls came into school crying because of bullying. We took time during reading to address the issues. I decided to have students two paragraphs, one about "whats bugging them" and the other about "how bullying makes them feel and how can you prevent it" I only expected two paragraphs. However, some students were so heated that they wrote 8 pages of tablet paper about what is going on in the classroom. They wrote about how sad they were that they were not able to go on 2 field trips this year, how some students in their class are alwawys bringing them down, specific events going on etc. Some of the things they wrote were so disturbing that my teacher had no choice but to copy them and show them to the principal. I hope in the coming week that the students can better understand how bullying truly effects themselves and others.
ReplyDeleteI'm having a great time so far! It's awesome seeing the kids everyday and having so much responsibility. I've pretty much taken over all of the teaching, except for math, which I share with my co-op and it's going really well so far! I taught Reading Skills today for the first time by myself. The small Reading Skills groups focus on phonology which is really hard! I never did this much phonics work at such a young age. I had to really study the material to be able to teach it today. Today was also 2nd grade lunch dates with parents so I got to meet some of the parents of my kids which was really great. We also watched The Magic School Bus. Overall a good day!
ReplyDeleteI'm having a great time being here all week! I love getting a really feeling for the classroom and my students instead of just seeing them one day a week. Mrs. Doane is also giving me more and more responsibility in the classroom which I really enjoy. Today I taught a Reading and a Math lesson. Both went well and I can't wait to go back again tomorrow and for the rest of the two week period!
ReplyDeleteIt is so different being with the kids all week. I feel like I have so much more of a major role in the classroom. Mrs. Ober has been really great about giving me a lot of responsibility and teaching time. It's been such a great learning experience. I have gotten so much more comfortable and confident with the class and I feel like they truly look at me as a teacher now! It's so exciting =) My favorite thing to do with the kids is calendar ... it's like the only thing that's not scripted and they sing really cute songs =) I'm finally starting to get better at teaching math too so that is exciting!
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