Today in class, the students got to work on Thanksgiving activities. After Morning Meeting, Mrs. Catoe passed out a worksheet that had the letters in the word Thanksgiving on it. The students got to cut out all of the letters and try to make as many new words as possible. While they did this, I got to work on a re-test for a student. His name is Matthew and I think he has an IEP. I had to read him a whole test, so I guess he has to have oral accommodations frequently. When I was done with that, I walked around and helped with the students’ spelling. They did very well. The last thing we did was read a book. I cannot remember what the title was, but it was a Thanksgiving book. The students really enjoyed it. I am kind of nervous to teach tomorrow because Mrs. Sutusky will be observing me. At the same time, I am so excited!
Today was a good day. Mrs. Mathis let the kids take the time in the class to make up any work they were missing. I thought this was awesome because they got the entire class to work on work. Some students really took advantage of this, and finished any work they needed to make up. I love students like this. Other students (who needed to make up atleast 4 assignments), didn't even do one. They are huge slackers and I don't understand. I got so mad because Mrs. Mathis is giving them every opportunity to make a great grade. There was this one kid who literally asked me to help him on every question. This bothered me, because I didn't know if he was doing that to take advantage of me helping him, or he really didn't know. Either way I helped him. I felt bad because he didn't know how to do it really. Overall the class caught up on a lot of work, and it made me and Mrs. Mathis really happy. Then as the class was leaving, I asked this girl to pick up the markers she left on the floor, and she slammed her book down and had a huge attitude. I know I am not a teacher, but I feel like I deserve respect. I talked to Mrs. Mathis about it, and she talked to the girl about it. The girl lied right to her face. I couldn't really do anything because I am not a teacher, but if I were a teacher, I would have a zero tolerance for attitude. It really got under my skin how she acted towards me.
Today my placement was very enjoyable. We only have two days of school this week because of thanksgiving break. Therefore, we aren’t doing a new lesson at my placement. We are going back to graphs, and will be doing that for the next two days. I will be teaching tomorrows class, on graphs. We started the class by giving back tests, writing down homework, and giving out classwork. The students jumped right on the graphs, and understood it well. To me this week is more of a break to them than anything. I enjoyed both classes I saw today. The test I passed out were not the best in the world from last week’s lesson. This still greatly concerns me. I hope the students are able to comprehend the future lessons more efficiently.
Today was a slow day at placement. The students took their South Carolina Facts quiz at the beginning of class. Mr. Leininger does not want to start any new material this week, so the students read a chapter in Woods Runner after they completed their quiz. The students popcorn read until they finished one chapter of the book. Once they finished the chapter, they filled out their guiding reading sheet. The goal is to finish the book by next week so Mrs. Kahler can do activities with it in her class with the students. Once the students finished filling out their guiding reading sheets and discussing the book with Mr. Leininger, it was time for them to change classes. The only exciting thing that happened today at my placement was picking my day for my two lessons that I will teach. I have decided to teach the Kansas-Nebraska Act and the Dred Scott decision next month. I am so excited to get to come up with a fun, creative way to teach these lessons to the students.
Today was all right. Mrs. Barrett’s husband got sick and she had to go take care of him so Mrs. Gandy and I were alone today. Two of the boys in my class were late. Their parents had just brought them late. The Kindergarten class today started off by drawing a picture of what they did this weekend. When it was time to start class, Mrs. Gandy called all the kids over to the corner with the rug. She got them all to sit in a circle so we could all see each other. It’s really interesting to see what the most important part of their weekends were. One girl said “I played outside then my mama called me in for supper.” It struck me as odd that she found that one particular moment her whole weekend. They even talked about their “Elf on a Shelf” and how one girl found hers already. After they shared they danced to a song and sat down and she read a book that’s title I can’t remember. It was about some turkeys going to grandmas for Thanksgiving. The words were those of “Over the river and through the woods, to grandmother’s house we go.” The turkeys ran into complications when a hunter and his dog go after them. In a strange twist of events all the animals have Thanksgiving dinner together. After the story, Mrs. Gandy told all the kids to draw their favorite part of the story in their journals. I had to leave while they were doing that. It was an okay day but I hope Mrs. Barrett’s husband is okay.
Today during Mrs. Masons class we started off with morning reading. Once everyone had settled in and had been reading for a little while she began sending kids to the computer lab to take their AR tests. I was in the computer lab helping the kids until all of them had taken their AR tests and their scores were recorded. We then walked back to Mrs. Masons room where the kids were seated and told to read quietly for a little longer. I read with a couple of the students in this time we had. Then Mrs. Mason started giving some of the students stuff to hand out. They were about to play a word game. They were given a red strip of paper, and individual letters and a plate. Mrs. Mason then explained how the game worked. When she would call out a word the kids had to spell out the word using their letters on the red strip of paper. Mrs. Mason would then call on a student and if it was right she would write the word on the board and have the students who missed the word change it to the right word. I walked around the classroom and helped some of the kids who were having trouble arranging their letters. Mrs. Mason called out multiple words for the kids to spell. One kid came in late and I had to give him all the required supplies. Mrs. Mason then asked the kids to spell a special word using all the letters which ended up being Thanksgiving. I then had to leave once the game was over. - Christian
Today was a slow day. Partly because everyone is ready for vacation and partly because I had nothing to do. They started with their morning work, as they normally would do. Then, they went to the restrooms and got water. Today was the first day I actually got to do something alone with the class as the instructor. Hall time is when they normally get bucks from teachers to spend on Friday. I enjoy watching who always behaves well in the hallway, which is most of them. They had reading time and one student gets to read and then the teacher reads. Sometimes she lets me fill in for her. She can always tell when students have not practiced a book the night before. During their trip to the library, it was time for me to leave.
Today when I arrived to my placement the class was working on some math problems. I sat there and watched them for a little while. Mrs. McFarland was busy with some things, so I took the class to the bathroom. When I returned, Mrs. McFarland asked me to read to the class. I read them three books. I started to stutter every now and then. This was really embarrassing, I felt sorry for the kids because they had to hear me read. When I was finished Mrs. McFarland told the class to go back to their desk and pull their science books out. While they sat there and read, I put their homework packets together. When I was finished it was time for me to leave. I hope tomorrow is better than today! Luckily I get to teach tomorrow. I’m excited but also nervous.
Today was my best day so far by a margin that is so large, it is ridiculous. In both my classes the grades were having a fund raising basketball game, which consisted of teams of kids who have donated competition against each other. When I first got there, my eyes lit up because these kids were “balling”, even though you had the occasional ball hog. I didn’t do much but watch during my time with the seventh graders. But once I got back, I was put in charge of officiating the basketball games. Now I have never been a referee before and I was very nervous, but I eventually got the hang of it. Some of my calls the kids didn’t like, but sometimes you have to fair instead of popular. Some of the games were a little lopsided, because you had more athletes on one side than you did on the other side. But all the games were very competitive and the girls even showed up the boys, one girl even ripped the ball from a boy. I have never before felt like so many kids look up to me, but that is one of the things I absolutely love about Teacher Cadet.
One bad thing about being a PE teacher is the fact that the usual PE attire isn’t the warmest of clothing. Today has definitely been the coldest of the school year; when I left my house it was nineteen degrees. When I made it to class I greeted the students as they came in then read the fifteen minutes for SSR. Today was supposed to be a reproductive health day, but since Coach Lowder wasn’t at school today the students weren’t able to go. The students who had clothes to dress out in went to get dressed out, while the others had to walk around the gym or work on homework for other classes. When the students came out of the locker room they got in five lines and did their daily stretches and finished with the normal fifteen push-ups and sit-ups. Once they were stretched out they were allowed to play basketball, volleyball, or throw the football. I played basketball with some of the students for the rest of class.
Today was a good Monday! Everyone was so excited for break and the kids were really hyper. I went down to the cafeteria when I got there to help Mrs. Joyner with breakfast duty. When they got done with breakfast we went back to the classroom and did the morning work. I walked around and helped the children with their morning work. Then Mrs. Joyner went over their work and did the morning meeting. While they did the morning meeting I checked their reading logs to make sure they did them. After that, since it was Monday they went to the library. While they were in the library I talked to Mrs. Joyner about my lesson plans for next week and I helped her staple papers. When the kids came back it was time for me to go. So I told them goodbye and left.
At the beginning of the class, each student moved their desks into a circle and we continued the analysis of “Black Cat”. This was also a great discussion and I learned so much from the groups. As each student talked about their annotations, as Mrs. Kahler took notes on the points that they were making. I’m continually impressed at how Mrs. Kahler can pull information out of each of her students. If they did not have enough information or did not phrase it in a way that made sense, Mrs. Kahler helped them work through it until they came up with the right answers. I also think that this technique will help the students remember what they were discussing because they had to think about it on a deeper level.
Today in class, the students got to work on Thanksgiving activities. After Morning Meeting, Mrs. Catoe passed out a worksheet that had the letters in the word Thanksgiving on it. The students got to cut out all of the letters and try to make as many new words as possible. While they did this, I got to work on a re-test for a student. His name is Matthew and I think he has an IEP. I had to read him a whole test, so I guess he has to have oral accommodations frequently. When I was done with that, I walked around and helped with the students’ spelling. They did very well. The last thing we did was read a book. I cannot remember what the title was, but it was a Thanksgiving book. The students really enjoyed it. I am kind of nervous to teach tomorrow because Mrs. Sutusky will be observing me. At the same time, I am so excited!
ReplyDeleteToday was a good day. Mrs. Mathis let the kids take the time in the class to make up any work they were missing. I thought this was awesome because they got the entire class to work on work. Some students really took advantage of this, and finished any work they needed to make up. I love students like this. Other students (who needed to make up atleast 4 assignments), didn't even do one. They are huge slackers and I don't understand. I got so mad because Mrs. Mathis is giving them every opportunity to make a great grade. There was this one kid who literally asked me to help him on every question. This bothered me, because I didn't know if he was doing that to take advantage of me helping him, or he really didn't know. Either way I helped him. I felt bad because he didn't know how to do it really. Overall the class caught up on a lot of work, and it made me and Mrs. Mathis really happy. Then as the class was leaving, I asked this girl to pick up the markers she left on the floor, and she slammed her book down and had a huge attitude. I know I am not a teacher, but I feel like I deserve respect. I talked to Mrs. Mathis about it, and she talked to the girl about it. The girl lied right to her face. I couldn't really do anything because I am not a teacher, but if I were a teacher, I would have a zero tolerance for attitude. It really got under my skin how she acted towards me.
ReplyDeleteToday my placement was very enjoyable. We only have two days of school this week because of thanksgiving break. Therefore, we aren’t doing a new lesson at my placement. We are going back to graphs, and will be doing that for the next two days. I will be teaching tomorrows class, on graphs. We started the class by giving back tests, writing down homework, and giving out classwork. The students jumped right on the graphs, and understood it well. To me this week is more of a break to them than anything. I enjoyed both classes I saw today. The test I passed out were not the best in the world from last week’s lesson. This still greatly concerns me. I hope the students are able to comprehend the future lessons more efficiently.
ReplyDeleteToday was a slow day at placement. The students took their South Carolina Facts quiz at the beginning of class. Mr. Leininger does not want to start any new material this week, so the students read a chapter in Woods Runner after they completed their quiz. The students popcorn read until they finished one chapter of the book. Once they finished the chapter, they filled out their guiding reading sheet. The goal is to finish the book by next week so Mrs. Kahler can do activities with it in her class with the students. Once the students finished filling out their guiding reading sheets and discussing the book with Mr. Leininger, it was time for them to change classes. The only exciting thing that happened today at my placement was picking my day for my two lessons that I will teach. I have decided to teach the Kansas-Nebraska Act and the Dred Scott decision next month. I am so excited to get to come up with a fun, creative way to teach these lessons to the students.
ReplyDeleteToday was all right. Mrs. Barrett’s husband got sick and she had to go take care of him so Mrs. Gandy and I were alone today. Two of the boys in my class were late. Their parents had just brought them late. The Kindergarten class today started off by drawing a picture of what they did this weekend. When it was time to start class, Mrs. Gandy called all the kids over to the corner with the rug. She got them all to sit in a circle so we could all see each other. It’s really interesting to see what the most important part of their weekends were. One girl said “I played outside then my mama called me in for supper.” It struck me as odd that she found that one particular moment her whole weekend. They even talked about their “Elf on a Shelf” and how one girl found hers already. After they shared they danced to a song and sat down and she read a book that’s title I can’t remember. It was about some turkeys going to grandmas for Thanksgiving. The words were those of “Over the river and through the woods, to grandmother’s house we go.” The turkeys ran into complications when a hunter and his dog go after them. In a strange twist of events all the animals have Thanksgiving dinner together. After the story, Mrs. Gandy told all the kids to draw their favorite part of the story in their journals. I had to leave while they were doing that. It was an okay day but I hope Mrs. Barrett’s husband is okay.
ReplyDeleteToday during Mrs. Masons class we started off with morning reading. Once everyone had settled in and had been reading for a little while she began sending kids to the computer lab to take their AR tests. I was in the computer lab helping the kids until all of them had taken their AR tests and their scores were recorded. We then walked back to Mrs. Masons room where the kids were seated and told to read quietly for a little longer. I read with a couple of the students in this time we had. Then Mrs. Mason started giving some of the students stuff to hand out. They were about to play a word game. They were given a red strip of paper, and individual letters and a plate. Mrs. Mason then explained how the game worked. When she would call out a word the kids had to spell out the word using their letters on the red strip of paper. Mrs. Mason would then call on a student and if it was right she would write the word on the board and have the students who missed the word change it to the right word. I walked around the classroom and helped some of the kids who were having trouble arranging their letters. Mrs. Mason called out multiple words for the kids to spell. One kid came in late and I had to give him all the required supplies. Mrs. Mason then asked the kids to spell a special word using all the letters which ended up being Thanksgiving. I then had to leave once the game was over. - Christian
ReplyDeleteToday was a slow day. Partly because everyone is ready for vacation and partly because I had nothing to do. They started with their morning work, as they normally would do. Then, they went to the restrooms and got water. Today was the first day I actually got to do something alone with the class as the instructor. Hall time is when they normally get bucks from teachers to spend on Friday. I enjoy watching who always behaves well in the hallway, which is most of them. They had reading time and one student gets to read and then the teacher reads. Sometimes she lets me fill in for her. She can always tell when students have not practiced a book the night before. During their trip to the library, it was time for me to leave.
ReplyDeleteToday when I arrived to my placement the class was working on some math problems. I sat there and watched them for a little while. Mrs. McFarland was busy with some things, so I took the class to the bathroom. When I returned, Mrs. McFarland asked me to read to the class. I read them three books. I started to stutter every now and then. This was really embarrassing, I felt sorry for the kids because they had to hear me read. When I was finished Mrs. McFarland told the class to go back to their desk and pull their science books out. While they sat there and read, I put their homework packets together. When I was finished it was time for me to leave. I hope tomorrow is better than today! Luckily I get to teach tomorrow. I’m excited but also nervous.
ReplyDeleteToday was my best day so far by a margin that is so large, it is ridiculous. In both my classes the grades were having a fund raising basketball game, which consisted of teams of kids who have donated competition against each other. When I first got there, my eyes lit up because these kids were “balling”, even though you had the occasional ball hog. I didn’t do much but watch during my time with the seventh graders. But once I got back, I was put in charge of officiating the basketball games.
ReplyDeleteNow I have never been a referee before and I was very nervous, but I eventually got the hang of it. Some of my calls the kids didn’t like, but sometimes you have to fair instead of popular. Some of the games were a little lopsided, because you had more athletes on one side than you did on the other side. But all the games were very competitive and the girls even showed up the boys, one girl even ripped the ball from a boy. I have never before felt like so many kids look up to me, but that is one of the things I absolutely love about Teacher Cadet.
One bad thing about being a PE teacher is the fact that the usual PE attire isn’t the warmest of clothing. Today has definitely been the coldest of the school year; when I left my house it was nineteen degrees. When I made it to class I greeted the students as they came in then read the fifteen minutes for SSR. Today was supposed to be a reproductive health day, but since Coach Lowder wasn’t at school today the students weren’t able to go. The students who had clothes to dress out in went to get dressed out, while the others had to walk around the gym or work on homework for other classes. When the students came out of the locker room they got in five lines and did their daily stretches and finished with the normal fifteen push-ups and sit-ups. Once they were stretched out they were allowed to play basketball, volleyball, or throw the football. I played basketball with some of the students for the rest of class.
ReplyDeleteToday was a good Monday! Everyone was so excited for break and the kids were really hyper. I went down to the cafeteria when I got there to help Mrs. Joyner with breakfast duty. When they got done with breakfast we went back to the classroom and did the morning work. I walked around and helped the children with their morning work. Then Mrs. Joyner went over their work and did the morning meeting. While they did the morning meeting I checked their reading logs to make sure they did them. After that, since it was Monday they went to the library. While they were in the library I talked to Mrs. Joyner about my lesson plans for next week and I helped her staple papers. When the kids came back it was time for me to go. So I told them goodbye and left.
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At the beginning of the class, each student moved their desks into a circle and we continued the analysis of “Black Cat”. This was also a great discussion and I learned so much from the groups. As each student talked about their annotations, as Mrs. Kahler took notes on the points that they were making. I’m continually impressed at how Mrs. Kahler can pull information out of each of her students. If they did not have enough information or did not phrase it in a way that made sense, Mrs. Kahler helped them work through it until they came up with the right answers. I also think that this technique will help the students remember what they were discussing because they had to think about it on a deeper level.
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