Today I got to grade some more papers. The students did a warm up that I was able to help them with. It was a pretty easy lesson, and a lot of the students already knew how to do the problems. After they finished their warm up, I graded them and most of the students got a hundred. They then started to go over the test they took last week. The students really got to see what they did wrong, and hopefully will be able to fix it by the next test. After they went over there test, they began to go over a new lesson. It was pretty simple too. It was about functions. It seems like the students pretty much understood the lesson which makes me happy. I didn’t have to help them as much, but I was there just in case. Then after that class left, I took up the next class’s homework and checked off who did it or not. That class is good, and they almost always do everything.
During Mrs. Mason’s class today it was library day, but before the kids had to go we took our AR tests. I read with a couple of time in the little bit of time we had before we had to go to the library. Once everyone had finished and their scores were recorded we went as a group to the library. The librarian sent the kids by groups to check out books. The kids that were called turned in any books they had and then checked out any they wanted. Once all the kids were finished picking out books the librarian started reading to them. All the kids were to pay attention and sit quietly until she was finished. Once they were finished reading the part of the book they had too they were allowed to read quietly until we had to go back to Mrs. Masons. Once I got back to Mrs. Mason the kids were getting ready to do their math for the day which was adding four numbers so the kids got their boxes out and were prepared to work, but by then it was time for me to go. - Christian
Today was a great day! As usual, the kids had smiles on their faces when I walked in. They greeted me by telling me good morning and continued with their morning work. I enjoy walking around to watch each student complete their morning work. Sometimes there are things I have to rethink about to figure out what some of their instructions are. It makes me laugh because my vocabulary skills are very low compared to theirs and they are in the second grade. When Ms. Pigg reviews terms with them, I hear new terms that I was not taught at that level. I find it neat that even I can learn new things by sitting in a second grade classroom for an hour and thirty minutes each morning. My Popsicle idea for birthdays this week was shot this morning when the Popsicles were not completely frozen when I woke up, so I plan to have them tomorrow. We sang happy birthday to Olivia. For reading time tomorrow I get to read them a book. I’m excited about that. I think I could be a good elementary teacher, but I’m just not interested in doing that every day. When I left them today, they were starting a math test. I wish I could stay longer one day just to experience more than morning work and reading time.
Today was my first day back in Mrs. Catoe’s class and I was SO glad to be back. I missed my kids so much and I am not a big fan of middle school students. Today the students began working on their class book. They all get to write a page and draw a page for the book! The book will be called “The Best Place to Be.” They each chose their favorite place in the world and wrote about five sentences on it. Mrs. Catoe and I walked around the classroom to help the students spell words correctly and use proper syntax. Their stories were so cute and sweet! I mostly enjoyed the fact that the students are comfortable enough with me to ask me for help. Mrs. Catoe and I also discussed more about my lesson. I plan to do the Morning Meeting calendar one morning next week. I am so nervous and excited at the same time!
After checking homework first thing today in my placement, I realized students are beginning to become slack. This surprised me considering how strict the teachers have become on disciplining. The homework was a simple, fun graph. This is something I expected to have nearly all students complete. I realized quickly that wasn’t the case. The classwork and homework was also a graph today. The students expressed their knowledge more effectively today on the graphs. They didn’t seem to have many problems at all. However, the one individual who didn’t put forth any effort yesterday, had the same outlook today. I tried to help them once again. The most frustrating thing is knowing that they can do it, they just refuse to try. Even when I would try to elaborate, it felt as if they understood nothing. Even with the teachers help this one person, still seemed lost. Mrs. Smith has seen their work, and knows the problem is not in her teaching. I hope something gives, and they actually try to do their part. - Ben
Today in my placement was exciting. When I arrived I saw a stack of papers on the table where I sit. I asked Mrs. McFarland if she wanted them stapled and she said yes, along with an even bigger stack. When I finished putting them all together, I decided to talk to Mrs. McFarland about teaching. We agreed on a day and she told me she would get the standards for me. I then took the class to the restroom. Luckily today, the class had their act together and behaved very well in the hallway. When we went back to the classroom, Mrs. McFarland was busy so she asked me if I could read to the class. I picked out three books about fall and read them to the class. I love reading books to the class when they know majority of the story so they read along with me! When I finished reading the books to them they knew I had to leave and they all said their goodbyes. Seeing their sad faces as I left makes me want to speed the clock so tomorrow can hurry up and come. I absolutely love these kids!
I started class by going over the South Carolina Facts with the students. I love getting to discuss the facts with them and relate it what I know they are going to have learn in high school. The students are always interested to learn about what to expect at the high school. They also love interacting with me about the facts. It is like I get to teach them mini-lessons every day. After they finished copying their facts down, Mr. Leininger moved on to the notes. The students are still discussing the War of 1812 and the Era of Good Feelings that followed it. Once the students finished their notes, Mr. Leininger played a vocabulary game with them. He sent two students up the board. He then put up a definition on the smart board with the vocabulary word scrambled. The student who could write the word the fastest, and have it spelled correctly, won the “match”. The students got really into this. One girl went undefeated most of the game until the very last word when another girl beat her. It was fun to see the students get so excited and competitive about learning. Once they finished their game, it was time for them to switch classes. When the second class came in, I went over the South Carolina Facts with them before I left. I love getting to discuss the facts with them as well because that set of students always has different opinions and stuff to over to the discussion than first period. I tend to always learn something new from my students or my placement class every day and I love that!
Today we started our day with fifteen minutes of SSR then we took the attendance. Mrs. Holley then told the class that they were going to begin a basketball unit today. After the students dressed out, they took warm-up laps around the gym for five minutes and went into their stretches. Once, they completed their stretching they lined up on the baseline and Mrs. Holley and I explained the importance and mechanics of dribbling a basketball. She went through step by step on how to dribble and what not to avoid when playing in a game. After she was finished explaining, the class divided up in about five groups and practiced dribbling while jogging, trying to keep their eyes forward. Most students were doing it well but others seemed to struggle the first couple of attempts. Then she explained the B.E.E.F. method and the proper fundamentals of shooting and let the students practice them in groups.
Today was sort of chaotic! The children had a substitute today and it was much harder than I thought it would be to work around things. When they entered I took the responsibility of making sure that they got their lunch chosen. The sub asked me questions on what certain things meant and I helped her out as much as possible. I checked all the children’s homework and gave them their ram bucks if they did it. I also took the responsibility of taking names of the students who didn’t do their reading because Mrs. Joyner usually does that. After that they did their morning meeting and it didn’t go as smooth as it normally does, but it still went pretty well. The kids were also extra rowdy today than they normally are, but it was only because they had a sub and thought they could get away with a lot more. But they soon realized they couldn’t and they calmed down before silent reading time. During silent reading time I walked around and rewarded the kids who were staying on task and were doing their absolute best, so I gave them ram bucks. After this it was time for me to go and I left hoping that they would be good the rest of the day.
Today I went to class and took attendance. The students then watched Channel One News. After that, Mrs. Peake gave them work sheets on past, present, future tense. She did this because on their rubric for the book club she is very specific on what tense she wants to papers written in. She make sure the students understood how to write in these tenses and what she meant by it. She also gave them a work sheet on sentence structure. She wants their sentence structure to vary and not be boring or redundant in their papers. Before they got to work on those work sheets, they had to finish their summary sheets I taught my lesson on. I had to give a mini lesson on summaries to a few student who missed. I felt like I was overwhelming them with so much information in such a short time, but they said it all made sense. It was a very laid back day; the students mainly worked on their own. I just walked around and answered questions.
As we all saw either on their way to school or at home, it snowed last night. Not only was their snow on the ground, Mrs. Gandy brought the ducklings to school. Needless to say it was a very excited kindergarten classroom. I walked in and she had one duckling out and was showing him to the class. The children were nothing less than amazed. I guess that’s the first time they are around a new life like that and completely aware of what’s going on. Then after she put the ducks back in their cage, she told the kids that they were going outside to play in the snow. The kids let out a scream of excitement and lined up to go outside. They played and I got some good pictures. After they came back in and went to their groups I got my usual group and they did very well for me. It was a great day.
In my placement this morning, Mrs. Kahler and I tag-teamed teaching the new vocabulary to the eighth graders. The new unit is focused around words found in Edgar Allan Poe’s “Tell Tale Heart”. I thoroughly enjoyed helping out and I learned so much about how to present new vocabulary in an interesting way. Mrs. Kahler and I came up with fun ways to help the students remember the definitions of these words. She even told me that she was going to use my ideas in the rest of her classes. I am super excited that I was able to come up with good ideas! I was also able to learn from my mistakes the last time I taught. I feel as though I tried to connect with the students much more during this lesson. I asked more questions and included the students.
Today I got to grade some more papers. The students did a warm up that I was able to help them with. It was a pretty easy lesson, and a lot of the students already knew how to do the problems. After they finished their warm up, I graded them and most of the students got a hundred. They then started to go over the test they took last week. The students really got to see what they did wrong, and hopefully will be able to fix it by the next test. After they went over there test, they began to go over a new lesson. It was pretty simple too. It was about functions. It seems like the students pretty much understood the lesson which makes me happy. I didn’t have to help them as much, but I was there just in case. Then after that class left, I took up the next class’s homework and checked off who did it or not. That class is good, and they almost always do everything.
ReplyDeleteDuring Mrs. Mason’s class today it was library day, but before the kids had to go we took our AR tests. I read with a couple of time in the little bit of time we had before we had to go to the library. Once everyone had finished and their scores were recorded we went as a group to the library. The librarian sent the kids by groups to check out books. The kids that were called turned in any books they had and then checked out any they wanted. Once all the kids were finished picking out books the librarian started reading to them. All the kids were to pay attention and sit quietly until she was finished. Once they were finished reading the part of the book they had too they were allowed to read quietly until we had to go back to Mrs. Masons. Once I got back to Mrs. Mason the kids were getting ready to do their math for the day which was adding four numbers so the kids got their boxes out and were prepared to work, but by then it was time for me to go. - Christian
ReplyDeleteToday was a great day! As usual, the kids had smiles on their faces when I walked in. They greeted me by telling me good morning and continued with their morning work. I enjoy walking around to watch each student complete their morning work. Sometimes there are things I have to rethink about to figure out what some of their instructions are. It makes me laugh because my vocabulary skills are very low compared to theirs and they are in the second grade. When Ms. Pigg reviews terms with them, I hear new terms that I was not taught at that level. I find it neat that even I can learn new things by sitting in a second grade classroom for an hour and thirty minutes each morning. My Popsicle idea for birthdays this week was shot this morning when the Popsicles were not completely frozen when I woke up, so I plan to have them tomorrow. We sang happy birthday to Olivia. For reading time tomorrow I get to read them a book. I’m excited about that. I think I could be a good elementary teacher, but I’m just not interested in doing that every day. When I left them today, they were starting a math test. I wish I could stay longer one day just to experience more than morning work and reading time.
ReplyDeleteToday was my first day back in Mrs. Catoe’s class and I was SO glad to be back. I missed my kids so much and I am not a big fan of middle school students. Today the students began working on their class book. They all get to write a page and draw a page for the book! The book will be called “The Best Place to Be.” They each chose their favorite place in the world and wrote about five sentences on it. Mrs. Catoe and I walked around the classroom to help the students spell words correctly and use proper syntax. Their stories were so cute and sweet! I mostly enjoyed the fact that the students are comfortable enough with me to ask me for help. Mrs. Catoe and I also discussed more about my lesson. I plan to do the Morning Meeting calendar one morning next week. I am so nervous and excited at the same time!
ReplyDeleteAfter checking homework first thing today in my placement, I realized students are beginning to become slack. This surprised me considering how strict the teachers have become on disciplining. The homework was a simple, fun graph. This is something I expected to have nearly all students complete. I realized quickly that wasn’t the case. The classwork and homework was also a graph today. The students expressed their knowledge more effectively today on the graphs. They didn’t seem to have many problems at all. However, the one individual who didn’t put forth any effort yesterday, had the same outlook today. I tried to help them once again. The most frustrating thing is knowing that they can do it, they just refuse to try. Even when I would try to elaborate, it felt as if they understood nothing. Even with the teachers help this one person, still seemed lost. Mrs. Smith has seen their work, and knows the problem is not in her teaching. I hope something gives, and they actually try to do their part. - Ben
ReplyDeleteToday in my placement was exciting. When I arrived I saw a stack of papers on the table where I sit. I asked Mrs. McFarland if she wanted them stapled and she said yes, along with an even bigger stack. When I finished putting them all together, I decided to talk to Mrs. McFarland about teaching. We agreed on a day and she told me she would get the standards for me. I then took the class to the restroom. Luckily today, the class had their act together and behaved very well in the hallway. When we went back to the classroom, Mrs. McFarland was busy so she asked me if I could read to the class. I picked out three books about fall and read them to the class. I love reading books to the class when they know majority of the story so they read along with me! When I finished reading the books to them they knew I had to leave and they all said their goodbyes. Seeing their sad faces as I left makes me want to speed the clock so tomorrow can hurry up and come. I absolutely love these kids!
ReplyDeleteI started class by going over the South Carolina Facts with the students. I love getting to discuss the facts with them and relate it what I know they are going to have learn in high school. The students are always interested to learn about what to expect at the high school. They also love interacting with me about the facts. It is like I get to teach them mini-lessons every day. After they finished copying their facts down, Mr. Leininger moved on to the notes. The students are still discussing the War of 1812 and the Era of Good Feelings that followed it. Once the students finished their notes, Mr. Leininger played a vocabulary game with them. He sent two students up the board. He then put up a definition on the smart board with the vocabulary word scrambled. The student who could write the word the fastest, and have it spelled correctly, won the “match”. The students got really into this. One girl went undefeated most of the game until the very last word when another girl beat her. It was fun to see the students get so excited and competitive about learning. Once they finished their game, it was time for them to switch classes. When the second class came in, I went over the South Carolina Facts with them before I left. I love getting to discuss the facts with them as well because that set of students always has different opinions and stuff to over to the discussion than first period. I tend to always learn something new from my students or my placement class every day and I love that!
ReplyDeleteToday we started our day with fifteen minutes of SSR then we took the attendance. Mrs. Holley then told the class that they were going to begin a basketball unit today. After the students dressed out, they took warm-up laps around the gym for five minutes and went into their stretches. Once, they completed their stretching they lined up on the baseline and Mrs. Holley and I explained the importance and mechanics of dribbling a basketball. She went through step by step on how to dribble and what not to avoid when playing in a game. After she was finished explaining, the class divided up in about five groups and practiced dribbling while jogging, trying to keep their eyes forward. Most students were doing it well but others seemed to struggle the first couple of attempts. Then she explained the B.E.E.F. method and the proper fundamentals of shooting and let the students practice them in groups.
ReplyDeleteToday was awards day so none of my classes had actually related arts because it was held in that time. I bet my coaches were very glad of that!
ReplyDeleteToday was sort of chaotic! The children had a substitute today and it was much harder than I thought it would be to work around things. When they entered I took the responsibility of making sure that they got their lunch chosen. The sub asked me questions on what certain things meant and I helped her out as much as possible. I checked all the children’s homework and gave them their ram bucks if they did it. I also took the responsibility of taking names of the students who didn’t do their reading because Mrs. Joyner usually does that. After that they did their morning meeting and it didn’t go as smooth as it normally does, but it still went pretty well. The kids were also extra rowdy today than they normally are, but it was only because they had a sub and thought they could get away with a lot more. But they soon realized they couldn’t and they calmed down before silent reading time. During silent reading time I walked around and rewarded the kids who were staying on task and were doing their absolute best, so I gave them ram bucks. After this it was time for me to go and I left hoping that they would be good the rest of the day.
ReplyDeleteToday I went to class and took attendance. The students then watched Channel One News. After that, Mrs. Peake gave them work sheets on past, present, future tense. She did this because on their rubric for the book club she is very specific on what tense she wants to papers written in. She make sure the students understood how to write in these tenses and what she meant by it. She also gave them a work sheet on sentence structure. She wants their sentence structure to vary and not be boring or redundant in their papers. Before they got to work on those work sheets, they had to finish their summary sheets I taught my lesson on. I had to give a mini lesson on summaries to a few student who missed. I felt like I was overwhelming them with so much information in such a short time, but they said it all made sense. It was a very laid back day; the students mainly worked on their own. I just walked around and answered questions.
ReplyDeleteAs we all saw either on their way to school or at home, it snowed last night. Not only was their snow on the ground, Mrs. Gandy brought the ducklings to school. Needless to say it was a very excited kindergarten classroom. I walked in and she had one duckling out and was showing him to the class. The children were nothing less than amazed. I guess that’s the first time they are around a new life like that and completely aware of what’s going on. Then after she put the ducks back in their cage, she told the kids that they were going outside to play in the snow. The kids let out a scream of excitement and lined up to go outside. They played and I got some good pictures. After they came back in and went to their groups I got my usual group and they did very well for me. It was a great day.
ReplyDeleteIn my placement this morning, Mrs. Kahler and I tag-teamed teaching the new vocabulary to the eighth graders. The new unit is focused around words found in Edgar Allan Poe’s “Tell Tale Heart”. I thoroughly enjoyed helping out and I learned so much about how to present new vocabulary in an interesting way. Mrs. Kahler and I came up with fun ways to help the students remember the definitions of these words. She even told me that she was going to use my ideas in the rest of her classes. I am super excited that I was able to come up with good ideas! I was also able to learn from my mistakes the last time I taught. I feel as though I tried to connect with the students much more during this lesson. I asked more questions and included the students.
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