Today was a pretty laid back day. The students had some work to make up. While they were doing this I got really irritated. Mrs. Mathis was giving them a chance to bring their grade up and make up work they were missing, and they took didn't take advantage of their time. She was giving them time to work on things, and they were not using their time wisely. They were talking, and playing around. They had a chance to make their grades up and they didn't. If I were Mrs. Mathis, I wouldn't give them any other chance. Then Mrs. Mathis started to teach about order pairs. This is (x,y) coordinates. The students had to find solutions to an equation. While Mrs. Mathis was teaching this, I was thinking of how far I could go with the lesson. There is so much more to math then they know. It would be hard for me to "stop" teaching I should say. There is just so much to learn, and so much to teach.
I got to my placement a little earlier than normal this morning. The kids had not even eaten their breakfast and were starting their morning work that I usually see them finishing. Ms. Pigg was getting all their books together and counting them for what they read. She asked me to go into the library with three kids who were absent Friday and let them make up their three quizzes. First, I got to call out spelling words. The spelling words they were tested on were contractions. Their spelling tests were followed up with a vocabulary tests and their fact and opinion tests. Overall, they made decent grades. It helped me get to know the three kids I was working with a little more. I also got a lot of pictures today. I got some individual shots and also some of me helping the kids with their quizzes. I took note of all the kids’ birthdays so that I could come up with an idea for those. I plan to get to know the kids more each day so that it will be easier for me to interact with them.
I started off my day today a little bit different than usual because today the kids had to run the mile, so I walked out there with my teachers Coach Frye and Greenway. I have made a couple of new friends like Blake Johnson, I usually play on his team. When I came back for my fourth block I helped record the kid’s time on the Pacer Test after I helped stretch with the kids. The highest score was a fourty-one which was by a little girl who beat all the guys. Then like usual I played basketball which was fun because I made a couple of new friends like Donald, Joseph, and Tony. They all like me because I’m tall and they think I am good at basketball, but afterwards me a Coach Frye through the football. Another good day in the books, which makes me look forward to tomorrow! - Jacob
Today during Mrs. Mason’s class I helped a couple of kids read their books. Once we finished reading the books we went and took AR tests on the books. Once finished with all the tests we went back to Mrs. Masons where she sat the students down in front of the whiteboard and went over a National Geographic magazine about animals where the goal was to teach the kids main ideas and supporting details. We finished the first two pages before I had to leave to come back to school. - Christian
My placement started off with the normal routine. Students quietly watched the news show, then copied down their homework. Every day they are required to have their agendas signed. This shows their parents, along with other teachers that the homework information they have is accurate. Mrs. Smith was introducing a new lesson today. It involved improper fractions and mixed numbers. She taught the students how to get an improper fraction if you have a mixed number, vise- versa. The students have seen this type of material before, in the previous years of their education. They seemed to catch on quickly, and didn’t have to big of a problem with the lesson. As a class we did several problems on the board including discussion. Mrs. Smith called up several individual students to the board, to work out problems. After the lecture, and classwork was over, the students were given time to work on their homework. However, they only had around 3 minutes to work on homework before the class changed. I feel like todays lesson went well, and the students understood it well. - Ben
I am becoming comfortable and settled in my placement. The students are getting used to me and I am getting used to them. They started their morning off by studying for their South Carolina Facts quiz. Once the students took and completed their quizzes, Mr. Leininger played a song for them that would help them remember the preamble to the Constitution which they have to resist from memory Thursday. Then the students took notes. They are learning about the founding of our country after the Revolutionary War. Today they focused on how South Carolina was impacting the founding of the United States of America after the Revolutionary War. The students really seem to enjoy learning the material. I believe they enjoy it so much because Mr. Leininger is so amazing at teaching. I myself even get excited about learning the material while Mr. Leininger is presenting the notes. He is lively, energetic, sarcastic, funny, and relatable. The way he teaches History reminds me of why I fell in love with learning about it. I was disappointed when it was time for the classes to change and he had to stop. I then welcomed in the second class and left after they completed their taking their quiz. Tomorrow I am supposed to begin going over the South Carolina Facts with his first two classes. I am worried that I will not cover the material as in depth and as entertaining as he can. I really hope I can live up to the students expectations and make them and Mr. Leininger proud.
In my placement, today, the students presented their sonnets to the rest of the class. They all did such a great job and I was so impressed with their effort. Some wore costumes, created props, and used background music. They went all out. Although their sonnets were impressive, I was even more impressed with how respectful they were of each other. One student was so afraid of presenting that the entire class turned and faced the wall so that no one would stare at him. Mrs. Kahler explained that the class is a team and it is their job to work together and lift each other up. I thought that this was a perfect example of how I would want to run my classroom if I became a teacher. The students support each other and care about the feelings of their peers. I absolutely love my placement and I cannot wait to become a bigger part of their everyday routine.
Day three in my placement had been the best yet! I actually got to participate more. Mrs. McFarland allowed me to take the class to the restroom by myself. When we went back to the class, Mrs. McFarland read three books to the class about Thanksgiving. After she read to them, they all went back to their seats and continued to work on their bell work. Today they were working on addition. Mrs. McFarland asked me to help one of the students out. This made me so happy! She handed me plastic blocks to help him count. This brought back elementary school memories for me. Once I finished helping the student, I then helped Mrs. McFarland with putting the homework folders up and going through the 100 book challenge folders. I can’t wait for more days like this!
Today was not anything special. Since it was Monday, the students got to complete a coloring activity. They all got to color a turkey (for Thanksgiving month) and hang it on their desks. When they finished, they were able to read with me. I only got to read with one student, though. She chose such a long book that no one else could come back to my table. After that, we went back for Morning Meeting, as usual. Mrs. Catoe then passed out their daily language and math worksheets. I was very impressed with how much the students knew. We then began the spelling lesson for the day. The students got to play Boggle. The student who found the longest word won a treat. Two students won with a seven letter word. I was shocked! That was all I was able to stay for. I am starting to get along well with the students. I think they are finally warming up to me!
Today was so much fun! I got to get up in front of the class for the first time today. They are still reading Skeleton Creek and I got to read it out loud to them. I also got to choose students to read the characters voices. They were so interactive and very welcoming to me. I was kind of nervous about it at first, but they are such a great class so it went really well. I basically read for the entire class. The book also comes with videos that go along with the story. The kids love it so much! I also got to lead them through a fear test, because the story they are reading is spooky. It was a lot of fun for me and the students. They really get excited about fun stuff like that. I also got to read some of the story to her second block class room. They are much larger class so it was a little bit more intimidating, but still fun.
It is a Monday today, so, of course, all of the children were pretty excited to be back around their friends. Mrs. Gandy was back that day but was a little sick. The day started off normal, kind of, besides the calendar being done late. We started off in circle time. The kindergarteners started dancing to their morning song and the grabbed me to start dancing with them. After the song went off Mrs. Gandy sat on her seat and read them a story same as every morning. This time she read to them about Thanksgiving. The story told about the first Thanksgiving and the pilgrims, same story we hear every Thanksgiving. After she finished the story, Mrs. Gandy announced that they wouldn’t be doing their group rotations like normal. Instead she sent the children back to their seats. Once they were seated, she started her lesson on syllables. I had to leave before she got all the way done but I got to see her teaching techniques. I’ll probably use a lot of those when I teach my lesson later on.
Today when I arrived I just talked to Mrs. Joyner until the kids arrived. When the kids arrived they did their normal routine, like picking their lunch choices, and starting their morning work. While they did their morning work I walked around and helped them on any questions they struggled with. After that I stapled tests for Mrs. Joyner to use. Today was also Library day so we took the students to the Library for the rest of my time there. In the Library the kids traced their hands and cut the out to make an American flag for Veterans Day. The students then colored an American flag and eagle picture. After that they checked out books and I helped the Librarian put their names in them. Then the kids checked out personal interest books and I found it cool to walk around and see what all they were interested in. Most of the kids asked me back what I liked to do or read. One kid even asked me if I could read, which was really funny. I enjoyed Library day with the kids. - Summer
Today when I got to class, I greeted some of the students as they walked into the gym. Then, it was time to read for SSR for fifteen minutes. After SSR was over, Mrs. Holley gave out a handout that they had to get signed for a reproductive health class that the students would soon participate in. I then took the roll for the class. Surprisingly, most of the days I have been it class there has been perfect attendance. After that Mrs. Holley went over vocabulary words then instructed them to dress out. After the students were dressed out they had to run/walk for five minutes. This is when you would walk for thirty seconds then a whistle would be blown and you run around the gym for thirty more seconds. After that, the students went outside to run tiger trails. Tiger trails are when you run around the turns of the track, then when you get to the end of the turn you run outside of the track, into the stands, and run up and down the stairs until you get to the end, then you return to the track and do the next turn. After that, the students were allowed to play for the rest of the time remaining in class.
Today was a pretty laid back day. The students had some work to make up. While they were doing this I got really irritated. Mrs. Mathis was giving them a chance to bring their grade up and make up work they were missing, and they took didn't take advantage of their time. She was giving them time to work on things, and they were not using their time wisely. They were talking, and playing around. They had a chance to make their grades up and they didn't. If I were Mrs. Mathis, I wouldn't give them any other chance. Then Mrs. Mathis started to teach about order pairs. This is (x,y) coordinates. The students had to find solutions to an equation. While Mrs. Mathis was teaching this, I was thinking of how far I could go with the lesson. There is so much more to math then they know. It would be hard for me to "stop" teaching I should say. There is just so much to learn, and so much to teach.
ReplyDeleteI got to my placement a little earlier than normal this morning. The kids had not even eaten their breakfast and were starting their morning work that I usually see them finishing. Ms. Pigg was getting all their books together and counting them for what they read. She asked me to go into the library with three kids who were absent Friday and let them make up their three quizzes. First, I got to call out spelling words. The spelling words they were tested on were contractions. Their spelling tests were followed up with a vocabulary tests and their fact and opinion tests. Overall, they made decent grades. It helped me get to know the three kids I was working with a little more. I also got a lot of pictures today. I got some individual shots and also some of me helping the kids with their quizzes. I took note of all the kids’ birthdays so that I could come up with an idea for those. I plan to get to know the kids more each day so that it will be easier for me to interact with them.
ReplyDeleteI started off my day today a little bit different than usual because today the kids had to run the mile, so I walked out there with my teachers Coach Frye and Greenway. I have made a couple of new friends like Blake Johnson, I usually play on his team. When I came back for my fourth block I helped record the kid’s time on the Pacer Test after I helped stretch with the kids. The highest score was a fourty-one which was by a little girl who beat all the guys. Then like usual I played basketball which was fun because I made a couple of new friends like Donald, Joseph, and Tony. They all like me because I’m tall and they think I am good at basketball, but afterwards me a Coach Frye through the football. Another good day in the books, which makes me look forward to tomorrow! - Jacob
ReplyDeleteToday during Mrs. Mason’s class I helped a couple of kids read their books. Once we finished reading the books we went and took AR tests on the books. Once finished with all the tests we went back to Mrs. Masons where she sat the students down in front of the whiteboard and went over a National Geographic magazine about animals where the goal was to teach the kids main ideas and supporting details. We finished the first two pages before I had to leave to come back to school. - Christian
ReplyDeleteMy placement started off with the normal routine. Students quietly watched the news show, then copied down their homework. Every day they are required to have their agendas signed. This shows their parents, along with other teachers that the homework information they have is accurate. Mrs. Smith was introducing a new lesson today. It involved improper fractions and mixed numbers. She taught the students how to get an improper fraction if you have a mixed number, vise- versa. The students have seen this type of material before, in the previous years of their education. They seemed to catch on quickly, and didn’t have to big of a problem with the lesson. As a class we did several problems on the board including discussion. Mrs. Smith called up several individual students to the board, to work out problems. After the lecture, and classwork was over, the students were given time to work on their homework. However, they only had around 3 minutes to work on homework before the class changed. I feel like todays lesson went well, and the students understood it well. - Ben
ReplyDeleteI am becoming comfortable and settled in my placement. The students are getting used to me and I am getting used to them. They started their morning off by studying for their South Carolina Facts quiz. Once the students took and completed their quizzes, Mr. Leininger played a song for them that would help them remember the preamble to the Constitution which they have to resist from memory Thursday. Then the students took notes. They are learning about the founding of our country after the Revolutionary War. Today they focused on how South Carolina was impacting the founding of the United States of America after the Revolutionary War. The students really seem to enjoy learning the material. I believe they enjoy it so much because Mr. Leininger is so amazing at teaching. I myself even get excited about learning the material while Mr. Leininger is presenting the notes. He is lively, energetic, sarcastic, funny, and relatable. The way he teaches History reminds me of why I fell in love with learning about it. I was disappointed when it was time for the classes to change and he had to stop. I then welcomed in the second class and left after they completed their taking their quiz. Tomorrow I am supposed to begin going over the South Carolina Facts with his first two classes. I am worried that I will not cover the material as in depth and as entertaining as he can. I really hope I can live up to the students expectations and make them and Mr. Leininger proud.
ReplyDeleteIn my placement, today, the students presented their sonnets to the rest of the class. They all did such a great job and I was so impressed with their effort. Some wore costumes, created props, and used background music. They went all out. Although their sonnets were impressive, I was even more impressed with how respectful they were of each other. One student was so afraid of presenting that the entire class turned and faced the wall so that no one would stare at him. Mrs. Kahler explained that the class is a team and it is their job to work together and lift each other up. I thought that this was a perfect example of how I would want to run my classroom if I became a teacher. The students support each other and care about the feelings of their peers. I absolutely love my placement and I cannot wait to become a bigger part of their everyday routine.
ReplyDeleteDay three in my placement had been the best yet! I actually got to participate more. Mrs. McFarland allowed me to take the class to the restroom by myself. When we went back to the class, Mrs. McFarland read three books to the class about Thanksgiving. After she read to them, they all went back to their seats and continued to work on their bell work. Today they were working on addition. Mrs. McFarland asked me to help one of the students out. This made me so happy! She handed me plastic blocks to help him count. This brought back elementary school memories for me. Once I finished helping the student, I then helped Mrs. McFarland with putting the homework folders up and going through the 100 book challenge folders. I can’t wait for more days like this!
ReplyDeleteToday was not anything special. Since it was Monday, the students got to complete a coloring activity. They all got to color a turkey (for Thanksgiving month) and hang it on their desks. When they finished, they were able to read with me. I only got to read with one student, though. She chose such a long book that no one else could come back to my table. After that, we went back for Morning Meeting, as usual. Mrs. Catoe then passed out their daily language and math worksheets. I was very impressed with how much the students knew. We then began the spelling lesson for the day. The students got to play Boggle. The student who found the longest word won a treat. Two students won with a seven letter word. I was shocked! That was all I was able to stay for. I am starting to get along well with the students. I think they are finally warming up to me!
ReplyDeleteToday was so much fun! I got to get up in front of the class for the first time today. They are still reading Skeleton Creek and I got to read it out loud to them. I also got to choose students to read the characters voices. They were so interactive and very welcoming to me. I was kind of nervous about it at first, but they are such a great class so it went really well. I basically read for the entire class. The book also comes with videos that go along with the story. The kids love it so much! I also got to lead them through a fear test, because the story they are reading is spooky. It was a lot of fun for me and the students. They really get excited about fun stuff like that. I also got to read some of the story to her second block class room. They are much larger class so it was a little bit more intimidating, but still fun.
ReplyDeleteIt is a Monday today, so, of course, all of the children were pretty excited to be back around their friends. Mrs. Gandy was back that day but was a little sick. The day started off normal, kind of, besides the calendar being done late. We started off in circle time. The kindergarteners started dancing to their morning song and the grabbed me to start dancing with them. After the song went off Mrs. Gandy sat on her seat and read them a story same as every morning. This time she read to them about Thanksgiving. The story told about the first Thanksgiving and the pilgrims, same story we hear every Thanksgiving. After she finished the story, Mrs. Gandy announced that they wouldn’t be doing their group rotations like normal. Instead she sent the children back to their seats. Once they were seated, she started her lesson on syllables. I had to leave before she got all the way done but I got to see her teaching techniques. I’ll probably use a lot of those when I teach my lesson later on.
ReplyDeleteToday when I arrived I just talked to Mrs. Joyner until the kids arrived. When the kids arrived they did their normal routine, like picking their lunch choices, and starting their morning work. While they did their morning work I walked around and helped them on any questions they struggled with. After that I stapled tests for Mrs. Joyner to use. Today was also Library day so we took the students to the Library for the rest of my time there. In the Library the kids traced their hands and cut the out to make an American flag for Veterans Day. The students then colored an American flag and eagle picture. After that they checked out books and I helped the Librarian put their names in them. Then the kids checked out personal interest books and I found it cool to walk around and see what all they were interested in. Most of the kids asked me back what I liked to do or read. One kid even asked me if I could read, which was really funny. I enjoyed Library day with the kids. - Summer
ReplyDeleteToday when I got to class, I greeted some of the students as they walked into the gym. Then, it was time to read for SSR for fifteen minutes. After SSR was over, Mrs. Holley gave out a handout that they had to get signed for a reproductive health class that the students would soon participate in. I then took the roll for the class. Surprisingly, most of the days I have been it class there has been perfect attendance. After that Mrs. Holley went over vocabulary words then instructed them to dress out. After the students were dressed out they had to run/walk for five minutes. This is when you would walk for thirty seconds then a whistle would be blown and you run around the gym for thirty more seconds. After that, the students went outside to run tiger trails. Tiger trails are when you run around the turns of the track, then when you get to the end of the turn you run outside of the track, into the stands, and run up and down the stairs until you get to the end, then you return to the track and do the next turn. After that, the students were allowed to play for the rest of the time remaining in class.
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