My Associate Teacher (AT) has morning duty every Wednesday. This morning a Kindergarten student was trying to hide in this dome like structure on the playground when the morning school bell rang. The Principal and my AT walked this student back to the line and as the students went inside I lost sight of my AT and thought she had gone inside. I was later informed that the Kindergarten student had pulled a runner back to that playground structure.
During my AT’s preparation time and recess I marked the students alphabet letter books until the letter ‘D’, cut out the laminated pages and then readied the scholastic book orders for the students.
I was more involved today with helping the students write out what they were thankful for, as Thanksgiving approaches. Three students asked me to help them spell words. I sounded it out for them, trying to direct them in the right direction. The words were ‘uncle’, ‘mommy’ and ‘video games’. Afterwards I covered the word and asked the student to spell it for me again and congratulated them when they did so. During this same activity the kids were instructed to write out what they were thankful again but this time on the shape of a leaf.
One of the moments that I found challenging and rather baffling on my part is when one of the students asked me to help him and then threw one of his two pencils on the ground. When I commented on this he told me that I was mistaken and that he had his pencil. In that moment I was unsure of how I should react. Next time something like this happens I will explain to them why.
I told my AT about the Rekenrek and how neat of a tool it was. She told me that I might want to use it in a lesson! While I’m not the biggest fan of math the versatility of the Rekenrek makes the creative side of me excited. The AT also did some more PM reading with three of her students she asked me if I wanted to do one, I did agree to do it- however, I wasn’t entirely confident in the matter and she could probably see it. She told me that I could closely watch her and then next time I could do one. I was given a legend and watched as the next student read. I’ll try to practice this over the weekend so I feel more comfortable with how PM reading works.
I left the school early as I had a doctor’s appointment. I had to talk about the blood work I had done previously (turns out I’m 1 point lower than the recommended levels for B12 and thus, deficient). I also showed my family doctor the Rekenrek that I was carrying in my bag, as I put my new form away to get more blood work done. It turns out the doctor’s children love math and I that they were going to look into it, which is very neat. I’m so glad to share the really great resources I’ve been learning about!
During my AT’s preparation time and recess I marked the students alphabet letter books until the letter ‘D’, cut out the laminated pages and then readied the scholastic book orders for the students.
I was more involved today with helping the students write out what they were thankful for, as Thanksgiving approaches. Three students asked me to help them spell words. I sounded it out for them, trying to direct them in the right direction. The words were ‘uncle’, ‘mommy’ and ‘video games’. Afterwards I covered the word and asked the student to spell it for me again and congratulated them when they did so. During this same activity the kids were instructed to write out what they were thankful again but this time on the shape of a leaf.
One of the moments that I found challenging and rather baffling on my part is when one of the students asked me to help him and then threw one of his two pencils on the ground. When I commented on this he told me that I was mistaken and that he had his pencil. In that moment I was unsure of how I should react. Next time something like this happens I will explain to them why.
I told my AT about the Rekenrek and how neat of a tool it was. She told me that I might want to use it in a lesson! While I’m not the biggest fan of math the versatility of the Rekenrek makes the creative side of me excited. The AT also did some more PM reading with three of her students she asked me if I wanted to do one, I did agree to do it- however, I wasn’t entirely confident in the matter and she could probably see it. She told me that I could closely watch her and then next time I could do one. I was given a legend and watched as the next student read. I’ll try to practice this over the weekend so I feel more comfortable with how PM reading works.
I left the school early as I had a doctor’s appointment. I had to talk about the blood work I had done previously (turns out I’m 1 point lower than the recommended levels for B12 and thus, deficient). I also showed my family doctor the Rekenrek that I was carrying in my bag, as I put my new form away to get more blood work done. It turns out the doctor’s children love math and I that they were going to look into it, which is very neat. I’m so glad to share the really great resources I’ve been learning about!