Thursday, November 17, 2011

Week 5!

      This week in the classroom I had so much fun! But, while I was out of the classroom, I found a new teaching website. I just LOVE Busy Teachers Cafe. The website looks so colorful and interesting and it is so easy to navigate. It also has free worksheets and printable material! I am so excited about all the different  free worksheets, especially the ones for writing and math which are for every grade!

Friday, November 4, 2011

Week 3!!

This week in the classroom, my teacher decided to let me take a few kids and give them a reading assessment. After I finished that, I got to read them my favorite book from when I was younger. The book I chose was a Miss Spider book. When I finished the book I got to go through and ask them questions about what I read to them. After that they told me that they loved the book and that they loved how much of a faun reader I was. When we finished the math lesson, my teacher decided to take a breather and sit for a few minutes so she told me to go around and help all the kids with what they didn't understand. I loved getting given those leadership opportunities. 

Week 2!!

This week I tried to closely watch a child in my class named Bobby. Bobby is a very talkative child but when I was watching him I noticed that when we do things on the board or we do activities with books or something involving sight, he is really captivated and understands the lesson better. it then clicked in my head that he is a visual learner so after lessons that didn't involve visuals, I would go over to his desk and explain it with visuals. Now in class, he is really succeeding and really grasping the concepts better.