When I walked into the second grade classroom this morning, all the kids were gathered around a blanket in the middle of the meeting rug. As I walked in closer, I realized there were four little chicks on the blanket. One of the girls in the class, her family had just hatched some chicks and she brought them in for show and tell. After morning meeting, the kids quickly got back to work on their research books. During this time, I took the kids in small groups down to the library to either get last minute research done, or get photos for their books. Later in the day, I went to the fourth grade classroom again and continued the writing/editing workshop on their persuasive essays.

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

This morning started off in the second grade classrooms. The kids are finishing up their African animal research books, so it is a very busy time. I spent a good time one on one with this one girl named Dorothea who was very behind on her book. She told me that she has a very hard time staying focused, so I sat with her while she worked making sure everything was running smoothly. After snack the kids came back and started on their scrap books, they are making scrap books of all the things that they worked on while studying Africa. After lunch I went and spent time in the fourth grade classes again, like I said yesterday the kids just finished their research and notecards so they have started their monologues. I worked with many of the children one on one to perfect their introduction paragraphs and go over the checklist that including the important aspects to their first body paragraph.
Read more
Today was the official last day of Senior project, however I stopped working in the classrooms yesterday. I spent the majority of today getting last minute things together, making sure my paper was as good as it could be, and finishing up my visual presentation for express fest. I got everything in order, and I am excited to share what I have been doing the past couple of weeks with the community tomorrow. I hope that I can convey to my committee members how much this experience meant to me. I hope that they can see the work that I put in too. I am very proud of the work that I did at The Foote School, and I hope that shows tomorrow at Express Fest.
Read more
Today was a rough day, not only was it Monday, but it was my last day. I helped the fourth graders polish their biography reports, and worked separately with certain second graders who have been struggling with math. They are just starting multiplication, and I remember how challenging that was for me. I really enjoy working with these kids because I hope that I can in some small way help them understand multiplication better, and perhaps help them to have a more positive experience than I did. The end of the day however, was particularly challenging. Some of the second graders started crying when I told them that I wasn't going to be coming to their classroom anymore. However, I did tell them that my family is on the board at Foote and that I will be around campus in the next coming weeks, and will probably see them in the next couple of years. The fourth graders where so grateful to me, they kept on saying thank you for coming and helping with our papers, etc. It filled me with s...
Read more