Is it week 3 already??

The first day of school was a very exciting one. I had met my class the previous Friday, so I kind of already had a feel for how the class was going to be. The day starts with an “oral language” program where the students get up in front of the class to present a word of the day or the weather report. I think it’s a wonderful idea for getting students to be more confident with their speaking skills. It’s so funny hearing their enthusiastic (or not so much) morning greetings to the class. My first activity with the students was to help them work on research for an information report on a country of their choosing. I basically supervised their research and made sure they were getting the information they needed. I slowly started learning names, as well as who are the chatty ones and who are the trouble makers. After about an hour of research, I was able to introduce myself to the class. As a gift from MN, I had brought a picture book called “M is for Minnesota” for the class as well as a loon which makes the loon call when you squeeze it (the students had fun with that one). To start, I asked the students what the loon was since none of them had a clue. I got answers such as flamingo, penguin, duck, and swan. Hilarious. I paged through the book and read some of the more interesting (at least in my opinion) points. Amanda, my cooperating teacher, put together a folder so the students can take the book and loon home for a night to read it more in depth. So my kids should know ALLLL about MN by the time I leave :) I didn’t teach today, but we sat down to discuss what I would be teaching the rest of the week. On Mondays and Fridays, my teacher has an hour of Non-Contact Time, ON TOP OF the hour lunch break and half hour morning tea. I observed the rest of the day and started prepping for my first lesson on Tuesday :)

written by  Sara Sickels on August 23, 2010 from Morayfield, Australia
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