On Wednesday, something relaly cool happend. All the teachers in the first grade had subs cover their classes while they had a "planning day." This was a time set up to plan their lessons up until Christmas Break. This was a very valuable time because as we all know, elementary teachers don't get much time to plan. The teachers were very thankful for this opportunity to get work done and not be interupted. I thought that this time was very useful and needed. Although I wasn't with my kids, I still had a learning experience because I learned how to make lesson plans and accomidate if something was happening too quick in the schedule.
It seems like first graders find it difficult to dissifer between what is true and what is false. Mrs. Anderson and I both decided that we would work on this skill together with the whole class. I noticed that Alex, the student who never wants to do anything and is constantly off task, is actually very intelligent when it comes to math. The other students couldn't do equations such as 11-4 = 6+7 and see if the equation was in fact true. Alex could though. I asked him what 11-4 was off of the top of his head and he replied almost simultaniously 7. Then I would ask what 6+7 is and he would say 13. Then i would follow up and ask him if 7 is equal to 13. He said, "No. 7 is not equal to 13 because 7 is not the same number as 13. They are 6 apart."
Suprisingly, the kids were more rambunctious after Halloween than they were before it! I have never in my life seen children as off topic as they were comming back to school after Halloween weekend. Every one of my students wanted to tell me about how their Halloween was and what they were dressed as. I love my kids! They are too cute!
Since I wasn't going to be at my internship for Halloween, I created a lesson plan that I carried out on the 29th. I read the kids a book called The Little Old Lady Who Was Not Afraid of Anything. After I read them the book, i had them do a worksheet about remembering what sounds went with each item in the story. After that, I had them write which items came first to last in the story. After they completed their worksheets, I had them play bingo with Halloween characters to see who would get my cute cupcakes I made for them! Everybody got one, but the bingo decided the order. |
Ms. KingIntern for First Grade at Alanton Elementary School. Archives
June 2014
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