Finally a routine

A. Domain
Order of Events
750 Bfast

830 Seatwork/Check homework/Fill out planner
(Break up into groups. Mrs. S teach: Green, Mrs. M teach Red group)
Start with spelling practice
No grammer this week.
Practice spelling on white board.
Tucker sign with sound.

9:00 Intro of Word Wall
Basketball clap

9:10 RR

9:20 Vocabulary Journal
Word/Clue

9:30 Fluency Passage
Seat work: Rainbow Words short a/e

11:00 Writing
Read the Important Book
Pattern: Says at bed/repeats it at end.
Need in Paragraph: 5 sent.
1. Topic Sent. most important
2-4 3 details
5 re-state topic sentence
ex. the most important thing about an apple is that it is round. It is red, white inside and falls of a tree. But, the most important thing about an apple is that it is round.

Teacher model The Important Things
The Important thing about Mrs. M is that she is a teacher...
3 details...But, the most important things about Mrs. M is that she is a teacher.

Paragraph 2: ...she belongs to a family (Special Thing)

Paragraph 3: ..she can't snap (Silly Thing)
she can whistle a high note, shuffle cards quickly and fast, and she can wiggle her ears. But the silly thing about Mrs. M is that she cannot snap.

We are writing them and typing them for open house next week.

Today we brainstormed, did a web about the most important thing.

Afternoon: In IEP meetings.
1:00 I had to sub in 1st grade classroom, we watched Jack and the Bean Stalk.

2:00 I attended a 1st graders IEP meeting. He Qualified. (Notes coming tomorrow.)

B. Elaboration of significant episode
Today was our first day of a normal routine. I first helped with breakfast duty and will continue until the other paraprofessionals come. I observed how the 6 different reading groups would work with incorporating spelling, work work (Tucker sign), and how vocabulary and word wall is introduced. Word wall words are more commonly used words and are basketball clapped, then written four times. There are separate folders and notebooks for everything. The teachers then introduced the fluency passage. Writing was with whole group instruction.

C. Analysis of Episode
Today was good to observe routine. It was a bit overwhelming to keep all the groups, seatwork, homework, spelling words, fluency passages, vocabulary words and word wall words straight. It seems hard to teach so many students, at so many levels, during the same times. The Important paragraph seems to be like a fun thing for the students to write. It will be good to observe more tomorrow to get the hang of everything. I am just going to take a big breath of air and take everything one day at a time, otherwise I will just be too overwhelmed.