More Responsibilities

Domain: Methodology

Today started as a crazy day because book fair was in session. At 8:30 our students came in and I got to teach the green group. We checked in our students, checking if their homework is done. I presented their spelling words. By the time that I got all of my group (besides those who were absent) it was almost 9. My student took a restroom break and then came back for reading. I started the reading lesson, first introducing the vocabulary and word wall words. We basketball clapped our word wall words and then wrote them 4 times each. Next we defined our new vocabulary words in our vocab notebook. Then, I introduced our fluency passage. For the week I picked out the passage "I had a Little Puppy." We read it first and then sang it. The students loved the passage and wanted to keep reading it.

I finally got to introduce the lesson. We are reading a book called "A Thousand Words". One of the main themes throughout the book is that a picture is worth a thousand words. I brought different pictures in from National Geographic to illustrate my point. We only got to start reading the first two pages of our book and starting our story map. I was already running behind because there are so many things to introduce on a Monday.

It came time for writing and there were only 2 students left. All of them had either left for a special, book fair, or book mobile. We got almost an hour break because the remaining two student were working in their centers and finishing up work. I also got to teach one of the big groups of math. Some more of my students were gone, so we all got to sit at one table. The lesson was pretty simple, so the students' attentions were waning a bit. We had to end early because the lunch schedule has changed again.

After lunch I got to help with the 1st graders because my teacher was busy dealing with some conference problems. My teacher came and gave my some guidance because I wasn’t sure what was next on the agenda. Next I helped with doing individual reading recovery lessons. I got done with my part and then had some planning time. I had a chance to work on planning some more first grade centers.

Gaining more responsibility is exciting. The paperwork is overwhelming but I think teaching is going well. I definitely feel more comfortable with the younger students and I think I always will. I have had more experience with the younger ones and that is the age that is on my heart. I do truly care and love the older ones, but sometimes it is harder for me to relate. I thin the younger ones are easier to be more creative with their lessons. I am excited to start planning more lessons.