The best parts of that first week included meeting the 25 students and getting to know them as individuals. I gave a survey that most of the students have completed and that let me know about their learning likes and dislikes, learning styles, as well as some of what motivates them. I hope to use the insights from the survey when I plan my actual lessons - I want to craft lessons that will resonate with the learner! I also got to meet several of the staff including the other fifth-grade and some sixth-grade teachers, the principal, specials teachers, secretaries, and so on. I am even remembering many of their names! As for the students' names, I have studied them and can consistently call the right name for the intended student, and I only stutter on 2 or 3 names before settling on the right one. My goal for week 2 is to learn their last names as well. Wish me luck!
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Because Monday is Martin Luther King Jr. Day, there will be no school, but that means I will be able to have the day to work on my Teacher Work Sample. This is a paper that shows my thorough planning, and skillful application of the best practices I learned during my program. As this is my second time going through this writing assignment (see my earlier post), I expect the process to be smoother than the first time. I have already outlined a unit lesson in Social Studies to use as the focus.
In the meantime, I wanted to set the stage for some lessons to come:
We will be focusing on the second of the seven habits: Begin with the end in mind.
We will be adding and subtracting mixed numbers in math.
We are reading Because of Mr. Terupt, by Rob Buyea in class as the teacher read aloud.
We will begin reading Holes by Louis Sachar in class as the reading assignment using small groups!
And we are learning about the Virginia and the French & Dutch colonies in Social Studies.
Stay tuned for QR codes and photos of student work in future posts!
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