DAR Journal
1/9/2014
1/9/2014
Describe
When
I arrived today, I had arrived before my mentor teacher. Soon enough, my mentor teacher showed
up. Shortly after him, the students
started piling into the classroom. Once
again, the day started off with the morning announcements. The announcement again included students and
was in the format of a news report.
After the announcements, students reviewed spelling words. This time, I took over the spelling
practice. I made a basketball game word
scramble on the SmartBoard. Students
seemed to enjoy this activity.
After
spelling, my mentor teacher and my students reviewed their reading of “A Bushy
Mustache”. This time students read
quietly to themselves. After student
reviewed the story, the created a problem and solutions flip sheet. At the top, the students wrote the problem in
the story, and at the bottom, students wrote the three solutions the character
tried to resolve his issue. This was
challenging because students were confused as to what they were exactly
supposed to be doing. After a while,
students eventually got the hang of.
Shortly
after Language Arts, the librarian and guidance counselor came into the
classroom and worked on an Arts Integration lesson. This lesson consisted of students being
assigned 8 various famous people that were born on the Eastern Shore. I was given the opportunity to assign the
students in a group. This activity took
about an hour, and students worked really well.
With the use of laptops, students researched their famous people.
Math
was a brief review of money. Due to the
fact that the Art Integrated lesson took up a large portion of the day,
students only had time for a review.
There was also no time for Daily 5s today.
Students
went to lunch, then indoor recess, and then art. At the end of the day, students again
reviewed money and counting the basic coins.
At the end of the day students packed up and made their way to the buses.
Analyze
Once again,
throughout the day I witnessed excellent classroom management. Students knew what needed to be done for the
most part, and questions about assignments were limited. With the exception of the problem and
solution activity, students grasped on to assignments. Students who were typically behavior problems
were better behaved today. The resource
teacher was present today.
I
enjoyed taking over spelling today.
Students responded well to my basketball work scramble game on the
SmartBoard. It was fun playing around
with the SmartBoard templates. I’m excited
to do it again!
Each
day is getting better and better. Waking
up early is still a struggle for me, but I do make it to school one time each
day. Students are more and more
responding well to me being present in the classroom. I’m meshing well with my mentor teacher and
as each day goes on, I’m enjoying myself.
I’m eager to begin taking on more roles and the day’s progress. Classroom management will definitely be a
struggle of mine, but I will get a lot of practice with this class.
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