Second Week of School

Monday, August 23

We started off the week with some arts and crafts. We created butterflies out of tissue paper which represented ourselves.

Tuesday, August 24

Proffessor Kimbrell came to speak to the teacher cadets on Tuesday. He described each asignment we will turn into him throughout the year. He generously left Teacher Cadet t-shirts for everyone.

Wednesday, August 25
Today we presented our butterflies to the class and hung them in the "Butterfly Garden." Next we read Chrysanthemum which taught us how important our parents are in building our self-esteem and that each of us is absolutely perfect. Then we each decorated individual name tags to put above our mini bulletin boards.

Thursday, August 26

On Thursday we talked about how our self-esteem is like a pot which can be filled with both good and bad things. After this we all began making "pots" to hang on our mini bulletin boards. The pots were made out of things that represent each student. Throughout the year we will fill eachothers' pots up with good things.

Friday, August 27

Today we simply finished up making our pots.

"To learn and never be filled, is wisdon; to teach and never be weary, is love."

First Week of School

Monday, August 16th
Today was the first day of school. We got our forms and learned about what we do in teacher cadets.

Tuesday, August 17th
We read the book The Dot today. We talked about how the teacher in the book inspired her student, who then inspired others.We then split up into groups to discuss ideas for our committees.

Wednesday, August 18th
Today we shared our ideas from the committees with the rest of the class. We also went to the library and learned how to use the die-cut and laminator.

Thursday, August 19th
We learned how to get on this blog and about how to use the teacher cadets website. We split up into groups and made CERRA posters. CERRA stands for Center for Educators Recruitment Retainment and Advancement. We also read The Crayon Box that Talked.


Friday, August 20th
Today we shared our CERRA posters with the class. We talked about the different methods that each group used to make thier posters. We read another book called The Wings of Change. The lesson learned was that sometimes change is for the better and so we need to accept it and step out of our comfort zones. We did an activity where we had to face a partner and memorize how they looked. Then we would turn around and change five things about ourselves and our partner would guess what they were. It was hard when we had to change five more things because we did not want to change the way that we were.