February 6-10

Monday, February 6, 2012-We went to the library to learn how to use the Promethean board. The demo wouldn't work so, we watched Mrs. Turner. Mrs. Turner showed us so much stuff we could do and how we could incoporate it into a lesson for our future classrooms:)! I thought it was so cool!!

Tuesday, February 7, 2012- More Promethean fun!! We met in the library to learn more about using the Promethean board. We learned how to group stuff and make shapes. We also learned about all the backgrounds and games we could play. We played around a lot! It was fun!



Wednesday, February 8, 2012- Our special speaker came from Furman University. He showed us a really cool micoscope. Also he informed us about a program that is trying to get more students interested in math and science. He hooked the microscope up to the Promethean board and we got to play around with it. We looked at boogers, hair, and cuts. It was fun!! He also showed us how you can use this microscope in your classroom and in your lesson. The microscope would be really useful in elementary science classrooms and high school biology. He also gave us one to borrow for a couple weeks! YAY!!







Thursday, February 9, 2012- We went to the library again! We learned a lot of cool new stuff. We learned about using "buttons" to make a picture appear and disappear. It was sweet! We also learned about containers and how to make Mr. Potatoe heads:)





Friday, February 10, 2012- I was sick :( But I think the schedule was rearranged and we have HSTW testing on Monday and Thursday. Also our peer lessons got pushed back a week. I hope everyone had a good weekend!! :)

"All children learn and succeed, but not on the same day, in the same way"~William G. Spady

"I'm gonna dare to live, I'm gonna live to learn, I'm gonna learn to dream, and I'm gonna dream big..."

~Payton Rae, Dare to Live

Friday: February3

It was a "Crafts with Kate" day:) We all made these crazily cute froggy valentine's for our first grade froggy friends! They were easier to make than what everyone thought at first, and turned out so well! Thanks Kate for teaching us this "hopping" idea for a Valentine's Day card!

Thursday: February 2

Today we got to "think outside of the box" by creating paper airplanes. Through this lesson we were able to see that not everyone thinks (or folds paper airplanes) the same way and that we have to think outside of regular teaching norms to help each and every student. Thanks to Ellie balling up her paper, the lesson was a success!! She helped show that you can get farther by thinking a little differently.

Wednesday: February 1

Today we talked about cooperative learning. We learned all about the five different types of learning we can use in our classes: think/pair/share (we heard the question, shared our answers with a partner, then gave our shared/mutual answer to the class), pairs check (we answered a question with a partner, then compared our answers with another pair), numbered heads (we numbered off, went into groups with the same number, then renumbered to answer questions we discussed as a group), jigsaw (we stayed in our small groups, but then became "experts" on the article we read then went into other smaller groups and shared our "expertise" on the very interesting articles), and finally inner/outer circles (where half where in a group facing out, the other half facing in, then we answered questions which each other and rotated partners). Through these types of learning lessons we learned that having that group, or partner suppert made us feel more comfortable and less stressed, allowing us to feel more confident in our anwers, and anwer questions easier.

Tuesday: January 31

Observation day! A lot of us went to different schools to revisit or see some new classes to help determine where we want to go for our field experience:) oh my gosh! its getting closer!!

Monday: January 30

Today was the class buy out! There were a scatter few of us that didn't buy out, but that's okay! Because we all got to talk and get to know each other so much better:)