On Monday we were all at different sites observing special ed classrooms. I went to Sara Collins Elementary and observed Mrs. Lewandowski. At the beginning of class she had a few activities for the kids to do on the promethean board. It was interesting to see different disabilities at a younger age since the week before I observed Mrs. Smith's class. There was this one activity that they did, they had to choose the right shape on the board that she was looking for. If the student chose the right shape it would be a good sound but if not, it would be like a burp or something. It was funny to watch the kids laugh at the different sounds. After they were done with the activities on the promethean board, it was math time. It was great observing her classroom and really was a new experience for me.
October 9, 2012
Today we were seperated again sadly but I went to Hope Academy and observed Ms. Claires class. Laura, Olivia, Frazier and I were in her class in the fourth and fifth grade class. All of the students in her class were working on math but each one was doing something different for math. For example like decimals, rounding, adding or multiplication. The students were talkative with us and telling us their favorite interests and what they liked to do. Ms. Claire was so positive and supportive of her students and helping each one individually. I enjoyed observing her classroom and being able to interact with her students. Hope Academy has such a great system going for all of their students and I am happy that we were able to see just a little bit of all their programs that they offer.
October 10, 2012
On Wednesday we are finally back together at school! We shared with each other about how our observations went! After we shared our experiences at the different places we went to, Mrs. Turner told us about finishing our journals by October 16 and also telling us about our next BIG project, literally. Our project is our big book project which some of us will present to the little kids in Mrs. Vaughn's classroom. We chose our topic, either it being on death of a family member, or a topic that kids could relate to. We also went over the book The Acorn People and dicussed it with each other, on what we thought of the book.
October 11, 2012
On Thursday we worked on our big books some more. Coming up with a story, editing the story and then thinking of ideas to decorate our books. Thursday we spent the class period working on our books!
October 12, 2012
Friday it was pep rally day so we had a shortened period :( We worked on our big books again while we had observers from Eastside High look at our Teacher Cadet class. Since we had a shortened period we had to work fast and get our ideas together! Can't wait to see all of our finished books next Wednesday!
"If a window of opportunity appears, don't pull down the shade."
-Tom Peters
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