Weekly Reflection #3

This week in Ms. C’s class everything was pretty normal. The students did their usual activities. Start with word of the day or computer games in the morning, then centers after that.  And after centers they go to the carpet and do their reading activity together.  

I noticed this week that in the morning one or two students leave the classroom to get ‘snack’ the snack is always something healthy; cherry tomatoes, apples, grapes etc. I wondered if every classroom got a snack or if only certain classrooms did.

This week I also observed that P (the new native Spanish speaker student) has gotten into a routine of her own. While students are working on their word of the day in the morning she also does that. Although it is in English she writes it down and does he best. Next when students are going to centers around the room she goes on the computer and uses a software that helps you learn English. On certain days a ELL teacher will come in and work with P one on one with her English.

I learned this week that 2 of the students in the classroom are “Tear 1/Tear 2” in other words ‘special needs. In the beginning of centers these two students are pulled out by another teacher. This teacher helps them with any work they need help with and will be trying to see some improvement with them throughout the year.  These two students seem to be like all the other students, I would have never guessed that those students needed extra help.