The first day I was in the classroom it was interesting. I had no Idea how their scheduled was or how the students would react to me being in the classroom. When I walked in I was greeted by multiple students all filled with questions about why I was there and what I would be doing. It was really nice that they were so interested in me and also gave me a good understanding of how their personalities were.
In the morning the students unpack and read quietly at their desks. A little after they get into class they have to go straight to Related Arts. Ms. B's class gets split up and goes with other classrooms to their R.A. I went with a few students from Ms. B's class and an entire other classroom to Music. There the students were able to sing and play instruments.
After students get back from R.A. they go to the carpet and learn math. They were learning about ways to add to 15 using 'like doubles" for example 8+7=15.
The second day I was in the classroom I went to Art with the students. In art the students were making geometric shapes out of paper. They made cubes, cones, cylinders, and pyramids. The teacher demonstrated it for the class and then let them try it for themselves. Many students had a difficult time creating the shapes and needed a lot of instructions.
The third day the students didn't go to R.A. instead they prepared themselves for the Hat Parade. Each classroom choose a theme and then the students made hats representing that theme. All the students then marched around the school in a Hat Parade showing off their hats. Ms. B's class's theme was the human body. Each students hat was a different body part and had vocabulary words on it about the body part. After the parade the students came back to the classroom and watched a video about the digestive system and the human body.
Great job of recounting the activities from a previous week (i.e., a bit late)! It sounds like you will be getting a wide variety of experiences with the visits to various related arts. :)
ReplyDeleteRemember that you want to spend more time in reflective mode with more depth to your post - relate to your week's classroom theme (i.e., multiple intelligences) for the future.