Reflection #16

On the first day that I was in the class room the students worked in centers. Because of portfolio testing students had to go to other classrooms and also other students came into our classroom. Portfolio testing is testing for students who are not doing well in class and are at risk for failing FACT. There were five extra students in the classroom during the week. The extra students did the same things as the other students, worked on centers. Each center is 15 minutes long and is focused on reading and writing. The students from the other classroom had to learn about the centers from the other students. I think that is a good technique because then the students get to talk to each other and interact with one another. After centers were over the students who had left for portfolio testing returned. The students who came into the classroom from another class went back to their class too. Also on the first day I was surprised to find out that C had ISS (In School Suspension) I asked Ms. C why he had been given ISS she told me that every day she has to write C up for his behavior.

Credit  to: Positive Identity

The next day the same thing happened. In the morning the students worked on their morning warm up and listened to the announcements. when that was over a few students left and a few students came in. They worked on centers and when they were finished the students from another class left and the students who are normally in the classroom returned. Next the class sat on the carpet for reading. The class had already read the story the were reading for the week so on this day they were reviewing it. The students paired up with the people around them and went page by page reviewing what happened through out the story. I liked this method of review that Ms. C used. It helps the students remember what happened in the story and if they don't remember one part then their partner can help them out.

The last day of the week that I was in the classroom the same things were going on. All week it was the same routine. One interesting thing that happened was that the school had a fire drill. The students from the other class were still in Ms. C's classroom. Before leaving the class Ms. C counted the students in the class and then we headed to our designated area. Our area was the teachers parking lot.

In the beginning this week was not very average and kind of difficult. Ms. C and I had to reteach the centers to students and help them a lot. However toward the end of the week and once everyone started to get the hang of things it all started to get easier. Also during this week I worked on my bulletin board. I am almost done with it and hopefully I will finish with it by the end of next week!