Week 7 Full-time Completed!

    I would say my experience in my class this week would be another 5. I love my babies and they make each day interesting and fun. I had a couple pleasant surprises this week! Two surprises came on Thursday. The first surprise was at our pumpkin carving event, when all of our students had a parent or grandparent come besides 1 student whose parents had to work.  It was a great time of parent involvement and to better get to know my students parents. The second came Thursday night, when all of the student teachers passed edTPA with an A!! The third surprise came on Friday, when I had an Indian culture center and all my students loved the Indian desert I made. There were some students who had 3-5 servings. My students have been doing awesome academically. After reflecting on lessons and students work, students need more practice writing their numbers the correct way. They know how to count and recognize the number, but 2,5,6,9 are confusing for them. The students will spend time in centers next week practicing writing their numbers. My short-term goals of implementing classroom management skills, is helping to prepare me to have a well ran and managed classroom. I think I had another productive week and would not have spent more or less time doing anything.  The first logical steps for next week is to continue working on my portfolio, and get a good chunk of lessons done on Monday during teacher work day.

      I analyzed my students’ phonics each day, and adjusted the plans for the next day for my lower groups each day in order for them to get extra practice with letter sounds. Students did well with their spelling words again. We practiced them each day in daily 5, which paid off because 13/23 students passed all of them, 8/23 got of them and only 2/23 could not say any. This weeks words were more challenging for them. The words were “no, go, up, can” I will continue to analyze data and practice sight words each day so students can master their sight words and start reading.  One piece of advice I would share with other student teachers is to finish these last 3 week of full time teaching strong by giving all that you have to your students.

NCPTS

     This week I increased in standard 1a but using my students’ data to plan and change instruction. I increased in standard 2b by planning a culture day on Friday of this week and next week. This week, I read a book to students on getepic.com on India. In centers, students got to “take a trip to India.” I made them an Indian desert to try, they got to look through a camera and see 14 different pictures from Indian culture, and completed a graphic organizer comparing and contrasting Indian culture and American culture. This kids LOVED it. I increased in standard 3a by integrating literacy in many lessons. I including graphic organizers for the culture center, science center, for comparing seasons, and literacy in math by showing students bean bags that had the number, dots, and word ex) number 7, 7 dots, and the word seven. I increased in 4f, and 4g by including multiple times throughout my lessons where students were able to talk to and collaborate with a partner to come up with answers, and checking each others boards and cubes in both phonics and math so they had someone “giving them approval” without all yelling my name at the same time to check their board. Lastly, I increased in standard 5c by modifying my lessons each day based on students needs, and what they struggled with.

    This week I continued to work on and add to my parent log, my PDP info, my resume, and personal philosophy. My CE and myself are both all set for right now!