Tuesday April 13, 2010

Today was the day that I did my science lesson. I came prepared and ready to teach my students all about the things that come from trees and what part of a tree. I was a little disheartened when I went into the class because there was another teacher there. I thought that my mentor teacher forgot about my lesson and did not tell me there would be a sub. Luckliy my mentor teacher was at a meeting and she was going to be back soon. Pheww I thought. When she came in she was ready for me to begin my lesson. After I set up the trays for the groups I needed to put up the video that I was going to show. Unfortunatly the video was on youtube and that site was blocked by the school. I was a little worried about that but the lesson still went great. The children were so surprised that all the differnt things on the tray came from trees. When they grouped the items in the tray into categories my mentor teacher was surprised at the unique ways the students grouped the items. My mentor teacher helped me alot, which is good. Overall, it was a good lesson and the children really seemed to learn alot. The rest of my time there I spent testing students on reading levels.

Firday April 9, 2010

Today I got the chance to see a science lesson. The intern teacher talked about plants and how they are important to the environment and there structures. The students got a worksheet in which they had fill out the parts of a plant. After, they got to color a cup with markers and designs so that they know it is their cup . Then, the students put soil in their cups and got to plant a seed! Through out the weeks they are going to watch the plants grow and water them. I thought this was really cool and fun! The students seemed really in to it. After the science lesson the students broke up into their reading groups. I got the lower level students and we started to popcorn read. That is when one person reads and then he/she chooses someone to read or sometimes the students just read when one person finishes. Afterwards we learned about realistic fiction and as a class the students read a story. They had to figure out what can be real and what can never really happen. I also got to talk to my mentor teacher about my science lesson and guided reading lesson. Great day today.