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Thursday, May 29, 2008
Wednesday, May 28, 2008
Summer School
Day Two of Summer School:
Although I have the largest summer school class in the school (14 students enrolled), this has been my most positive experience yet. I'm finally organized, prepared, and armed for anything summer-school-related. Last year, when I foolishly expected given curriculum and/or general expectations on what I was to teach, I found myself scrambling for something to fill what seemed like an eternal four hours of school. Now, my students are saying, "We go home now?" as if we'd only been in class for an hour.
For those of you on a similar conflict, here is my schedule:
8:00- Attendance and Sonday System (phonics review program)
8:30- Computer
8:55- Journal writing with Mix-Pair-Share
9:30- Centers (while I pull them for reading fluency testing)
9:55- Reading of decodable book, copied so they can take home
10:30- Make Your Own (a time where we make our own flashcards)
10:50- Math (On a stroke of pure genius, I have purchased a set of playing cards for each student from the dollar store. Each day, I teach them a new review game they can play with the cards. Then, they can take it home and practice the games... So far, so good!)
11:30- Lunch
11:50- Review
12:00- Dismissal
P.S. I am picking up my dog at 2:30 today! News to come on that front, I suspect!
Although I have the largest summer school class in the school (14 students enrolled), this has been my most positive experience yet. I'm finally organized, prepared, and armed for anything summer-school-related. Last year, when I foolishly expected given curriculum and/or general expectations on what I was to teach, I found myself scrambling for something to fill what seemed like an eternal four hours of school. Now, my students are saying, "We go home now?" as if we'd only been in class for an hour.
For those of you on a similar conflict, here is my schedule:
8:00- Attendance and Sonday System (phonics review program)
8:30- Computer
8:55- Journal writing with Mix-Pair-Share
9:30- Centers (while I pull them for reading fluency testing)
9:55- Reading of decodable book, copied so they can take home
10:30- Make Your Own (a time where we make our own flashcards)
10:50- Math (On a stroke of pure genius, I have purchased a set of playing cards for each student from the dollar store. Each day, I teach them a new review game they can play with the cards. Then, they can take it home and practice the games... So far, so good!)
11:30- Lunch
11:50- Review
12:00- Dismissal
P.S. I am picking up my dog at 2:30 today! News to come on that front, I suspect!
Monday, May 19, 2008
Letter
May 16, 2008
Dear Miss Sells,
I will shure miss you. I want to stay with you. I don't want to go too fourth grade. I don't want the year to end. All of my other teachers were great but you're the best. You where soposed to get it on Wednesday, but I just want to give it to you early.
Love,
Macario
(with attached address and phone number, "in case you want to call")
Dear Miss Sells,
I will shure miss you. I want to stay with you. I don't want to go too fourth grade. I don't want the year to end. All of my other teachers were great but you're the best. You where soposed to get it on Wednesday, but I just want to give it to you early.
Love,
Macario
(with attached address and phone number, "in case you want to call")
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