This was a sad week. I was definitely not ready to leave the students or the school. I feel like our time at Glen Alpine Elementary flew by, and I wish we were able to stay there longer. Alecia and I grew pretty close to the students in Mrs. Puckett’s classroom. We have seen days [...]
Archive for November, 2009
School Reflection: Week 6
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School Reflection Week 5
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This week I gave three students the diagnostic math interview. I feel that the students are far behind in their math. Even the high student that I worked with, had no clue what subtraction was. When the students could not do subtraction, we went to addition and they even had problems with those problems. I [...]
School Reflection Week 4
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This week I worked with students on their reading. Several of the students are getting to the point that they can take AR tests by themselves. I am not sure if the students are allowed to use their books while taking the test, but several of the students do. It amazes me how this one [...]
Book Review #14: “Martina the Beautiful Cockroach”
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Author: Carmen Deedy Illustrator: Michael Austin Title: “Martina the Beautiful Cockroach” Grade: K-2 Publisher: Peachtree, 2007 ISBN: 1561453994 Summary: Martina the cockroach is looking for a husband. Her grandmother tells her that the only way she will be able to find her suitor is to use the coffee test. Martina takes her grandmothers advice and [...]
Book Review #13: “Epossumondas”
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Author: Coleen Salley Illustrator: Janet Stevens Title: “Epossumondas” Publisher: Harcourt Books, 2002 Grade: K-2 ISBN: 015216748 Summary: In this children’s books, a young possum is given instructions by his mother to go and fetch a few items from several people. The possum takes directions way too literally and ends up doing exactly opposite of what [...]
Book Review #12: “Seven Blind Mice”
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Author: Ed Young Illustrator: Ed Young Title: “Seven Blind Mice” Grade: K-2 Publisher: Puffin Books, 1992 ISBN: 0698118952 Summary: This book is about seven blind mice, who all argue about what the mysterious object is by their pond. Each mouse discovers a new part of the mysterious object and guesses about what the object might [...]
School Reflection: Week 3
Posted in Uncategorized on November 11, 2009 | 3 Comments »
The third week in the school, I worked with all the children on their numbers one through thirty. Some children got every single number correct when I showed them the flashcards with the number written on it, but some children were really having problems with the numbers. I continued to work with the children on [...]
Book Review #11: “One Winter’s Day”
Posted in Uncategorized on November 5, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Author: M. Christina Butler Illustrator: Tina Macnaughton Title: “One Winter’s Day” Published: Good Books, 2006 Grade: k-2 ISBN: 1-56148-532-2 Summary: Little Hedgehog is on the way to Badger’s house when a terrible storm blows in. On the way to Badger’s house, Hedgehog meets new friends who are also cold. Being the kind hedgehog that he is, Hedgehog [...]
Week 2: School Reflection
Posted in Uncategorized on November 4, 2009 | 5 Comments »
So this week Alecia and I were able to listen to the children read a few children’s books. Each week the children pick out a book that they will slowly work on reading for homework. The books are not easy enought that the children can read through them in one night. The students read us [...]
Fluent Readers Article
Posted in Uncategorized on November 4, 2009 | 1 Comment »
1. What are the three dimensions of fluency? How can you assess each dimension? 1) Accuracy in word decoding- The student needs to be able to sound out the words in the text with minimal errors. As a teacher you should find out the percentage of words the student can correctly decode on that grade [...]
