children center

At the children's center yesterday I was able to observe the students during a health lesson. There were two students particularly had a hard time paying attention but the rest were very attentive. After the lesson the students were able to choose which center they wanted to go to. The first students that the teacher called on chose the dramatic play area. At the dramatic play are the students were able to dress up, sing songs, and pretend to be a judge. At another area a girl was pretending to be a teacher and read out loud to her pretend class. I went over to see what she was reading and she said she got shy to read in front of teachers. At another area students were to cut out pictures of food from a magazine and paste them to the same color on a rainbow. One boy I was working with was more into cutting out pictures for himself to keep rather than cutting the pictures to paste on the rainbow.

second grade

On Tuesday April 6th I worked worked with second graders at Aldo Elementary for an hour. I worked with a few students for about 20 minutes each. While I was with the students they brought a book to read. One students in particular that I worked with had a difficult time staying on the correct part when reading. Sometime he would skip a line without even realizing it so we would have to go back and re-read the sentence. He often used his finger to help him keep track of what he was reading which helped him.

Childrens Center

While I was at the child's center center for an hour I was able to observe the students learn about bugs. There was an ant farm in the classroom and the students were able to watch the ants as they moved. By just watching the ants the students were having fun, engaged, and learning. In the classroom there was also a table full of plastic bugs. The students played with the bugs and as they were playing the teachers would often ask what the bug was. The students rarely said the wrong type of bug which demonstrated what they knew. There was also bug puzzles in the classroom that many of the students enjoyed playing with. The puzzles consisted of a variety of different bugs. While I was working with one student she kept testing me to see if I knew what the bug was. She enjoyed doing this because it was fun to her but she was also learning at the same time. Apart from learning about bugs I also observed what the students call "preschool idol". During this the students get to dress up and sing as well as have judges on the side. The students has so much fun doing this. They took turns while they were playing which is a skill they will need in the future. It was easy to tell which students watched television or listened to the radio more often because they would know the words for specific songs. The students that did not watch television or listen to the radio as often were able to make up their own words to a song. It was very enjoyable to watch while the students did this!

March 30 at Aldo

While I was at Aldo in the second grade classroom I read individually with a few students. It is easy to distinguish the reading level each student is at. I try to ask questions to the student's to see if they know what is happening during the story. Sometimes I relate the questions to the student individually so they do not feel like they are being tested. As I continue to read with the students I become more aware of what each student needs help with.