I could not have asked for a more perfect first day! I am going to LOVE my students and mentor teacher; I can already tell. This was sitting on my desk, welcoming me, as I walked in the door to my desk. Each student made me a welcome card (how cute!!) Incase that isn’t sweet enough, my mentor wrote me a kind message and gave me a pretty pink plant for my desk!
Each of the kindergarten classes have recently started implementing Word of the Day as a part of their reading instruction. Every morning the students take one of these sheets and begin filling out the top two lines. A new, teacher chosen, word is introduced each day. On the first line, students write their first and last name. For “try” the students have to make their best attempt at writing the word prior to teacher assistance. The rest of the sheet is filled out as a class.
The set up of the classroom is unlike any other classroom I have been in. Most of the whole class instruction and teaching takes place away from desks or tables. Students sit in the “carpet time” area which consists of a large rug, stools, a child sized couch, and a horse saddle. I am looking forward to seeing how this works with student learning.
Parent teacher conferences started right after school today. My mentor teacher led the conferences as I observed. This was a wonderful opportunity for me to meet some of the parents and see where the students are coming from!
While parents are waiting in this area for their conference to begin, they are encouraged to write a little note to their child. Students were given the note when they got to school the next day. I thought this was a sweet idea.
I cannot wait to see what this semester has in store for me :)
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