Little Teacher

Tuesday, March 27, 2012

Notes:

driving from Kingston has been super brutal for the past 2 school days-- what a long commute! Makes me tired and groggy in the morning...also, the cold weather makes me grumps.
no Reach song this week is kind of stinky...but it lets us read a story in the morning so that we have more ESL time :)
100s on all key words tests today for K and 1-- holla holla!
must remember the assembly tomorrow for first graders...
one of the first-graders got stuck in his jacket today and I almost DIED laughing while my para tried to help him. He was sobbing, and I felt bad for laughing-- but the whole situation was ridiculous..oh boy. poor kid.
Do I assess my kids too much?
I'm confused about which kids to do DRAs on...
What should I be doing for progress monitoring?
must remember to do letter ID tomorrow
glad my little K friend is happy with his new grouping during ELA :)
parent meeting on Friday
must read article for math course by Thursday--boo.

Notes:

My para and I were in the worst moods EVER today-- super cranky...the poor kids were at the end of that mess...
pre-tests for spelling are so interesting because the kids do so horribly...at least it shows that they are studying during the week and learning something...
compliments on my new duck bulletin :)
kids were super excited to take home their cat in the hat story maps today-- finally done with Dr. Seuss haha
intense parent meeting today-- glad I survived...
let the longest week ever begin...especially because we're doing testing all week.

Notes:

During storytime, we read Polar Bear, Polar Bear, What do you see? by Eric Carle. The kids LOVED it, and my para went on to ask them what animal they wish they could be (since 1st graders have been learning about different animals). One of my K students said "A zebra because it has [a] mohawk." awee, so cute! I love him! :) We will be reading more Eric Carle stories next week.
8 100s on spelling tests--almost all the K, holla!
Writer's Workshop type model= "What do you like to do in the spring?" We brainstormed "Spring" words with a T chart that listed nouns, verbs, and adjectives.
writing project led to our new bulletin board-- I was so excited to take down the Lorax bulletin b/c I get tired of things so easily...
worked the kids in math...not the usual on a Friday, but they needed more push
first-grade kids did horrible with long a sounds in spelling and with word hunts...need to take things down a notch
bubbles in the courtyard
one girl wrote in my books -.- super annoyed.

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Notes:

planning with other teachers for my student that is signed onto a plan now...schedules are so confusing!
2 students were observed by the school psychologist today to help me with data
informal observation in math today-- the director said that I had the perfect class-- WoW

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posters from The Inspired Apple blog

under construction

Notes:

P/T conferences tonight...so many parents thanked me, and it was so nice to hear. I get so stressed out that I sometimes forget how much my kids have progressed and how far they've come since September! :')
ESL FLEWWWW by today...those journals have been a doozy lately
categorizing assessment completed
went home for 20 minutes before conferences today...that woulda been the craziest thing ever back in November ;-)
one no-show for conferences
reminder for next year-- it is so important to explain kindergarten and first-grade rating systems on report cards to avoid confusion!

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Tuesday's paintings after reading Old Bear by Kevin Henkes

Notes:

Grade 4 Long Comp day in MA...dun dun dun! Good luck, 4th graders!
journal writing took sooo long today-- and handwriting with one of my students was painful today
read Old Bear by Kevin Henkes-- kids loved it, and it was a cute way to introduce Spring
parent conference this morning at 8...only the rest to go tomorrow night :-/
found out that one of my students is moving...eek!
painted scenes from spring at the end of the day today

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Spring flowers that I bought for the classroom :)

Notes:

Last Cat 1 training today and one more assignment to go-- woohoo!
missed another staff meeting :-/
ESL went really well today-- the kids are super motivated by BINGO and it's really helping them to learn their vocabulary words
Just found out that the other K classes DO NOT give spelling tests-- oops...
began my "weekly" fluency checks today...hope they end up working!
began long a with the first graders...don't know if I'm rushing it...
Not able to fit in storytime that often!
Finally gave the kids those National Geographic magazines-- gee whiz...
one of my K students banged his eyebrow really hard against a chair during mid-morning exercise-- womp womp :(
just bought flowers to show the kids tomorrow and have them paint! maybe we'll try to be in the courtyard...
nervous about my PT conference tomorrow morning...
lost in translations.

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Synonym Snake

Good Luck cards for the 3rd, 4th, and 5th graders taking the MCAS