I ran morning meeting again today along with a 6th grade peer mediator who did a greeting and activity on self-esteem. We did morning meeting a little out of order this morning, starting with shares, then doing the greeting and activity, then doing chart. We did that because the peer mediator came a little bit late to our classroom. I observed by CT doing guided reading groups today too. I will pick up the highest level next week. I watched a lower level one too and then I helped a parent volunteer by copying pages for books the class is making at the “work on writing” center. My CT was talking to the parent for a little bit while the students watched a video on beginning-middle-end. After the video, I talked to them a little about it as my CT finished up. The whole class was really well-behaved this morning, and the boy from yesterday who came in with his mom seemed much happier than he was yesterday but also much more behaved.
After lunch, my CT took time to do her lessons because she will be out tomorrow afternoon. I will do my planned lessons tomorrow with the sub. Pit was fun and I’m glad I only have one more lesson to do in this unit besides the review. The class really enjoyed the rolling wheels lesson, and we had a video of Bill Nye the Science Guy doing motion experiments that they loved. We used it to finish off the lesson, but didn’t finish it. That’s good because we can continue it if we run short another time. The class had fun during math today using calculators to count by 2’s 5’s and 10’s. I demonstrated it on the Smartboard using online-calculator.com. It was hard to find a calculator that did it the right way. Some don’t keep counting if you just keep hitting the equal button. Each of the students needed some help once they got a calculator of their own to use. They still need more practice but seem to be getting it much better now.
The end of the day went quickly again because they had indoor recess and computers. They mostly finished their power points so that is exciting, and many will present them tomorrow. My CT will also email them to parents. They are all really proud of their presentations.
The day ended when one of the school buses broke down and all the kids came back into the building. We did a lot of calling parents who were waiting at the bus stops to let them know that another bus was on the way. Luckily the new bus came pretty quickly and we were out of there about 20 minutes later than usual. It was interesting to see how the school handled it. The principal came in and we had the whole bus of kids sit in the pit. They asked for a cell phone number for moms that would be waiting at the bus stops so they could let everyone know that a new bus was coming and the kids would be home soon. The principal encouraged parents not to come pick up their kids to avoid confusion.
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