2nd week and so on

Last week was rather interesting and short. Monday, of course, the flurries of hell fell upon us and caused the school to be closed. On Tuesday school was two hours late but I still attended on a regular schedule. I decided to use that time to catch up on some assignments for Cassies binder. On Wed, I was unable to attend because I woke up and my car was gone :(, I got towed. However on the days I did attend last week (Tuesday, Thursday, Friday) I did read alouds for the students. 

During the Math portion of the day I typically end up playing a game for the "Math Choice" portion of the lesson. These games are: Top it, How Long Is It, Clear the Board, and Bump It. I always pair up with a student who does not have a partner. So far I have lost every single game i have played. After that section of Math is done, most of the students proceed to work on individual worksheets. These worksheets consist of them practicing their adding/ substracting. Several students work with the number 8, others with, 6, 9, etc. All depends on their level and the teacher assigns them a number to work with. However, during this section, the teacher also works with a small group of students of 4 and teaches them something different. Several students have also begun to write number sentences. I typically just walk around and assist the students that need help and redirect the students who are not doing their work.

Reading time is a bit different now.  I still read to the students. However, the kids now have leveled books that they can only read. (They used to just pick books at random). Because of this, I have the students read 2 books to me and I will read 1 to them. If they have trouble reading, I assist them with the sounding out of words and insist on doing an echo reading type of activity. 

Ovearall, little kids are silly and rather entertaining. I have had several sassy ones as well as some that just stick to me every minute. I look forward to seeing what these following weeks will bring and teach me.