My field experience is still going great! I can't believe there are only 6 days left! This last week I led a couple morning meetings, led four guided reading groups, and had two read alouds.
Morning meeting has been fun since they are just starting to add in the greeting portion. I kept it simple with the first couple by doing a high-five and the butterfly greeting.
I really enjoyed leading the guided readings. I worked with three different reading levels: emergent, early, and fluent. We have been working a lot on the order of things using 1st, 2nd, 3rd, etc., so this was the main focus for the two emergent groups. The early reading level worked on rhyming and the fluent reading level worked on compound words. Students in the emergent groups needed more instruction. For these groups I did a picture walk before letting students read alone or with a partner. I found out there is a lot of prep for four guided reading lessons. I made ordinal number cards (1-10), word number cards (one-ten), days of the week cards, and 12 compound cards. The early reading level were really engaged with matching the events from their story to the days of the week. For the fluent reading level there were several compound words in their book. I cut the compound cards in half and they had a lot of fun matching them.
One of my read alouds was with a small group. I read One is a Feast for Mouse. The mouse was collecting leftover food from Thanksgiving. The book kept repeating the order of the food: 1st was a pea, 2nd cranberry, and so on. Students made a flip book consisting of writing 1st - 6th, the food names, and pictures in the correct order. My other read aloud was with the whole class. I read the book The Plump and Perky Turkey. Some of the words and pictures were kind of confusing, so I made sure to ask many questions throughout the story to make sure students were comprehending.
It sounds like your field experience is going great! It's awesome that your CT is allowing you to do so many guided reading groups. I love that both of the books you read were Thanksgiving themed and making a flip book for order sounds like a great idea. The first graders in my classroom are also working on order except they are working on alphabetical order. During your guided readings, what did you do with the compound cards you made? Hope you have a good rest of your time at your field experience!
ReplyDeleteFor the compound word cards I wrote the word on a card first, then cut them in half. So for example "mailbox," I cut the card in half separating mail and box. I cut the cards in half using different patterns so the cards fit together like puzzle pieces. For mailbox I cut the word in half in a zig zag line so students knew that made a word. I made 12 compound words and students had a lot of fun taking turns matching the cards together, Enjoy your last day of field experience tomorrow!
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