Hey all,
It's crazy to think that we only have six more days of our field experiences! This week had been going very well. I have learned a lot during out word work groups, which ended on Friday. The word work groups were created by the second grade teachers and they meet for 30 minutes each day. During my word work group, we focused on long and short vowel sounds. I learned a lot about effective ways to teach the vowel sounds and also some of the vocabulary that they use. As I was saying, yesterday was the last day for our word work groups. During that last meeting time the students took a post test on spelling words. The students then needed to apply what they knew about the long vowel patterns to help them spell the words. I was very proud of the students and how well they did with spelling the words. I did notice that many students struggled with the words, fright, taught, and flute. Instead many students wrote frite, tot, and floot. All and all, I am very glad I was able to take part in their word work groups!
You know that you made a positive impact on their learning right? Good job, Mychaela and thank you for sharing! :)
ReplyDeleteHow did the teacher decide which students were in which groups? Did each group work on the same vowel sounds or how did that part work? I really like the idea of these groups! I think it is interesting what you did with the spelling tests. I gave a spelling test on Friday and many of my students got the word "Bulge" wrong. Many of them spelled it like "Bolg." I feel like having my students do a word work group would have helped with that so thanks for sharing this idea! It sounds like you are really enjoying your time in your classroom :)
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