Can I just say WOW! I am a first year teacher and the
last four months have flown by!!!!! I had great intentions of writing on my
blog a lot my often. I have kept up my classroom blog however, which is the most
important. If you would like to check out how I have laid it out, the website
is
Since I cannot share everything I have done in the last
4 months I will give a quick overview, and try to continue to post through
winter break.
Literacy
Daily 5 still going great! Hey know the routine down to
a tee, and they are very independent. I do 3 rotations and 3 lessons, 10
minutes each. So 60 minutes of Literacy each day. The students can choose from
Read to self, Writing, Word Work, Listen to Reading, and computers, or I will
add small groups. Students pick their choices each morning. I ring a bell for transitions.
Read to self- students pick their books out each Monday.
In the beginning of the year I let them pick any book, as they are beginning to
read I am having them pick books at their level.
Writing- They can free write about what they would like.
In writing lessons I give them sentence starters, or we do shared writing.
This is from one of our Shared Writings. The students were very proud!
Word Work- They do white boards, or Phonics cards. With
the white boards students practice their words using Caitlyn Clabby’s (Kindergarten
Smiles) Writing and Word Work Cards. The Phonics cards are from my favorite TPT
Teacher, Julie Van Alst.
I am happy to say my students are doing great, and I
think Daily 5 has a lot to do with it. They love writing, and are becoming
great readers.
Math:
Math is what I want to focus on over my break. I am
doing Math Work Stations by Debbie Diller. To be honest though, they are a huge
mess!!! I am going back reorganizing them, putting them in new containers,
adding the “I Can” paper, and getting new stations.
My students love them, but I feel like I didn't take
enough time to explain how to take care of the material, and keep it organized.
I also do not keep very good track of what they are doing. But as teachers we
need to constantly reflect and revise, and I am not ashamed to say
that! So here comes my second attempt=) When I am done reorganizing I will
devote one post to just my stations!
Social Studies/Science
Another one I want to reflect on. I tried doing Science
Journals with my students and they turned out kind of Messy=( I need to do some
Post searching on this for help!
Well I hope to be back soon with some more posts on what I have been doing, including one on how I keep Student Data (Which is my focus this year.)
~Amber Lee
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