I observed the third grade class yesterday and absolulty loved it!! I observed their Monday morning meeting in which the 4th and 5th grade classes came into the third grade room. During the meeting, they discussed the improtance of being respectful to each other and to their teachers. Apparently this had been an issue that needed to be discussed. The faculty member who lead the meeting reminded the students that there was no room in the school for anyone to be disrespectful, and that they needed to treat each other like a family. I thought this was great because it reminded everyone of the importance of sticking together and being kind to one another.
After the meeting, th thirdgraders prepared to learn about contractions. Ms. Brown, the lead teacher, used a website on contractions which she displayed on the projector during the lesson.I was impressed by how quickly the students responded to the lesson and were eager to answer her questions.
Next the students pulled ot their DOL workbooks. The excersise they did in the workbook asked them to write polite responses to certain questions.For example, they had to resond to " What would you say to someone who gave you a gift?" They would have to respond by writing a full, grammatically correct sentence, with correct punctuation. I was able to help one child with this excercise. It was so rewarding to see her understand what she was supposed to do after I helped her! The smile on her face was priceless!
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Liza, I enjoyed our first day in the classroom as well. I thought that the level of manners and respect that they demand of their students is very impressive and very important. Not only are they developing self control but also eliminating a lot of bullying that occurs at this age. Having respect for peers is not emphasized enough in school. I also noticed in our classroom how eager the students were to learn and participate, especially during the website interactive quiz you discussed. The kids were jumping out of their seats to raise their hands, and so eager to learn. I think that one reason why I want to teach early childhood is because children more often have such strong desire to learn and are excited about school. Looking forward to our next class on Monday!
ReplyDeleteLiza, I think it's great that you got a chance to observe the kids doing DOL. I remember doing this activity all throughout my elementary school and some middel school. I think it is very helful for teaching grammar, especially since we are in the era of text messaging, where correct grammar is all but lost!
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