Mar. 27 – Mar. 31
- MON: Mathematics: Name Lengths
- (W1) – Math Measurement; lesson 1 in unit plan
- Reflection & Ways to Improve:
- Have students review steps to complete on worksheet
- Have something to keep the audience busy while students are coloring in their block on the graph (maybe provide them with a material to show the number of letters in the name ie. unifix cubes, placing the corresponding number together to match the name)
- Provide sheets with the names written on them so students can reference them; add other names to help those with the longest and shortest names
- Have pictures on the worksheets alongside the words
- Nature School: Searching for Signs of Spring and Exploring Nature
- TUES: English Language Arts: Book of Letters Oo
- Oo Book of Letters
- Reflection & Ways to Improve:
- Stop and restart the song if students aren’t singing properly
- Remind students that Oo is a vowel not a consonant and to sing accordingly
- WED: Cross-Curricular Whole Class Activity: Building a Structure Togeher
- (W1) Building Blocks Whole Class Exercise
- Reflection & Ways to Improve:
- Having two circles would work better for those students having a hard time waiting
- Providing them the blocks in advance could have move it along quicker but students may fiddle with the blocks while waiting
- Give students a time limit to place their block (possibly hit a chime and when the sound stops they have to be finished)
- Taking a survey was an effective way to get the students engage (had them vote it they wanted to build a house or tower)
- THURS:Mathematics: Measuring Lengths
- (W1) – Math Measurement; lesson 2 in unit plan
- (W1) – Math Measurement; NEWlesson 2 in unit plan
- There are two lesson plans for this math lesson because I changed my plan after Monday’s measurement lesson. I quickly learned that the lesson was two easy for the students and would be more personalized if I included more materials.
- Reflection & Ways to Improve:
- Remember to explain what the ‘________’ is for on the worksheet (thankfully a student asked)
- More stations would be fine – they really enjoyed it
- Maybe test the big block in advance as many struggled with recording the answer because it didn’t fit properly OR introduce the concept of a half
- Some measured the perimeter over the length – either better explain the length or this could be an indicator of that the activity was too easy for them
- I could have created a backside of the worksheet with short items to emphasize both types of length
- FRI: English Language Arts: Writing Book – Kindergarten Inquiry into Teachers
- (W1) Writing Book Lesson
- Reflection & Ways to Improve
- The book wasn’t the biggest hit; students had a hard time moving to things teachers do best away from what teachers can’t do
- I ended up not providing the writing prompt as the audience became restless
- I would say only about 30%-40% wrote something about what they liked about their teachers/what best teachers should do
- Nature School: Exploring the Elements, Testing Balance, Investigating a Nature Seesaw
Week One Reflection