3 more weeks. It’s really down to the wire now. I will admit – I may have planned a little too much to do for my practicum. I have had to cut out a lot of things from my units. The good thing is that the time crunch has allowed me to reflect on what is really important to teach to my students. Nonetheless, here is my reflection of this week.

We finished two major units, fairytales and plants! The students presented their fairytales to the class this week. They should be proud of what they have accomplished. Many groups worked really hard on their projects over the past two weeks. Next up – Aboriginal storytelling! I am quite excited to read to my students Aboriginal stories because they are so different and unique. My students are in for a treat!

To bridge my plants and patterns in the sky units, our class planted some Tomatosphere seeds! One packet of seeds are the “control” tomato seeds, the other seeds were sent to space/treated in space-like conditions. The trick is that we don’t know which is which! The students and I are excited to watch the two plants grow. Hopefully we’ll see some changes happening soon!

We also started our Community unit this week. Our class went to the Fire Hall near our school. The students learned about fire safety, fire trucks, and they even got to use a giant water hose! We started building parts of our community bulletin board in the classroom. The students went onto Kidpix during Computers this week and drew a picture of their house. We came back into the classroom and coloured them in! We’ll be working on our bulletin board over the next few weeks – adding roads, the school, the Fire Hall, and other buildings in our community!