sub teaching

So this week we had a couple of subs in the classroom it was actually a great experience for us cohorts because we were able to have the whole class to ourselves. Before the cohort i felt a little intimidated by the idea of teaching a class, i didn't know how long it would take to be able to gain control of them. I am grateful for an aweosme teacher that has set forth aweosme management skills that makes it easier for us to control them, she shows great love for her students and it makes a big difference when there are subs because they understand that they have something to live up to when she gets back. I hope that my class and I develop the same relationship of trust and understanding that Mrs. Foote has with her students.

First Week of Practicum

Man did I ever learn a lot in my practicum this first week. I am in a first grade class and it's amazing to see this teacher just have these six year old kids around her finger. She has an amazing management plan her ideas are so simple but in the same way so genius. I love that when they are walking in the halls they have "bubbles" in their mouths and arms tucked in so that they can't touch anything or say anything. Halloween was a really fun time too we were able to see the kids enjoying having fun and the teacher even got to integrate some writing and read aloud's into the class too. Here is a picture of us on Halloween that i hope you enjoy!

Google Tours

I looked and and talked to some of my peers about their Google earth tours. They all had really differnt ideas, one group decided to do famous places where sports teams play, i thought that was awesome because you could even compare it to the coliseum and have them see that we have our own kinds of coliseums in the world. I also talked to Laurie about hers they are going to take their students on a tour of the different places where Native Americas live and i really liked even more that they could have a pop up picture of the kind of houses that they lived in. Lastly there were a few of the wonders of the world, i still didn't even know what they were so I'm sure young kids would really enjoy learning about them so they could be more informed that i am.

Google Earth

I decided to post a link to a castle to set the tone of a book we may read like Robin Hood or such things. Kids love to learn about princesses, and knights in shining armor. I this week i learned that you can make a virtual tour around the world on Google earth. I also found out that wikipedia is set up with the maps so that you can read more about the places that you are searching for. I also think it's awesome that you can take measurements with a ruler and measure the latitude and longitude of each place. This could be used in the science, geography and math units.

Fun Videos!

This week was really fun to see how each group got so into their projects. After viewing a few of them i am amazed at the level of creativity. i really like the hungry caterpillar with the clay it was so cute. I watched a couple that were about books and were kind of reading rainbow style to try and hook my interest, and I'll admit that they did. I didn't know anything about the books they presented and now I'd like to have them in my classroom library! I know that my fifth graders will love to have this kind of opportunity to made things on the computer. What an awesome way to be able to make a movie for history or science. maybe if we're studying geography having them try and be travel guides of certain parts of the world. THis program was easy to use that they would catch on very quickly. I was a fun project.

This is my brother's band and i wanted to show how you can make anything with pictures into a story to help creativity.

Fun Movies this week!!

this week i really learned that making movies and different slides to help engage the class can be really fun. At first i didn't see a need to have a story board i just wanted to dive into it and start making my slide show but i'm glad that i did it so that this next week when we actually make the movie i'll be really prepared and know exactly the steps that i need to take to have a complete and successful slide show. The ideas presented like claymation will be really fun to do in the class even if i haven't decided to do them for this specific project. i think that I'll be using this stuff in my classroom to learn. It will be a lot more fun because of the technology that we can use.