- I'm pretty sure that my class somehow won the 4th grade division of the canned food drive, which means that our class will probably end up in the students versus staff dodgeball game. I brought in 12 items towards this total. It was amazing when my students pointed my attention to part of the stage and explained that they had filled that area. I like how the contest was run. The children dropped their items off at the stage and recieved candy based on how much they donated. Then, the students told their teacher how many cans they brought in, and the teachers updated the display in the hallway across from the gym by posting a post-it note with their total on it. My students became really competitive during restroom breaks because every time that we got close to another teacher's total, that teacher's total would shoot up. There were times where her class was beating ours by 80 cans. I like that my teacher gave the student a homework pass (good for 1 assignment) for every 5 canned goods that they brought in.
Spelling Test
- The students weren't too sure about having their spelling test first thing in the morning, but it worked out well, especially considering that there was a fire drill during their typical time. I might keep the spelling test at that time.
Fire Drill
- My teacher had me take charge during the fire drill. It went pretty well. I learned not to have the students get into order when they get outside; it's easier to just count the children to see if I have everyone. I was going to have them get into order, but they were making too much noise. It is strange to me that children can't seem to move without talking.
Sub
- My class had a sub after lunchtime. I got to be the lead teacher. Although the class was talkative, they were pretty good. They even managed to get two compliments: one from a teacher who had lunch duty and one from the title one coach because they were quiet during their restroom break.
Poster Math
- The kids were very engaged in doing poster math today. They had to use critical thinking to find the pattern in the problem in order to solve it. Each student had 5 minutes to try to solve the problem before working as a group for 10 minutes. We didn't let the children move to their groups until the individual work time was over. Once in a group, the group had to agree on one method to put on their poster. Each of the 7 groups had 4-5 students in it. I created the groups last night and my teacher checked the list and moved around children as needed this afternoon. 2 of the students were very frustrated with this problem, but everyone else seemed to love it. The groups did well with the presentation. It was strange seeing which students did not want to be the speaker of their groups even though they usually do not have any trouble talking in front of others. A group was trying to convince a girl to be the speaker and she started backing up. I tried to encourage her by saying, "Go ahead, you're really confident." The girl gave me a puzzled look, but agreed to be the speaker.
Friday Fun Day
- This was the first week for this idea. Every week, we are going to reward that class by having Friday fun day. In order to qualify for this fun day, students have to turn in their homework every day and cannot clip below ready to learn. If a student does not qualify, then he or she has to complete a worksheet during that time. We had 3 students who did not qualify today. They worked under the gazebo while everyone else got extra time at recess. My class lost 5 minutes of fun day today because they talked too much during my instructions before the poster math presentations, so they lost 3 minutes. It took the class 2 minutes to get quiet so that I would take them down to Friday fun day. I let the students know that they were talking in line during their Friday fun day time, that fixed their behavior quickly.
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