6th Grade

Today I went to a different school in the district that I had not been to before. I had 6th graders. It was cool that the student switched between rooms for the subjects.

Very Professional Desk

• I love how the teacher's desk was themed with gold items. 

How You Spend Your Day Pie Graph

• This activity was pretty cool. 
• At first, we did not notice that the circle counts to 12 twice because there are 24 hours in a day.
• I like that we had to estimate what percent of their day was spenting doing the activities. I learned that each hour counts for a little more than 4% of the day. The students were surprised by how much of their time is spent sleeping or at school. 

Writing Choices

• The students got to guide their own writing. They had options of assignments that they had to do. 
• Letter about their previous field trip. 
• Letter to another student that was coming to the grade. 
• Free write, which could include poetry.
• Scrapbooking
• It was tough keeping them focused, but I like that they always had another option to complete.

Fire Drill

• The class did fairly well with the fire drill. I like that they celebrated a good drill. 

Discipline

• A student did not take their medicine today. They kept talking to the people around them and distracting them. I could tell that one of the other students was already having trouble focusing, so I asked the student if she would like to move to a seat by herself or if she would like to go to the cubicle. She chose to go to the cubicle, but still talked once she got there. 
• I like that if a student misbehaved, then they had extra homework to do on top of their names being reported. 
• I am constantly surprised by how students from different schools do not all have the same quiet signals. I always take for granted that students know to repeat your claps or to go to level zero. I've subbed at two schools where the students did not know what to do when I led those signals.