This is my final week of guided lead teaching, though I will
be keeping writing instruction and adding reading instruction to my workload
after this week. A lot of the same things are happening this week as last week.
I’m continually frustrated with the multiple schedule changes (half days,
holidays, etc) and am trying to learn ways to plan and implement around those
unavoidable changes so as to disrupt the learning process as little as
possible.
This week all my students were making how-to stories. Due to
the nature of this assignment, I didn’t have as much trouble with the students
being at different spots, or all wanting my attention. This was a project my
students were able to complete with more independence, and I also always had
prompts available for those who finished early which decreased the clamor for
my attention.
Something I am frustrated with this week, is the lack of
direction with the writing curriculum at my school—mainly is that there really
isn’t one. I’m supposed to be taking over the writing for the remainder of the
school year, and besides a few CCSS I have no real idea what the students
should be learning, how they should be learning it, and how to teach it. I’ve
gone to my mentor for help but honestly, they are as lost as we are with the
whole curriculum thing. This week I ‘m
hoping to really scour the internet and teacher stores for some good,
interactive writing projects that my kids can complete.
As far as my unit as a whole went—I’m still doing it!! Due
to the half day schedules and election day, I lost three days of writing last
week so our project is still on-going. My hope is that my students will finish
on Monday and share on Tuesday.
As far as my core practice went—I think that I learned some
good ways to conference with students (through trial and error) and still have
the class function smoothly. I also think that I need to work on exactly how to
conference with students this age and what is developmentally appropriate for
them. Along the same lines, I think that editing/revision strategies may have
been to high of a goal for students of this developmental level—it is something
we set a foundation for, but ultimately something I think they would be more
ready to handle in the spring.
I’ll update after my unit actually ends! I’m really looking forward to the kids being
able to share their work with the class.
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