More School!!

Once again, I have a lot to catch up on....

So last week I really started teaching a whole bunch.

On Monday I taught a double lesson on mixtures in science. I had the students create and then try to separate things like flour and water, dirt and water, and sand and water. I let them choose their tools; colander, sieve, and filter paper. They managed to work their way through this lesson fairly well. The hardest part for them was trying to figure out what in the world "decanting" is. (If you don't know what it means look it up. I'm not explaining it again.)

On Tuesday I taught spelling (which I'm rather fond of) and Maths. (The English, for some reason, add that s on the end of math. I have no clue why)The maths lesson went fairly well, though we were a little short on time and did not get to the fun math game I had planned. This lesson was on number line addition, which is something I am not too familiar with, so planning for it was a bit of a challenge.

Wednesday I helped out with the art lesson (at BBS art is taught by the classroom teacher), and taught a guided reading and maths lesson. The art is really cool. My teacher is having the students dress up in early 1900's outfits and then taking pictures of each other. Later we will blow the pictures up and have the kids trace their outlines onto plain paper. They will then water color in their drawings. So far the drawings are coming along beautifully and the pictures are hilarious!! Guided reading is another lesson I really enjoy. I take out only two students at a time for this, so its very low stress and enjoyable. Maths was another lesson on number lines.

On Thursday I taught another maths lesson and just ramped up the difficulty with number lines. I'm having a hard time with assessments in the maths lessons. Malane and I spoke about it and we're going to look into it next week...

Friday annnnnnnnddddd then, THE WEEKEND!!