Thursday March 1 2007

Today Mrs. MacDonald had yard duty so when I showed up she had written out a list of things she wanted me to do, one was sort out and write the names of the morning class and afternoon class on the newsletters. Then I had to finish the Clifford necklaces I started the other day because today was the day they would color them in, and wear them. After the students got settled in Mr. Grace came in and checked up on my placement, the teacher introduced him and one of the students explained to us why he was away for the past 3 days (it was because he broke two of his toes). After Mr. Grace left the class made their way to the library, the student who broke their toes had to stay back for his sake, so he didn’t have to walk all the way down there with his crutches. I got to stay behind in the class room with him and we read a book together. Once the students got back they had work time and I helped cut out ears for their Clifford hats they will be working on in the future. After I was done that I had to take down old work from the classroom bulletin and place new art they had done, the students were excited to see their art they had made up on the wall, they were very proud. routines at my placement are important because the students get use to a certain way of doing things and it is improtant to stick with them so that they feel comfortable and know and understand what is going on around them. some days are so busy that the teacher forgets to do their afternoon rutine, because it takes the students longer to do things it is important to get right to business with the work they have to do. As usual after snack time they read a clifford book like they are use to doing. As they read I finished up stapling the clifford ears to the bands for their clifford headbands. Since today we had bad weather we wanted to make sure the kids would be ready on time and bundled up to go outside at the end of the day. So we started to get them ready 10 mins earlier then usual, once they were done they were ready to leave for the end of the day.