It is nice to know that the 1st graders or "friends" (as Mrs.Hausmann calls them) recognize me as part of the classroom. They were all asking where I was on Thursday and Friday of last week. They also all had a hard time comprehending that I did not have school and that my parents do not live here.
One of my favorite parts of the 1st grade classroom is the singing. The kids love to sing and Mrs.Hausmann can turn almost anything into a song or a rhyme that all the kids say together. The morning routine is very fun and I would like to do many of the same things in my own classroom. Everyday, they sing a song to spell February. Then they mark on the calendar the date, write the date and decide if it is an even or odd day. Then they sing a song for the days of the week. They put up on the board what day it was yesterday, what day it is today and what day it is tomorrow. They are counting with straws how many days of school they've had. They count with money how many days of school they've had. They use a dollar bill and pennies, then quarters, dimes and nickels. Then they check the weather and mark that on a grid. One student chooses ten words from the Word Wall that all the students have to read aloud. Finally, they say "good morning" to three different people with high fives.
Today I worked with the advanced reading group in the library and we read an Amelia Bedelia book. I also lead one of the groups in centers and we worked on addition. I am still amazed at how all of the students can be at such different levels. This was difficult to deal with in this group because the smarter students would blurt out the answers before the slower students came up with an answer. I was constantly reminding them to think inside their own heads. I think that they have a natural instinct to help each other. But of course, telling them the answers is only hurting them in this case.
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