Second Field Experience: Third Grade!

My second field experience is in a public school near my university, with 3rd grade. It is 11% free and reduced lunch and consistently scores above state average in, well....everything. The building is older, but not OLD, and parking is a nightmare. I mostly observe Mrs. K's class for two hours, three days a week. I am also scheduled to teach two independent lessons.

This teacher is very thorough. I met with her before my time started, and she had a welcome sheet already typed up for me, ready to go. The students are all assigned a number for easy labeling of cubbies, mailboxes, book boxes, etc. Amazing idea? uh, yeah.

I observe math and literacy blocks. We're getting these kiddos through fact families/division and fractions in the 6 weeks I'm here. I'll be teaching fractional parts of a set. When we did pre-tests, 5 of my 21 little ones tested out of this section. I have my work cut out for me!

I'll also be handling a book club (that's what she calls reading groups, how cool!) and focusing on inferencing and mysteries with the book Howie Bowles, Secret Agent by Kate Banks.

Book Review: 1-2-3 Peas by Keith Baker

Alright, this is an ADORABLE counting book. A bunch of little peas doing cute activities and teaching how to count? AWESOME. The book has both the number and the "number word" (i.e. 7 and seven) on each page. There's rhyming, it's colorful...this book was made to keep kiddos interested in counting.
First it counts 1-10. Then 11-19 are all on one page, and from 20-100 it counts by ten.

5 stars from me for Pre-K-Grade 3!

ISBN: 978-1-4424-4551-2