Week 9: Oh, The Thinks You Can Think!

Once again, there was no time for note-taking this week... but I wished I could document every moment!!! I'm not ready to leave first grade--maybe my CT won't give me a passing grade, and I'll have to repeat! ;-)

OK, fine... This next week is my last week before moving to 6th grade, so I'll make the most of it. Here's an overview of my second to last week:

It's Dr. Seuss week!!!! YAY!!! I love all of that stuff, so this was my week, for sure!

We read a bunch of his books in reading, and Friday I got to trace all the kids' feet! :-P haha.
We watched a couple videos, too.

Tuesday we did this GREAT activity! All the first grade teachers did something different, and the kids travelled from classroom to classroom to get all the experiences. One did Ooblek, another did a Dr. Seuss snack, another did a fast/slow movement Dr. Seuss song, and I did singing and dancing to "Oh, The Thinks You Can Think!" from Seussical Jr.!!
I think I had just as much fun, if not MORE, than the kids!!! The 1st grade teachers suggested I choreograph the rest for the kids for the talent show ;-)

The kids also started a science unit this week -- forces and motion (AKA push vs. pull).

I was SO excited for a word work lesson, too: we wrote alliterative sentences!! (Miss Wodrich won the wacky whiffleball game. The octopus in the ocean opened one oragami. Etc., etc.) They came up with some pretty cute ones! :-D

OH YEAH, my supervisor came for his second visit. My CT and I prepared this elaborate lesson that sounded fantastic on paper... but I ended up having a really hard time with it! It wasn't whole-group, so I had less control, and the kids were very noisy. I was worried about what he would think, and about how the kids would do with the assignment, but once again, he had nothing bad to say!!! He and my CT said they could tell I was definitely out of my element, but that I handled it well, and that it would take time to get used to. It was a great learning experience for me, for sure :-)

I wish I could remember specific funny moments, but I've got nothing this week. Maybe next week I'll have more time to write memories!!

Well, time to get to work on my Star poster for next week!!! :-)