FEAPS 2a. Organizes, allocates, and manages the resources of time, space, and attention 2b. Manages individual and class behaviors through a well-planned management system 2c. Conveys high expectations to all students In a previous blog post, I wrote about the morning routine and how we did number of the day to help students with learning about place value. My CT came to me and said that although we will still do number of the day occasionally as needed, she wanted me to take the lead on checking the homework in the morning, as well as teaching my own mini-lesson about prefixes and suffixes. For checking homework, my CT uses a behavior tracking chart that she created. Each column represents a different subject area and she writes notes throughout the day. She uses a new chart every day and dates it. She also keeps every chart as evidence if needed in conferences with parents or other teachers. When the students got seated, I asked them to take their math homework out so I could come around and check it. I walked by each students' desk and checked to see if they completed their homework. Homework is checked on a completion basis every day, and then turned in at the end of the week. After I checked everyone's homework, I moved into the prefix and suffix mini lesson. I chose the prefix anti- and the suffix -ful for this week's lesson. I wrote them on the board. I first started with the prefix anti- and explained that it meant against or opposite. I wrote the word antibiotic on the board and asked students to use their prior knowledge of the root word bio that they learned in science and what I just taught them about the prefix to try and figure out the meaning of the word. Students were very fast at being able to come up with meanings of the word and they mostly got the correct answer. We then moved onto the suffix -ful and how it meant full of. I wrote the word careful on the board and students were eager to tell me that it meant someone was full of care. We finally reflected on the mini lesson and established that knowing common prefixes and suffixes can help us decode words that are unfamiliar to us as we move on to reading harder texts. I will give them new prefixes and suffixes every week and keep track of the ones we have already talked about on the word wall in the back of the classroom. Looking back on this morning routine, I really like the behavior tracking chart that my CT uses every day. It is an easy way to behavior and homework and keep evidence if behavior becomes a problem in the classroom. I was a little nervous when my CT asked me to lead a mini lesson every week. I thought for the most part I led the lesson pretty well. At the end, after I was done, I got stuck on how to transition into the next lesson. My CT helped me and jumped in. She also provided me feedback and told me as a rule of thumb, three is the magic number when calling on students to answer. She suggested that any more than three and we can get lost in the lesson and not move forward in a timely fashion. I appreciated her advice and definitely understood where she was coming from. In the future, I will make sure I am staying within the time constraints and keep sharing ideas to three students. I also will make transition into the next lesson less choppy by knowing what lesson will be after mine and asking students to get the supplies needed out for that lesson.
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