Wednesday, January 27, 2010

Kindergarten Standards B 4.2 Understand that some materials are fiction, others non-fiction
First Grade Standards B5.3 Use the Super 3 research process: Plan, Do, Review
Second Grade Standards B3.4 Use books, encyclopedia, and a simple website to gather information from text and graphics.

Third Grade Standards B4.5 Interpret information on charts, graphs, and tables
B6.2 Determine if information is relevant to question (Super 3)
B6.3 Select applicable information (Super 3)
B6.4 Apply information gathered to answer information question (Super 3)

Fourth Grade Standards
B1.1 Identify the information problem, info needed Step 1 (Big 6)
B1.3 Formulate question Step 1 (Big 6)
B2.1 Identify possible information sources Step 2 (Big 6

Fifth Grade Standards B4.3 Point of View/ Bias; resource review
Wednesday, January 27, 2010 8.5 hours

7:30-8:10 Prepare name cards, worksheets, websites, for lessons. Unlock doors, log onto computers.

8:10-8:20 Stocker news, give book talks about the books used in recent lessons. Summarize the lessons done over the month of January with the Kindergarten through 4th grade. Announce events happening at the Kenosha public library for elementary age children.

8:20-8:45 Book collection and run reports for kindergarten and first grade classes. Prepare notices for all books due more than 2 weeks, deliver to students.

8:45-9:35- This time is set aside for collaboration meetings for grade level teachers. This class I only see one extra time this week. The cycle is on a 10 rotation. This is an extra lesson. First grade class discuss Curious George story from yesterday and review fiction vs. non fiction. Show PowerPoint on facts on real monkeys. Allow students to show where monkeys are native on atlas. Discuss real monkey similarities and differences to people. Chart differences and similarities using a Venn diagram on the dry erase board. Introduce the monkey puppet with cut out page and brown paper lunch bag. Go over directions for coloring face parts, cutting on the dotted line and pasting only on the word “paste” on each piece. Walk around the room and assist where needed. Jacob is leaving tomorrow and was not very cooperative in class. He had to sit out for a while and then when he was able to participate without disrupting the class he was invited back to make his puppet.

9:35-10:30 Meeting with principal, resource teacher, intervention specialist.
*Discussed upcoming chat and chew on health and fitness. It was decided these are needed to be combined with other events that attract higher participant turn out as they have not been as highly attended as desired.
*Reading night may work well to combine a math help session for parents to assist their students with homework.
*Professional Learning Community convention will be held in August and we were invited to attend.
*The new library schedule was discussed in hopes that more open book check times could be offered earlier in the morning. More shelving volunteers are required to free up the computer faster if this is to happen. A suggestions was made to ask the teachers to recommend parents or grandparents who may be able to shelve.

10:30-11:00 Third grade reviewed the notes from last class on “Mrs. Nelson’s perfect pet” . They used the laptop computers to add more information to their “Mrs. Nelson’s perfect pet” information sheet. They recorded the name of the websites I recommended using and collected information on food, sleep, exercise, toys. I also informed them to write down any other facts they learn about the pet that will help us decide on the right pet for Mrs. Nelson and her family.

11:00-11:30 First grade class discuss Curious George story from yesterday and review fiction vs. non fiction. Show PowerPoint on facts on real monkeys. Allow students to show where monkeys are native on atlas. Discuss real monkey similarities and differences to people. Chart differences and similarities using a Venn diagram on the dry erase board. Introduce the monkey puppet with cut out page and brown paper lunch bag. Go over directions for coloring face parts, cutting on the dotted line and pasting only on the word “paste” on each piece. Walk around the room and assist where needed. Jacob is leaving tomorrow and was not very cooperative in class. He had to sit out for a while and then when he was able to participate without disrupting the class he was invited back to make his puppet.


11:30-12:00-emails were read and replied to. I sent an email requesting names of volunteers to help with shelving in the library and immediately there were 3 replies with names! Application for requesting approval to take courses was completed as well the post evaluation form for the post evaluation meeting.

12:00-12:45 Fifth grade, I read The Real Story of The three Little Pigs. The students were completely cooperative and attentive during the story. The Point of View worksheet was handed out and we discussed the Rules of Bias. We went over the first story on the page and came to a conclusion as to the bias in that story. The students wrote down the answer. They were to work in pairs to complete the remainder of the page. One student was disruptive and after several attempts at quieting him, he was sent to the office. The answers were discussed after everyone completed. The papers were collected and 11 of the students were given time to find books and check out as the remaining 8 students worked on fastmath on the computers, the students were dismissed.

12:50-1:35 The third graders sat at the laptops and got on the internet to the Kenosha Unified School District website and together we logged onto the online encyclopedia Word Book. I demonstrated the search options and category links. We did the first question in the scavenger hunt together. The rest of the page was explained and they were allowed to work with their partner to complete the questions on the page. I circulated the room and assisted and checked answers as needed. Most of the students got 9 out of the 10 questions completed.

1:35-3:30 PM I helped one of the kindergarten teachers solve her Mailbox magazine problem with the online log in. Discovered that we aren’t allowed to use iMovie on the computers. They only image iMovieHD and I have a student coming in tomorrow to make a movie. He bid on it in the silent auction at the fall festival. I tried to learn it quickly. It does not seem as easy as iMovie. The computer person said it is user friendly for the kids. I guess I will get a kids teach me how to use it tomorrow morning.
Boxed up books to be sent for processing to the ESC downtown.
Ran copies for my lessons next week.
Tore more inappropriate adds, and pages out of magazines.
Began going through stacks of books that are in need of repair, to pitch or not to pitch that is the question.