Better but...

So, today was better than Thursday but we still have some work to do. Today, we implemented a second Quiet Time in the afternoon to center and calm ourselves. We are also taking away the electronic option during this time. This was causing too many of them to get worked up again. I might start showing some breathing and yoga poses that I do to calm myself too so they have that as an option. I'll try anything! :)


Miss Callender, an OSU FEEP student (First Education Experience Program) that has been in Miss Rudolph's Kindergarten class came down to observe the bigger kids this morning. We started with M4T and our morning meeting where we shared one thing we did over the weekend that we don't typically do and ended with the laughing bandana. Next, we took our word study pre-test and developed our lists for the week. Then, we went down to the Library Media Center to learn about the online catalog for books in our library with Mrs. Richardson. We finished up from word study and read independently when we returned. We also wrote new daily goals and discussed that each daily goal should be S.M.A.R.T. and that they shouldn't have the same goal each day unless they didn't achieve the previous day. We had Music, lunch and recess and then Quiet Time #1. In Math Workshop, we had 3 different groups going. Group A: took their addition/subtraction/patterns post-test, unit 2 pre-test, multiplication fact fluency and worked on a patterns problem. Group B: worked with me to practice subtraction, some decided to begin the post-test and some started the unit 2 pre-test. Group C: took the unit 2 pre-test, multiplication fact fluency, finished their Reality Checking and worked on a patterns problem. Then, we had Quiet Time #2. Afterwards, we discussed how to begin experiments/problems in Science. First-discuss and divide team roles, then read the directions, then plan it out and then get started. We needed to back-track so that we are more prepared next time. In Social Studies, we worked with understanding the how to research using the Ohio Studies Weekly magazines. Our day ended with Wonder/I-time. Some have ditched the wondering part so we'll get back on track with that. For I-time, I've been working with a group of kiddos on their reading fluency and I think I'm ready to dismiss a couple! There's also a couple of kiddos that work with Mrs. Firestone/Mrs. Andrews on number sense.