Week # 4 at Glen Alpine December 1, 2009

What have you seen in language arts/reading instruction?

This week, I did not really see any reading instruction. When they went to a special science activity, the special guest Mr. Hipps did some vocabulary with them. He wanted to make sure they understood what each word was, so when he asked them to solve some problems they would know what he was talking about. When they went to the library, Mrs. Washburn did mad libs with them and had a volunteer read the story out loud.

What have you taught in your internship?

I got the opportunity to work one on one with a fifth grade student on some math problems. This student was not very confident in their work, but they got every answer right. I found it interesting how they solved one of the math problems by counting from the small number to largest number and adding the answers they got to solve the problem. These students are definitely able to solve math problems differently when I was in elementary school. Its amazing how much teaching math has changed.

Comment on any interesting things that you have noticed about your school, the teachers, the students, or the curriculum.

The teacher gave Cassie and I a tour of the school while they were in science. I was surprised to find that the school had a daycare for teachers who had young children to attend. I bet that makes life easy for those teachers. I wonder if all elementary schools are like that? I was also surprised to find that in the fourth and fifth grade building is also where the Exceptional Students’ classrooms are. I think it is nice that they have their own classroom, but wonder why they do not try integrating them into other classrooms. I learned something new in math this week. I learned about the Gallon Man and The Big G. They are visuals that the teachers use to help students convert liquid measurements. The teacher informed that they have the Gallon Man in teacher stores for you to purchase. I had never heard of either one.

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