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First day! Went very well, started the day by being introduced to the students, then went into each of their subject blocks such as math and reading workshop, in which went around and helped those who needed help, played soccer with students at recess, participated in a scrabble like challenge (I could not make the giant word) and the day concluded!

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I am glad you got settled into the classroom and got to enjoy the joys of recess again!

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Gary - you were amazing yesterday! I was really impressed with how you dove right in,  both getting to know and supporting the students. I really appreciate how involved you in all aspects of our classroom/day. We are all so excited to have you in 4JH!
~Ms. Heckman

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Quite the Padlet today! Today went very well also, I helped the librarian during the library period, by passing out books and helping students with their work of citing sources, and helped students in each of the other class blocks with their work. During recess, I demonstrated the might of WHS soccer ball kicking, and helped a student be more social with his peers. This adds to my “quest” of learning of the different ways young students/children socialize with their peers and others, that being that some may need a “kickstart” and encouragement mainly from adults, as they generally do (at least say they will) much of what adults/authority figures tell them to. Once they receive this boost, there is a good likelihood the effect of their work will compound, and they’ll gain experience. Since I took Mandarin in middle and HS, I was not able to help to my peak ability in the Spanish block of school. During the second recess, I was able to participate in “dare-tag” with four students, very fun, and I beat all but one (and only due to my lack of agility I swear) with my speed. I was amazed by the games the students came up with, and the social aspects surrounding it. A poet came in and I was able to participate with the students, very fun. We then concluded the day with a WIN block and a writing workshop in which I helped students as needed.

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This is quite the day for real!  You did so much and were willing to get your hands dirty by helping the kids stay on task. Keep up the good work!

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First half day today! We started by finishing up comparing and contrasting two books by the same author. Then the students moved onto working on their poetry, I played soccer with students at recess as goalie, and my goalkeeping abilities were overwhelmed by the sheer proximity to which they would kick the ball into the goal. Returning from recess, we moved onto math, where I helped students as needed, and we moved onto the final block of science, where the students took a test.

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You packed a lot of stuff into a half day. Take some pictures or videos of you in action at recess!

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Started the day with gym in which students and I practiced volleyball, we then moved into teacher’s choice in which states for the state project were drawn. After that we transitioned into Spanish, I took down maps to make space for the state project for a part of Spanish. I observed the students practicing their Spanish presentations and was surprised by how they worked together so well even when the subject matter was in a different language. During recess, I played basketball, and upon returning to the classroom we moved to math and writing workshop, in which I helped students with their poetry. During the recess after lunch I played soccer with some of the students, we then moved onto science and reading workshop, where I helped students as needed.

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This class seems like so much fun! The kids really enjoy having you around, have a good break!

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We started the day with writing workshop where I continued helping students in revising their poems, and moved onto music which was very entertaining. At recess, I played soccer and used the boomerang with the students. After recess was math, where I helped students with their dream box as needed. We then moved onto Spanish, where I helped as needed with their Spanish product selling projects. During the 2nd recess I once again played soccer with the students, during reading workshop and WIN block I helped students to stay on task and quiet while reading and doing their work. And with an end of sharing Highs and Lows of the week, the day concluded, along with my first week!

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I love the tile! It sounds like you packed a lot into the week and enjoyed your time with the kids! Keep up the good work!

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Back from break we started with reading workshop, where I helped groups of students work on comparing and contrasting another book to the past set. We then moved onto art where I helped students work on their flower paintings, some very complex ones were made! At recess I played soccer with students (noticing a pattern here!) and upon returning we moved onto math, where I assisted students in understanding the box method, which I still use to this day! During writing workshop I helped students with their continuation of working on their poems, and the went to lunch and recess, where I played soccer. Coming back from that, we went into sharing highs and lows from over break, and then went into science, where the students were introduced to their mammal unit and WIN block, where I helped as needed. We then had teachers choice and the day concluded.

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My first day from break was not nearly this busy - I know it is only your second week, but it is mighty impressive to see the amount of work and effort you are putting in each day!

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After check in, where I helped students with their Dreambox math, we started the day with reading workshop, where we watched a TED Talk by Jacqueline Woodson on how she learned to write her books. We then examined two books by her, and afterwards students read their independent books where I checked in on what students were reading, some of their books are the same as when I read when I was in 4th grade (of course that was only 8 years ago). During library, I helped students working on their citations and with technical difficulties with their iPads. During recess, I played, well, soccer. And we returned to teacher's choice and Spanish, where the students had their presentations. At recess after lunch I played soccer, and we returned to science where we continued our mammal unit, where they learned abut learning about an animal from the skulls. We then had writing workshop where I helped the students work on their poems. We moved onto WIN block and the day concluded.

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Soccer is the flavor of the month - I wonder if they play anything else? Keep up the good work!

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During check in, I checked in with what books students were independently reading and putting finishing touches on their poems. We moved onto reading workshop where another JW book was read and analyzed. During recess I played soccer and saved many goals from happening. We then moved onto math where I helped students work though their assigned work, such as their resort report project. We moved onto the final block, that being science, and the students continued work on their mystery mammals assignment, learning about looking at animal skulls and hypothesizing about what the animal would look like. Students took measurements of the skulls and used this in their work, that concluded the day.

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The mystery mammal project sounds interesting!  I bet the fourth grade poems are fun to read too! Where do I find the on-site advisor signatures on the padlet? I am not good with this site.

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We started the day with gym, where I played volleyball with the students. We then moved onto word study where students worked on making words into their plural forms. They then moved onto Spanish where students were informed about the AAPPL Assessment that is coming up, they then moved into practicing speaking Spanish where I helped them stay on task. Returning from recess soccer, I retrieved a DVD player and we moved into math where the students worked on cluster problems, and I helped them with their resort report projects, and their practice work on cluster problems and more. We then moved onto teacher’s choice where the students worked on the geography of the US. Returning again from recess soccer and swing pushing, we moved into science, where they continued their study of mammals in which I helped. We finished the day with reading workshop where I checked in with students about what their books.

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Keep up the good work! It was great to touch base this morning and I am glad that you are enjoying this experience.

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During check in, I helped students with their assigned start-of-the day math. We moved onto reading workshop, where the students continued comparing and contrasting JW books, and read another JW book. The students then began reading independently, and I checked in on what book they were reading. We then moved onto music where I helped as needed, then headed out to recess where I played soccer. We returned to math where the students took a check in, and then moved into MCAS review, they then moved into practice where I helped as needed. We then moved into Spanish, where the students practiced speaking for the AAPPL. During recess, I played soccer, then we moved into Social Studies where the students started by reading, where I kept them (mostly) quiet as they did. We then talked about aspects of the US economy, and categorized topics into different economic sectors. We then moved into WIN Block where the students worked on MCAS open responses and I helped as needed. We then had High/Low sharing and the day concluded.

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At the check in start of the day, I helped students with their starting math work, we then moved onto social studies where we talked about where people in the US and where students/student’s ancestors came from to the US, and reasons for immigration. We then read “Island Born” by Junot Diaz during reading workshop. We then moved into art where I helped students finish their flower drawings. During recess I played a high stakes game of soccer, and we returned to math, where students had a quiz and reviewed multiplication strategies, in which I helped as needed. We then moved onto science where they learned about different teeth in animals and how they differ with diets consumed. They then worked on animal identification packets, such as invertebrate vs vertebrate identification. During recess I played soccer, as always. We moved into Teacher’s Choice where students worked on their math work or read their independent book, where I helped with math or checked in on what they reading. During the latter half of the block I helped “tutor” a student in the middle room on math, went very well and was very productive. We had word study and the day concluded.

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During check in, I helped students with their warm-up math. We moved into reading workshop, where we started a new unit on “Reading History”, and students discussed what they had learned in their past units. We read a book about westward expansion and then moved into reading books independently about westward expansion. We then moved into the library where I helped as needed, and during recess I played soccer with new rules. We returned to math where I helped students with their math, and the students went to the rug to review their past work on the smartboard, they then moved onto independent work where I helped as needed. We moved onto teacher’s choice, where we did a guess in ten of the states. We then had Spanish where the AAPL was discussed, and students practiced Spanish. During recess, I played...BASKETBALL, and was so grand at defense apparently…against 4th graders. We moved into science, where we continued work on class work from yesterday on teeth, where students sketched teeth of their mystery mammals. Moving into social studies we finished ‘Island Born’, and did a survey of who moved around the country/countries in their past, and watched a video on refugees coming to America. We moved into WIN block where I helped students with their WIN folder work as needed, and the day concluded.

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This has been a super busy week in class I see! You have done such a nice job helping the kids and the soccer games sound absolutely epic! Keep up the great work!

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The Half Day started off with me helping with math during check in, and we then moved into reviewing math homework with the class. We then had reading workshop where we read a book about the Lewis and Clark Expedition and continued our unit on westward expansion. The students then worked on their independent westward expansion reading and writing in their reader’s journals, they then discussed what they learned. During recess, I played a penalty kick only game of soccer, and we returned to math where we reviewed open responses and reviewed math MCAS practice work from yesterday. The students then reviewed multiplication strategies and then worked on their resort reports, where I helped as needed. We moved into science where the students finished up their teeth study and worked on their mystery mammal hypothesis, then learned about…scat, which went surprisingly well. The half day then concluded.

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We started the day with a short check in and moved straight into PE, where the students played volleyball and I helped keep them from lodging the balls in the ceiling. We returned to Teacher’s Choice, where the state report was given an overview. We moved into Spanish where they worked on AAPL assignments, and during recess I played soccer. We returned to math, where we reviewed division strategies and worked with partners on word problems with visual representations. We moved into social studies, where we continued our subunit on immigration by reading more books on the subject. I supervised indoor recess, and it was apparently much quieter than usual, must be my foreboding aura. We moved onto science where we continued the scat subunit, where I helped as needed to keep the students on task, and I helped students with spelling and drawing the scat models. We then had reading workshop and the day concluded.

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A slightly shorter day today due to English class, but it started out with me helping with math morning check in work. We then had reading workshop where students continued working on their maps of when states became states, and once done worked on an article about the great migration of 1843. During music, I helped as needed, and during recess in a 1v1v1v1v1v1 I was crowned World Cup champion 2/2 times, truly I am the best…against 4th graders, yet this was not without sacrifice, as I full force toe-kicked a ball and this resulted in quite the pain. We returned to a math check in and later on I helped keep students on task and with their work and organizing of their folders. We then reviewed MCAS practice, and with the end of math, I had to leave for English class.

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Another week of great (and hard) work with the fourth graders.  Your GOAT status at recess continues to grow as well!  Keep up the good work as your students have clearly a true appreciation for you.

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it of a later start today due to English class, I showed up during the end of Social Studies and where they were reading a book. We then moved into art, where they worked on landscape drawings, and I drew one of my own. At recess, I played soccer, and we returned to math where the students worked on multiple towers. They then worked on SAB work, which I helped with as needed by students. We moved into writing workshop where the state project was reviewed, they discussed researching, the schedule and more. During recess, I played basketball and I will admit my ankles were breaking one too many times. We moved into science where we continued the mammal unit where the students started a hair/fur subunit. They took observations of pelts given to them, and I helped as needed. Into WIN block we went, where the students practiced MCAS computer answering. We then had teacher’s choice and the day concluded.

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Another slightly shortened day due to English today, as will be most days this week. The day started with me playing Frisbee before school with some of the students, and we moved into check in when I helped students with their math as needed. We transitioned into Social Studies where we read “The Sneetches” and then the students started working on their state report notes. We then had library where I helped as needed, at recess I played Frisbee, and we returned to Math. In Math, they continued reviewing and working on division, such as 4-digit numbers by 1-digit numbers, and learned partial quotient strategy, I helped with their work as needed. We moved into Spanish the students worked on AAPL work and talking about emotions, during recess I played soccer and then had to leave for English.

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(1 Month Since Start!) Half day! Started with check in where I helped students get settled, and I helped students with their math as needed. We then moved into Teacher’s choice, where MCAS answering was practiced. At recess, I won the “World Cup” finals out of 5 teams, of course against 4th graders, but soccer ravenous ones. In Math, we continued work on MCAS answering practice, and continued division from yesterday, where I helped them as needed with their work. We moved into Science where we learned about animal tracks/paws and how to learn about them from their structure, I helped with this. The day then concluded.

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Started today playing football, we then had PE first thing where we finished up volleyball, very fun! We moved into Teacher’s Choice where the MCAS practice from yesterday was reviewed, and the science lesson was previewed. After that, we moved into Spanish, where the students worked on the AAPL demo. During recess, I played soccer, basketball and push students around on the tire swing. We moved into math and continued reviewing partial quotient division. I helped students as needed with their individual work, the day then concluded as I had to head to English class.

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It seems like you have had such a great experience headed in to your last week of senior project. Your connection with the kids, dedication to the project, and ease with which you transitioned are all amazing to see and if being a rocket technician doesn't work out, maybe teaching will!

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Started the day with check in where I helped students with their math as needed. We then had reading workshop where students were previewed how to research cities for their state project, and also how to research sub-topics, doing so with the Westward Expansion unit. We then had music, where I helped supervise a game, and at recess I played soccer and saved “over ten” goals. We then had math where we continued work on parenthesis problems, problems with both multiplication and division, and during individual work I helped as needed. The day ended as I then had to leave for English.

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The students had MCAS today.

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A slow week to start your last one!  I look forward to our Linden Lunch tomorrow and saw that you ended last week with a dominant performance on the pitch! Keep up the great work!

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The students had MCAS today.

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Last day ;(, started with check in where I helped students with their typing work, and fielded many requests for me to never leave the class! The students then took a survey related to being a student in Sprague in the last thirty days, and completed a form for 5th grade. We then read a book called “Mary and The Trail of Tears” a historical fiction about the impact of westward expansion on Native Americans. At recess, I played a very large, very competitive basketball game in which it was voted on by the other team that I had to stand still and could only shoot! Before math, I received some of the greatest letters and shirt/fishing guides ever, I loved it so much! We then went in my finale block to the spring concert which was, as with this entire over month long experience, glorious…