Mentor Meetings and Observations by Norma Gonzalez https://padlet.com/ngg27/6cq6ei7sjtek8lm0 Observation Notes en-us 2020-09-22 03:12:44 UTC 2025-03-31 16:56:54 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f4dd.png Meeting 1 contacted mentor via email ngg27 https://padlet.com/ngg27/6cq6ei7sjtek8lm0/wish/766749003 I communicated with my mentor via email. She has 2 sessions with 10 children in each. I will be observing her live webex meetings on Wednesdays and Fridays at 9:30am. I start observing on Sept 2. ]]> 2020-09-22 03:17:26 UTC https://padlet.com/ngg27/6cq6ei7sjtek8lm0/wish/766749003 First observation/meeting with mentor ngg27 https://padlet.com/ngg27/6cq6ei7sjtek8lm0/wish/766754395 Friday Sept 4 (9:30am-10:35am)1hr 5min
  • Ms. Luz began class with taking attendance by using a chart. Each little figure had the childrens names. (all 10 students joined the meeting)
The process of using an attendance chart helps preschoolers to learn how to read their own name and the names of their classmates.
  • She gave me the opportunity to introduce myself to the children and the parents. 
  • She then resumed with a breathing exercise to get the children ready and focused 
  • Ms. Luz reminded them about the importance of wearing a mask and washing their hands
  • Theme for the week: Five senses
  • Letter of the week: E
  • Shape: Square
  • Activity for the day show and tell each student had to bring 3 items (small, medium, large). They each shared what they brought and mentioned the size of the objects. 
  • After class we stayed and talked about the curriculum and what my task will consist of while observing. I will be taking notes of the strengths and weaknesses of each child. I will observe words and actions of the children as they interact during the meetings. She needs that extra help. She has a TA but not for every single class and its hard for her to monitor every single child. 
Songs:
https://youtu.be/1Ziku4FLka4
https://youtu.be/kytJSA_N-us
Book: Little Bear is curious and asks lots of questions. Grandma seems to have all the answers. And as they go look for food Grandma Bear shows Little Bear a trick or two using his senses.
]]> 2020-09-22 03:20:49 UTC https://padlet.com/ngg27/6cq6ei7sjtek8lm0/wish/766754395 Reflection ngg27 https://padlet.com/ngg27/6cq6ei7sjtek8lm0/wish/766759923  Ms. Luz is so attentive and responsive to all my questions and concerns. What stood out to me from observing is that she encourages parents to let the children try on their own instead of what the finished product would look like. I also like that she is so passionate and energetic you could tell see really enjoys what she does. ]]> 2020-09-22 03:24:03 UTC https://padlet.com/ngg27/6cq6ei7sjtek8lm0/wish/766759923 Observation ngg27 https://padlet.com/ngg27/6cq6ei7sjtek8lm0/wish/766761835 Wednesday Sept 9 (9:30-10:06am) 36min
The theme for today's class was body parts.
Ms. Luz showed the students where each body part is located by pointing it out and saying its name. She then asked the student to point and repeat the name. They sang songs and read a book.]]> 2020-09-22 03:25:18 UTC https://padlet.com/ngg27/6cq6ei7sjtek8lm0/wish/766761835 Reflection ngg27 https://padlet.com/ngg27/6cq6ei7sjtek8lm0/wish/766765247 This lesson lends itself to having a lot of fun. There is music, books, artwork associated with the recognition of body parts. The children drew themselves and they were all so excited to share with Ms. Luz. Through out my observation I've noticed she creates a language rich environments by having meaningful conversations with her students and building their vocabularies. I also like how she uses visual props. ]]> 2020-09-22 03:27:40 UTC https://padlet.com/ngg27/6cq6ei7sjtek8lm0/wish/766765247 Observation ngg27 https://padlet.com/ngg27/6cq6ei7sjtek8lm0/wish/766766752 Friday Sept 11 (9:30-10:17am) 47min
Today the students explored the concept of fire safety. Students learned basic safety rules, planning escape routes, and what to do in case of a fire, they also learned home fire safety tips. They reviewed the upper and lower case I, the number 2, and the vowels, and the job functions of the brain.
Book: A Fire Drill with Mr. Dill by Susan Blackaby ]]> 2020-09-22 03:28:42 UTC https://padlet.com/ngg27/6cq6ei7sjtek8lm0/wish/766766752 Reflection ngg27 https://padlet.com/ngg27/6cq6ei7sjtek8lm0/wish/766768395 With our current situations on wildfires it is important for children to know what to do incase they ever encounter a situation with fire. Children will make good decisions about fire safety at home. When I become a teacher and I'm planning for fire safety week I will make sure to include important concepts such as 
1. What to do at school or home if there is a fire.
2. Understand the dangers of fire.
3. Know the role of a fire fighter and how they are helpers. (invite a firefighter to the classroom or do a visit to the firefighter station)
4. Make sure children understand the difference between hot and cold. ]]> 2020-09-22 03:29:47 UTC https://padlet.com/ngg27/6cq6ei7sjtek8lm0/wish/766768395 Observation ngg27 https://padlet.com/ngg27/6cq6ei7sjtek8lm0/wish/766775800 Wednesday Sept 16 (9:30-10am) 30min
Today was more of a review day.
-we went over the function of the heart "The heart sends blood around your body. The blood provides your body with the oxygen and nutrients it needs."
-Upper case and lower case letter Oo
-Number 3
-Read the book of Little Red Riding Hood

Song: Freeze Dance Song was used to show children how dancing can increase their heart rate.]]> 2020-09-22 03:33:43 UTC https://padlet.com/ngg27/6cq6ei7sjtek8lm0/wish/766775800 Reflection ngg27 https://padlet.com/ngg27/6cq6ei7sjtek8lm0/wish/766778137 As a homework assignment parents were to make a homemade puzzle from cereal boxes. The beauty of these homemade puzzles is that parents can make them as easy or as challenging as they like depending on the  child's developmental level. I really like how Ms. Luz is always encouraging her students to recycle and reuse items they have at home.]]> 2020-09-22 03:35:13 UTC https://padlet.com/ngg27/6cq6ei7sjtek8lm0/wish/766778137 Friday 9/18/2020 ngg27 https://padlet.com/ngg27/6cq6ei7sjtek8lm0/wish/766783103 No classes today
Teachers/District meeting


]]> 2020-09-22 03:38:15 UTC https://padlet.com/ngg27/6cq6ei7sjtek8lm0/wish/766783103 Observation ngg27 https://padlet.com/ngg27/6cq6ei7sjtek8lm0/wish/777800214 Wednesday Sept 23 (9:30-10:18am) 48min
Today's class was about earthquakes. Ms. Luz mentioned to the children that there are numerous tectonic plates that fit together like a puzzle, and they float and move, sometimes causing fractures or pressure in the earth's surface. When there's pressure, earthquakes can occur. She showed the children what they are supposed to do when there is an earthquakes. 
1. Drop (to the ground)
2. Cover (your head and neck with one arm)
3. Hold on (to the table leg)
She then play the video so children could have a better understanding of what an earthquake is.]]> 2020-09-24 23:18:51 UTC https://padlet.com/ngg27/6cq6ei7sjtek8lm0/wish/777800214 Reflection ngg27 https://padlet.com/ngg27/6cq6ei7sjtek8lm0/wish/781134404 Today I noticed that children were unwilling to participate in the class discussion, looked bored, tune out, distracted with other relatives in their home, were falling asleep and would walk away from their tablet. Ms. Luz tried to get their attention by using a puppet then with a music and movement song but that didn't help. What I learned today is that you are not always going to have good days and Ms. Luz didn't give up I noticed she was doing her best to finish her lesson. 

This week they had been talking about the lungs and she connected it to The story of The Three Little Pigs. The big bad wolf would huff and puff to blow down the houses. At first I was like what does this book have to do with what she talked about but then when I saw her making connection the the emotions (feeling) and lungs it made sense to me. That's something I like about her how she always uses book and props to make connections to what she is talking about. ]]> 2020-09-26 05:01:28 UTC https://padlet.com/ngg27/6cq6ei7sjtek8lm0/wish/781134404 Observation ngg27 https://padlet.com/ngg27/6cq6ei7sjtek8lm0/wish/781149296 Friday Sept 25 (9:30am-10am) 30 min
Ms. Luz started class with the wishing well board. Her way of taking attendance. When a student is absent their picture goes inside the heart. Then they sing a "we wish you well" song. 
The song goes like this
We wish you well
We wish you well
All through the day today
We wish you well
  • She then went over the calendar and reminded the children there is no class for two days. 
  • For music and movement children danced and sang to "Baby Shark"
  • Parents had been asked to collect bottle caps of different color if possible for an activity. The children had to sort the bottle caps by color. Sorting bottles caps by color is an excellent activity for beginners sorters. For today's show and tell children had to tell the class what color of bottle caps they had and count them. This gave Ms. Luz and Ms. Claudia the opportunity to see up to what number each children knew how to count. 
  • She then reviewed the color by using the color song and read White Rabbit's Color Book by Alan Baker 
]]> 2020-09-26 05:40:44 UTC https://padlet.com/ngg27/6cq6ei7sjtek8lm0/wish/781149296 Reflection ngg27 https://padlet.com/ngg27/6cq6ei7sjtek8lm0/wish/781178500 I like the activity of counting the bottle caps. Children are being taught that there is a one to one correspondence of number to objects. There is a big difference between being able to recite the words for the numbers in order than understanding what the number words really mean. A parent only had white caps so he paint the top with markers. There is no need to buy items we could always encourage parents to make modifications with what they have available at home. Another thing that I liked was that she used the Baby Shark song the children were really engage and stayed focused. In the future I plan to use bottle caps there are endless activities that could be done with the caps. Ms. Luz encouraged parents to collect more for future activities with patterns.    ]]> 2020-09-26 06:50:37 UTC https://padlet.com/ngg27/6cq6ei7sjtek8lm0/wish/781178500 Observation ngg27 https://padlet.com/ngg27/6cq6ei7sjtek8lm0/wish/799531545 Wednesday Sept 30 (9:30-10:26am)56min
Ms. Luz began by thanking all the parents for their support and dedication in the education of their children. Her class won perfect attendance this month. The theme for this week is: "What is Family"
Activity: Each student drew a family portrait for homework. With the help from an adult they label who was in the portrait mom, dad, sister, brother, etc. Then they shared it with the class.
Reviewed: Letter C, Number 5,and shape triangle. For homework the children had to make a monster out of triangle shapes. Its nice to see how the all use different emotions for their monsters.  
She also introduce rhyming words with AT. 

The book for today was about from the moment Bella wakes up, her day goes wrong. She hates her breakfast egg, she won't share, she has a hurting foot, her supper is too hot, and her bath is too cold. And then it's no, no, no to bedtime. But at last a yawn, a story, and a kiss from mother end the day, with the promise of a cheerful tomorrow.


]]> 2020-10-03 06:29:05 UTC https://padlet.com/ngg27/6cq6ei7sjtek8lm0/wish/799531545 Reflection ngg27 https://padlet.com/ngg27/6cq6ei7sjtek8lm0/wish/800267995 Children are often bored for a variety of reasons, such as not being challenged or simply not feeling motivated by the subject being discussed. I really like how Ms. Luz is always making sure children engaged during story time by asking them questions. She is always looking for ways to improve her teaching methods. She likes her students to stay engage to the songs or discussions even if its just by them using gestures. Some children are still shy and don't like to dance or share out loud. This is something I plan to do as a future educator if I see something is not working find ways to make adjustments. The book she read today helps children to be able to express how they feel to their parents. Sometime young children have bad days and parents need to allow them space for them to express their feelings. ]]> 2020-10-04 02:28:06 UTC https://padlet.com/ngg27/6cq6ei7sjtek8lm0/wish/800267995 Observation ngg27 https://padlet.com/ngg27/6cq6ei7sjtek8lm0/wish/800275706 Friday October 3 (9:30-10:02AM) 32 min
Today Ms. Luz continued to talk about What is Family. She played a Sesame Street: Family song 
https://youtu.be/ii_LtHrEiao 
This song was about what a family could be a brothers and sisters and mom and dad. It could be your grandma and grandpa and aunts and uncles. Family could even be your friends. Your family really is just the people you love. 
The number for today was five. They did a finger play which was Five Little Monkeys Swinging in a Tree.

]]> 2020-10-04 02:43:52 UTC https://padlet.com/ngg27/6cq6ei7sjtek8lm0/wish/800275706 Reflection ngg27 https://padlet.com/ngg27/6cq6ei7sjtek8lm0/wish/800284225 I love how Ms. Luz used finger play songs to help children develop gross and fine motor skill, improve memory, and gain social skills among other benefits. She used stickers to make puppets for the her fingers and children were engaged and would respond when Ms. Luz would ask how many monkeys were left. She was surprised when she didn't have anymore monkeys on her fingers and they said zero no more monkey. She told them yes that right when we don't have anything left it's zero. I also like the book she used in today's class called A Family Is a Family Is a Family. This book looks at the many types of families some children are raise by grandparents and others by two dads or two moms. Something I like that I observe is that parents feel comfortable asking her question. She doesn't make them feel like if they are asking irrelevant questions. Before class was over she gave them a preview about what they will be learning next week. I like that because child will be somewhat prepared on what to expect.   ]]> 2020-10-04 03:03:56 UTC https://padlet.com/ngg27/6cq6ei7sjtek8lm0/wish/800284225 Observation ngg27 https://padlet.com/ngg27/6cq6ei7sjtek8lm0/wish/819089118 Wednesday Oct 7 (9:30-10:00am) 30min
Ms. Luz began class with the Good Morning Mr. Rooster song. She then proceeded with their commitment which is listening ears. Children should be -focus and not talking -they should also be listening to the person talking. 
She asked the children how they were doing and how they were feeling today?
The letter of the week is H for (house, habitat), number 6, and the shape: rectangle. For homework children have to find a item in a shape of a rectangle around their home and bring it on Thursday to share with the class. 
Ms. Luz introduce a new topic which is habitat. For the next couple of weeks children will be learning about the animals that live in the different habitats forest, grassland, ocean, arctic, desert, farm, tundra, and Savannah. She explain to the children that animals have different homes that they live in.
  
Book: Can I Be Your Dog?
This book was about Arfy, a homeless dog who lives in a box in an alley. Arfy writes to every person on Butternut Street about what a great pet he'd make. No one wanted to adopt him. 

Brain Break song: ]]> 2020-10-11 02:49:19 UTC https://padlet.com/ngg27/6cq6ei7sjtek8lm0/wish/819089118 Reflection ngg27 https://padlet.com/ngg27/6cq6ei7sjtek8lm0/wish/819103138 I love all the props Ms. Luz makes she made a poster with all the habitats she will be taking about. She added both hand drawn and stickers animals. This just shows how much time she puts into planning and preparing her lessons. I also like how she uses brain break action songs. Using these brain breaks enhances attentiveness, concentration, and focus. In my future classroom I plan to use brain breaks to allow children to release their energy. The topic on habitat is perfect for children since many of them love to observe animals, they usually don't give much thought about how and where an animal lives until you begin to discuss the idea of 'habitats'. With this topic children are going to learn more about their favorite animals because they are going to be doing research. ]]> 2020-10-11 03:20:51 UTC https://padlet.com/ngg27/6cq6ei7sjtek8lm0/wish/819103138 Observation ngg27 https://padlet.com/ngg27/6cq6ei7sjtek8lm0/wish/819136876 Friday Oct 9 (9:30-10:00am) 30min
For today's class children were asked to wear orange and only one student wore orange. As per usual Ms. Luz started class with the wishing well board. Her way of taking attendance. When a student is absent their picture goes inside the heart. Then they sing a "we wish you well" song. We then sang the Good Morning Mr. Rooster song
For brain break we did the if you are happy and you know it song: https://youtu.be/eClGqjHz790 
Number: 6, Letter: H, Shape: rectangle
review number song: https://youtu.be/trDl36m9pgA 

Today for show and tell children had to share their family tree. Some of them had actually pictures of their family members and others drew them. 


Book:]]> 2020-10-11 04:19:08 UTC https://padlet.com/ngg27/6cq6ei7sjtek8lm0/wish/819136876 Reflection ngg27 https://padlet.com/ngg27/6cq6ei7sjtek8lm0/wish/819164841 I feel todays class was rushed because Ms. Luz and Ms. Claudia had to join a meeting right after class.  We covered everything but it went by so fast. If this was my classroom and  I had to attend a meeting I would have eliminated some songs. I would've  spent more time of hearing from the children about their family trees. Especially since you could tell some put so much effort into them. I would have focused more on what the children were interested for example on the if we are happy and we know it song. Children were having fun dancing. We have been spending so much time about talking about feeling. We could have done a recap to see what they remember about this topic. On Fridays she usually gives them a preview of what they will be doing the following week and this time she didn't do that. I like that she reminded parents that their was no class on Monday. Ms. Luz also reminded the children if the go out to the park over the weekend that it was important for them to wear their masks and us hand sanitizer. ]]> 2020-10-11 04:52:36 UTC https://padlet.com/ngg27/6cq6ei7sjtek8lm0/wish/819164841 Observation ngg27 https://padlet.com/ngg27/6cq6ei7sjtek8lm0/wish/837428866 Wednesday Oct 14 (9:30-10:00am) 30 min
Ms. Luz began class with the wishing well board.
She then played the Shake Your Sillies Out Song to get the children ready to start the day feeling happy and energized. The letter of the week is P. Ms. Luz connected the P to pets. Pets are part of many of the children's lives. Today she introduced a mathematical concept more or less. She made a bar graph to show how many of each type of pet each child had. The results were 10 dogs, 3 turtles, 0 cats, 2 fishes, and 2 birds. She then asked the children which one had more and which one had less.

Number 7: https://youtu.be/BdU7sH2LdMk

Letter P: https://youtu.be/K5dyHaoA0Oo 

]]> 2020-10-17 06:53:08 UTC https://padlet.com/ngg27/6cq6ei7sjtek8lm0/wish/837428866 Reflection ngg27 https://padlet.com/ngg27/6cq6ei7sjtek8lm0/wish/837457260 More or less math activities are the beginning steps in teaching preschoolers relationships between numbers as well as basic addition and subtraction. I really like the graph she created and the colors she used to make it stand out. I like how she used pets since we are still taking about animals and their habitats. I also like the videos she showed because it asked questions and children had the opportunity to respond and be actively engaged. She would stop the video and as a class we solved the problems. One of the activities I plan to us in the future is a homework assignment she gave. The children are learning numbers 1-10. Ms. Luz asked the parent to write the number for them in a paper going across and with the advertisement paper they receive in the mail the children had to find the number, cut, and glued them underneath the one the parents wrote for them. ]]> 2020-10-17 07:58:50 UTC https://padlet.com/ngg27/6cq6ei7sjtek8lm0/wish/837457260 Observation ngg27 https://padlet.com/ngg27/6cq6ei7sjtek8lm0/wish/838253371 Friday Oct 16 (9:30-10am) 30min
It was mustache day and only 3 children participated.
My Luz introduce a new greeting song Called Hello song https://youtu.be/gghDRJVxFxU
She then played a Halloween freeze Dance Song to get the children ready to start the day feeling happy and energized. https://youtu.be/ho8NXCvwElY
Letter of the day P and the number 7 
Children then got the opportunity to share their habitat projects. Each child had the opportunity to choose a habitat they were interested in and then they created a diorama. 
To end the class we sang the Five little pumpkins sitting on the gate song.

]]> 2020-10-18 04:42:37 UTC https://padlet.com/ngg27/6cq6ei7sjtek8lm0/wish/838253371 Reflection ngg27 https://padlet.com/ngg27/6cq6ei7sjtek8lm0/wish/838274317 I'm so happy Ms. Luz finally  introduce new songs. But the reason why she plays the same songs repetitively is because when children hear or read the same book over and over in a row they are learning the storyline. It might be boring or annoying to do the same thing over and over but this is extra practice that children need to learn things. I really like how each family interpreted the habitat they choose in different ways. Some used shoes boxes, other just a pieces of construction paper with stickers, others used rubber animal toys. Each child had the responsibility to teach their classmates important facts about their habitat and the kind of animals that live their. As a future educator I want to build confidence in my students so that they can speak in public. Ms. Luz is always encouraging the children to not be afraid to talk but then again she doesn't force them. She respects their decision when they tell her they are not ready. Lilian has always been so shy but today she was so excited to present her diorama when Ms. Luz asked "who wants to go first" right away she raised her hand and said me. She spoke nice and loud and that it what I want. I want my students to be able to share with out being nervous and to feel proud of themselves.     ]]> 2020-10-18 05:02:55 UTC https://padlet.com/ngg27/6cq6ei7sjtek8lm0/wish/838274317 Observation ngg27 https://padlet.com/ngg27/6cq6ei7sjtek8lm0/wish/857634480 Wednesday Oct 21 (9:30-10:17am) 47min
Today Ms. Luz was struggling with her internet access during remote learning. But that didn't stop her from teaching her class. She reminded her students to use soap & water and scrub for at least 20 seconds to stop the spread of germs. 
Theme: Community helpers
-She introduce the concepts of same and different using a van diagram children compared a police officer with a firefighter
- The review the ABC using a video 
-She then reminded the parents that there was no class on Friday. ]]> 2020-10-24 01:50:24 UTC https://padlet.com/ngg27/6cq6ei7sjtek8lm0/wish/857634480 Friday Oct 23, 2020 ngg27 https://padlet.com/ngg27/6cq6ei7sjtek8lm0/wish/857635745 2020-10-24 01:52:08 UTC https://padlet.com/ngg27/6cq6ei7sjtek8lm0/wish/857635745 Reflection ngg27 https://padlet.com/ngg27/6cq6ei7sjtek8lm0/wish/857638961 Ms. Luz is so attentive and responsive to all my questions and concerns. I really liked the activity for today with the van diagram comparing the similarities and differences between the two community helpers. She then told me that during their fourth year, children begin to compare things in terms of similarities and differences. This is an important skill that leads to classifying and other reasoning abilities. 

Today she stayed after class to answer questions I might of had since the past couple of days she had to log off quick to go to a meeting. I told her that on Monday we had a discussion about celebrating holiday in the classroom. That a classmate had mentioned we could send a survey home to see what families celebrate. Then I mentioned that BPUSD didn't allow any kind of celebration. So she then gave me an example of what they do for instance for Halloween they do use the word Halloween instead Children can dress up as a character from a book! The student must provide the actual book or a card with the title and author. The student shares with the class their favorite part of the book or their favorite character. They use pumpkins as science experiments. They also talk about harvest and the color changing of leaves.

I like the idea of not celebrating holidays because sometime its more work for teachers. Ms. Luz mentioned to me that before for mother's day she would spend so much money on getting supplies so that the children could make their mom's a nice gift and then mom's would complain because another teacher gift was better.  ]]> 2020-10-24 01:56:54 UTC https://padlet.com/ngg27/6cq6ei7sjtek8lm0/wish/857638961 Observation ngg27 https://padlet.com/ngg27/6cq6ei7sjtek8lm0/wish/881544568 Wednesday Oct 28 (9:30-10:30am) 1hr
Today class started off with only 3 students some were having difficulties with their internet but eventually they were able to join and we had a total of 7. Ms. Luz began class with the Good Morning Mr. Rooster song. She then proceeded with reminding her students to use soap & water and scrub for at least 20 seconds to stop the spread of germs.

Theme for this week is giants around us
On Tuesday they did a chart naming something that was bigger than the other item. One child said that a giraffe is bigger than an ant. 
Story: The Lion and the Mouse-Fable 
(The lion and mouse represent how looks can be deceiving. People judge others based on their looks. Referring to this book specifically, the lion tries to eat the mouse because it is much smaller than him. However, the lion learns that the mouse was more help than he thought.)
-The lion is one of the largest animals in the kingdom. 
She had a image of a lion and each child share what they knew about the lion and she wrote down the information in the poster. 
Letter of the week M 
Number of the week 9
Word of the week: Moon children learn how to write and spell the word

Reviewed the ABC with the Halloween ABC song

Parent meeting after class


]]> 2020-11-02 08:23:09 UTC https://padlet.com/ngg27/6cq6ei7sjtek8lm0/wish/881544568 Reflection ngg27 https://padlet.com/ngg27/6cq6ei7sjtek8lm0/wish/881558859 Today right after class the parents had a meeting with the person from the district who is in charge of the child enrollment. She notified parents of the new way they will be submitting paper work whether it be immunization records or any other document. She also provided them with information about the resources that will be available for them during the month of November. On November 5 at 10am right after class they are going to have a workshop called introduction to IPAD. In this workshop they are going to show parents how to navigated the different apps. I think this is really nice because some of them are still having difficulties navigating the apps such as uploading photos. What I liked about this is that before the meeting started parents were asked what language did they prefer the meeting to be in and they all agreed that they wanted the information in Spanish. Having someone who speaks their language makes them feel valued. After the meeting Ms. Luz and I stay to talk she told me that parents don't show up to the meetings/workshops provided to them. She sends them reminder the week of and day of the workshop. My response was I wonder why? Has the person in charge of hosting these workshops tried to make it relevant to the parents interest. I them mentioned what we did at Padres Fuertes when we sent a survey and asked parents what kind of topics they wanted to learn more about. ]]> 2020-11-02 08:29:20 UTC https://padlet.com/ngg27/6cq6ei7sjtek8lm0/wish/881558859 Friday Oct 30, 2020 ngg27 https://padlet.com/ngg27/6cq6ei7sjtek8lm0/wish/881559203 2020-11-02 08:29:29 UTC https://padlet.com/ngg27/6cq6ei7sjtek8lm0/wish/881559203 Observation ngg27 https://padlet.com/ngg27/6cq6ei7sjtek8lm0/wish/906909058 Monday Nov 2 (1-1:33pm) 33min
Ms. Luz had been inviting me to observed her afternoon class and today I had the opportunity to join. 
-Ms. Luz began by introducing Day of the dead to her students. She was wearing a skull mask she explained to them that there was noting to be scared of its actually a celebration of life and she connected it to the movie COCO. She then took of her mask and asked her students how did they celebrate Halloween over the weekend. She then introduced me to her students and families.
-She shared with parents information about getting the flu shot via drive thru.
- They sang the Hello Song Ms. Luz used a puppet 
-The theme for this week is heavy and light 
The whale is big and heavy. Whales are long and heavy.
-Letter of the week D
-Phonics Letter D (video) https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=phonics+letter+d+song&docid=607993255816990334&mid=40477B8A64D843514B9440477B8A64D843514B94&view=detail&FORM=VIRE

-Number 10 (video)
https://youtu.be/kRiUEr89ep0

Book: The monster is coming 
before she started reading the book she did a picture walk and began with the cover of a book and examine the cover art.]]> 2020-11-10 03:18:35 UTC https://padlet.com/ngg27/6cq6ei7sjtek8lm0/wish/906909058 Wednesday November 11 ngg27 https://padlet.com/ngg27/6cq6ei7sjtek8lm0/wish/906941496 No class (Veterans Day)]]> 2020-11-10 03:39:58 UTC https://padlet.com/ngg27/6cq6ei7sjtek8lm0/wish/906941496 Observation ngg27 https://padlet.com/ngg27/6cq6ei7sjtek8lm0/wish/906968585 Wed Nov 4 (9-9:36am) 36min
Today we had Ms. Nancy the disabilities specialist join the class to observer one of the students.
-Morning message we are still taking about giants around us (Bears live in the forest)
-Ms. Luz began class with the Good Morning Mr. Rooster song. She then proceeded with their commitment which is listening ears.
-freeze song
-Ms. Luz reminded students that its important to wear a mask if they go out to the grocery store and to wash their hands or use hand sanitizer.
-Letter D (D is for Duck)
-Number 10 (10fingers)
-Virtual field trip
(https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=virtual+field+trip+to+the+forest+&&view=detail&mid=A1140630DA69E034D8A0A1140630DA69E034D8A0&&FORM=VRDGAR&ru=%2Fvideos%2Fsearch%3Fq%3Dvirtual%2Bfield%2Btrip%2Bto%2Bthe%2Bforest%2B%26FORM%3DHDRSC30 )
-The Very Hungry Caterpillar Book)

]]> 2020-11-10 03:56:33 UTC https://padlet.com/ngg27/6cq6ei7sjtek8lm0/wish/906968585 Observation ngg27 https://padlet.com/ngg27/6cq6ei7sjtek8lm0/wish/906986984 Friday Nov 6 (9-9:40am) 40min
-Due to parents complains Ms. Luz had to make some changes to start class at 9am and today we only had 3 students join.
-Ms. Luz began class with the Good Morning Mr. Rooster song. She then proceeded with their commitment which is listening ears.
-Morning Message: The sun is gigantic
-Reviewed Phonic with a song called Phonics song
https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=phonics+song+2&view=detail&mid=15B91A136D70622933A115B91A136D70622933A1&FORM=VIRE0&ru=%2fsearch%3fq%3dphonics%2bsong%2b2%26form%3dANNTH1%26refig%3d69e8f6d236974291b050742254db8464%26sp%3d3%26ghc%3d1%26qs%3dLS%26pq%3dphonics%2bsong%26sk%3dEP1AS1%26sc%3d8-12%26cvid%3d69e8f6d236974291b050742254db8464
-Show and tell 
Students were asked to bring two items one heavy and one light to share with their classmates. ]]> 2020-11-10 04:07:34 UTC https://padlet.com/ngg27/6cq6ei7sjtek8lm0/wish/906986984 Reflection for the week ngg27 https://padlet.com/ngg27/6cq6ei7sjtek8lm0/wish/907008609 This week I learned the importance of observations. Some just see it as a method of assessing young children as they develop. But Ms. Luz takes the information provided by Ms. Claudia and myself to created activities to promote growth on skills, document the success of those skills, and then reflect and assesses. I am amazed that thru the observations Ms. Luz has been able to identify children who need additional help. With evidence gather she has been able to identify children with special needs and that's why she invited Ms. Nancy the disabilities specialist to join her class and observe the students who Ms. Luz had concerns about. We came to find out that in the afternoon class the student who Ms. Luz wanted Ms. Nancy observed was already offered helped by another program but mom decided not to sign the IEP because grandma can't be taking the child to 2 different sites. Dad had asked Ms. Luz for help so she told Ms. Nancy we should also try talking to dad since he was concern with his child's behavior. When Ms. Luz was taking to Ms. Nancy she mentioned she also uses my observation notes and what I had provided for her. It made me feel like I was doing my part and I felt good about myself. Now I try to focus more on the children than what Ms. Luz is doing. I really hope the parents come to an agreement with Ms. Nancy for the best of the child. 

]]> 2020-11-10 04:20:04 UTC https://padlet.com/ngg27/6cq6ei7sjtek8lm0/wish/907008609 Observation ngg27 https://padlet.com/ngg27/6cq6ei7sjtek8lm0/wish/982443689 Friday Nov 13 (9-9:43am) 43min
  • Welcomed children with a Dino puppet.
  • Sang the If you're happy and you know it song
  • Topic of the week: Fall (Ms. Luz mentioned that during fall tree leaves change colors, the temperature gets colder) 
  • Reminded her students how to stop the spread of germs and viruses (demonstrated what to do as she explained cover your cough or sneeze with a tissue, then throw the tissue in the trash and wash your hands. Wash your hands often with soap and water for at least 20 seconds.)
  • Letter of the week: K
  • video K Phonics https://youtu.be/AIflsznNor8 
  • Sang a song The wheels on the bus
  • Introduce patterns: AB repetition. “red, green, red, green…”


Used this video: to see if children understand the concept of patterns
]]> 2020-12-03 03:19:58 UTC https://padlet.com/ngg27/6cq6ei7sjtek8lm0/wish/982443689 Observation ngg27 https://padlet.com/ngg27/6cq6ei7sjtek8lm0/wish/982447155 Wed Nov 18 (9-10:02) 1hr 2 min

  • Ms. Luz welcomed the students using an owl puppet. 
  •  Began class with the Good Morning Mr. Rooster song. 
  • Ms. Luz then asked the children how they were doing and how they were feeling today?
  • Letter of the week F (Fall)
  • Letter F song https://youtu.be/aUOpoEtvQAQ
  • Theme of the week Comparing which one has more 
  • Herman the Worm https://youtu.be/0-rg7EIt1x4

]]> 2020-12-03 03:22:27 UTC https://padlet.com/ngg27/6cq6ei7sjtek8lm0/wish/982447155 Friday Nov 20, 2020 ngg27 https://padlet.com/ngg27/6cq6ei7sjtek8lm0/wish/982448794 2020-12-03 03:23:36 UTC https://padlet.com/ngg27/6cq6ei7sjtek8lm0/wish/982448794 No School ngg27 https://padlet.com/ngg27/6cq6ei7sjtek8lm0/wish/982454624 Nov 23-27]]> 2020-12-03 03:27:54 UTC https://padlet.com/ngg27/6cq6ei7sjtek8lm0/wish/982454624 Observation ngg27 https://padlet.com/ngg27/6cq6ei7sjtek8lm0/wish/982457070 Wednesday Dec 2 (9-9:40am) 40 min 
  • Today Ms. Luz welcomed her class with a horse dressed as a fireman. 
  • Helpers for the day Dylan and Lilian they have the opportunity to choose what commitment and reading strategy they want to use for the class.
  • Learning about sizes ( small, medium, large) https://youtu.be/DgKkh9YkgnU
  • after the video they played a game each children had to go find three items small, medium, and large they then share with the class.
  • Letter C theme of the month choices 
  • Shape Oval 
  • Book Big and Small https://youtu.be/sjmQxP08lwc
  • Homework practice writing letter C
]]> 2020-12-03 03:29:42 UTC https://padlet.com/ngg27/6cq6ei7sjtek8lm0/wish/982457070 2 Hours ngg27 https://padlet.com/ngg27/6cq6ei7sjtek8lm0/wish/982480835 2020-12-03 03:47:42 UTC https://padlet.com/ngg27/6cq6ei7sjtek8lm0/wish/982480835 ngg27 https://padlet.com/ngg27/6cq6ei7sjtek8lm0/wish/982487122 Mentor Hours: 16.25 hours
Module hours: 19.50 hours

Total Hours: 35.75

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Today was suppose to be my last observation but Ms. Luz never connected I tried getting a hold of her via text and no responds. I waited until 9:20 and nothing so I deciding to log off. ]]> 2020-12-06 22:38:20 UTC https://padlet.com/ngg27/6cq6ei7sjtek8lm0/wish/992274959 Reflection ngg27 https://padlet.com/ngg27/6cq6ei7sjtek8lm0/wish/992275883 I loved some many techniques and strategies that Ms. Luz used today. One of the was giving children choices this helps them feel like they have some power and control over what they do, and is a step in growing up. You could see it in their face (power) when the got to choose what commitment and reading strategy they got to select. Another thing I like was the game. There is a set of twins that don't contribute much and by Ms. Luz doing these kinds of activities she gets to see if the are understanding the concept. The girls went to look for the items and it brought happiness to my face because they are understanding and were happy to share with their classmates. Mom works at night so she is usually sleeping while her daughters are on webex and dad is at work the eight year old brother is the one who makes sure they connect to class. They things Ms. Luz does to get all the observations needed to make sure all her students are succeeding makes me want to be as good as her one day.  ]]> 2020-12-06 22:39:19 UTC https://padlet.com/ngg27/6cq6ei7sjtek8lm0/wish/992275883 1.50 Hours ngg27 https://padlet.com/ngg27/6cq6ei7sjtek8lm0/wish/992333702 2020-12-06 23:36:49 UTC https://padlet.com/ngg27/6cq6ei7sjtek8lm0/wish/992333702 1 Hour ngg27 https://padlet.com/ngg27/6cq6ei7sjtek8lm0/wish/992365249 2020-12-07 00:05:25 UTC https://padlet.com/ngg27/6cq6ei7sjtek8lm0/wish/992365249 2 Hours ngg27 https://padlet.com/ngg27/6cq6ei7sjtek8lm0/wish/992496251 2020-12-07 01:24:47 UTC https://padlet.com/ngg27/6cq6ei7sjtek8lm0/wish/992496251 2 Hours ngg27 https://padlet.com/ngg27/6cq6ei7sjtek8lm0/wish/992501225 2020-12-07 01:27:25 UTC https://padlet.com/ngg27/6cq6ei7sjtek8lm0/wish/992501225 2 hours ngg27 https://padlet.com/ngg27/6cq6ei7sjtek8lm0/wish/992504986 2020-12-07 01:29:09 UTC https://padlet.com/ngg27/6cq6ei7sjtek8lm0/wish/992504986 2 Hours ngg27 https://padlet.com/ngg27/6cq6ei7sjtek8lm0/wish/992602839 2020-12-07 02:25:17 UTC https://padlet.com/ngg27/6cq6ei7sjtek8lm0/wish/992602839 2 hours ngg27 https://padlet.com/ngg27/6cq6ei7sjtek8lm0/wish/992629223 2020-12-07 02:40:11 UTC https://padlet.com/ngg27/6cq6ei7sjtek8lm0/wish/992629223 Reflection ngg27 https://padlet.com/ngg27/6cq6ei7sjtek8lm0/wish/992676987 Using a puppet in a preschool setting can help  and be beneficial in many ways. For example in this case using a puppet to greet and say hello. This little bit of communication will introduce lessons on initiating a conversations with someone new and setting example of how to be friendly. When she introduce patterns she started of with shapes and children grasp the concept quickly. She then used the sound of animal and fruits which I really like because preschoolers love animals and are familiar with them. When I have my own classroom I will probably introduce patterns with shapes and colors and then with Children’s nursery rhymes and music. Music also has simple patterns. ]]> 2020-12-07 03:11:17 UTC https://padlet.com/ngg27/6cq6ei7sjtek8lm0/wish/992676987 Reflection ngg27 https://padlet.com/ngg27/6cq6ei7sjtek8lm0/wish/992719849 Ms. Luz introduce the word Fall last week and kept repeating it this week. She doesn't really elaborate on the topic beside what she mentioned about the leaves changing colors and the weather getting cooler. I would personally incorporate a book about fall to my lesson plan. I understand they don't celebrate holidays in this school district. But in the future I would like to supporting diversity and multicultural learning in my classroom. I will teach children about different races, cultures, and traditions such as different Fall Harvest traditions and celebrations around the world, encouraging students to share their own experiences, and reinforcing the importance of community and appreciation. I always wonder what do children really now about fall. Maybe she could also using something also to represent the letter F. ]]> 2020-12-07 03:38:55 UTC https://padlet.com/ngg27/6cq6ei7sjtek8lm0/wish/992719849