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 * Short Week!**


 * Monday, Oct. 11, 2010 Columbus Day**

So today started a couple of **significant changes with atleast 2 of our Reading Groups** (1 Push In and the other Pull Out). I'd say it went pretty smoothly. I was able to pick up all the different students from different teachers and was able to situate our groups to where we conducted our lesson. It was also significant because there were atleast 3 new teachers who started their 1st day today! We have a new Kinder, 1st, 2nd, and 3rd grade teachers! This is due to the Class Size Amendment this year. So that means, some students I teach is dispersed among the teachers more than they already are.

I seriously think that the only way I can survive being an ESE Resource Intern is to be **highly organized!**

Tomorrow, I plan to implement the **mnemonic strategy SLANT** in my 3rd grade a.m. Reading Group as another plan to **increase on-task behavior:**

**T-** Track the teacher with your eyes.
In my 5th grade class tomorrow, as the group divides into different Math Workshops, I plan to teach the **S.I.G.N.S. mnemonic strategy to solve word problems** because this is one area that the 5th graders have a great need to develop.

S- Solve and check problem.

 * Tuesday, Oct. 12, 2010**

First thing this morning, Ms. Wright and I went to see a 3rd grade teacher to speak to her about the effectiveness of our small group dynamic and more specifically about a boy who's been exhibiting some disturbing violent behavior. We planned and analyzed if we need to re-configure the group.

Ms. Wright brought the student work sample I collected to the Behavior Specialist and he in turn spoke with the student. I've been informed that this student comes from a very difficult home life.

In our 3rd grade reading group, I discussed some **Comprehension Strategies to use for Expository Text:**


 * 1. Ask Questions**
 * 2. Visualize**
 * 3. Make Connection**
 * 4. Clarifying**

My University Coordinator came to **observe me the 4th time today** during 5th grade Math where I taught and reviewed the **Order of Operations using PEMDAS**. For her feedback, she suggested that I do **Exit Strips** before students leave the class so I can have a form of assessment if the kids understood my teaching.

Later on today, Ms. Wright gave me some **feedback about pacing** and talking faster, carrying the lesson quicker when it comes to our Reading Master Groups to keep the students engaged. She told me to have a goal in mind for each child so I can focus on what I need to work on for each one.

She said target ESOL students to focus on identifying Long & Short VOWELS.

At the end of today, Ms. Wright and I stayed late to sit down and fill out a significant amount of information in my Internship Evaluation Rubric. Great discussion :)


 * Wednesday, Oct. 13, 2010**

So the **Behavior Mgmt Plan** I adopted from Ms. Tucker's Kinder class to implement with my Kinder Small Group seems to be working. Four out of 5 children like working to get 3 points to move up from Green (Good) to Blue (Great). They look forward to telling their homeroom teachers how good they performed in my group.

Having introduced **S.L.A.N.T. (behavior expectation)** to my 3rd grade a.m. Reading Group yesterday, I paired with it opportunities to earn up to 5 tickets in exchange for something in my Prize Bag. It worked pretty well today. I gave each student a **Post It note to pick one Comprehension Strategy** from the 4 we discussed and use it as we read our Expository Text this week. ('One Small Place in a Tree). Not only did they each pick a strategy and wrote on their Post It note, now, I also have a **quick assessment/student sample** to know if they've understood and used the strategy.

After school today, Ms. Wright and I checked to see if our laminating job was finished since we have to send off our laminating job on Wednesday (once a week only). Well, the lady who was doing it, only has 30 minutes to do all the laminating for the entire school! She was a little overwhelmed. So Ms. Wright and I did our own laminating which was a lot! And we had a 'Cutting Party' afterwards in our room since we had so many little pieces. (mostly Phonemic Awareness and Vocabulary FCRR Games)

After all that work, I ran to UCF to attend my Kappa Delta Pi monthly meeting about Parent Involvement and afterwards went to the Curriculum Resource Center to make my own set of **CHAMPS: the school-wide** behavior management system to help students know exactly how to behave in each class and setting at school.

**S- Signal**
Here's a pic!




 * Thursday, Oct. 14th, 2010**

This morning, our 2 Kinder groups went to a Farm Field Trip so we didn't see them. However, I still had plenty of things to do. Ms. Wright and I were working on our bulletin board. She told me an idea she wanted to implement in getting a couple of our Reading Groups **'racing' to read**. The school's theme this year is **'On The Road to Success'** so her bulletin board has a winding road. Well, we laminated and put 10 different colored cars on the board. Then, I **went to the Production Room** in the Media Center and made die cuts of 10 bright orange arrows where I put points in 10 increments so students can see their progress as they read books. I also **made die cuts of boy and girl** shapes and put their individual names on it. I'll make sure to take a picture of our completed board next week.

Before school started today, I went to see one of the 3rd grade teachers to speak to her about **reviewing the test with our small group** since I have a bit of extra time due to the Kindergarten Field Trip. She welcomed the idea.

In 5th grade Math, I brought our Small Group to our classroom to **give them their test accommodations**. Then I **planned with their teacher Ms. Drewery** about which lessons I can lead next week.

In 1st grade Push In, together with Ms. Andrade (intern for that class) I **helped facilitate their guided test on Topic 3** (5's & 10's on a Ten Frame).

At the end of the day, I had to **finish next week's lesson plans by 5pm** and prepare everything since today is our Friday and I had to **run to UCF for my Thursday night class**.


 * Friday, Oct. 15th, 2010**


 * Student Holiday. Teacher Non-Workday!**