Well first of all, I should let you know that we have a plan. Kind of important right, in order to know how you are going to get somewhere you might want to know your destination? After much thought of how Mrs. Bingham, Mrs. Hogan and I can all get the most out of this experience, we are going to create a lesson plan of music activities, songs, etc. that they can keep in their record for every unit they are working on. I will help teach them while I am there, but during the rest of the week, they either can try out new things, or try using some of the songs and activities we have already worked on. This way it can hopefully just become a part of how they define themselves as teachers.
1st Grade: Jonny Get your hair Cut!
We talked about Jonny, is this something that happened in the past, needs to happen in the future, or is taking place in the present? We talked about some of the key words and then talked about some of the things students had done or are going to do, and reinvented the phrases to fit their personal stories.
2nd grade:
How do you use math to review geometry? the possibilities are endless! We recycled our "A hunting we will go and replaced the animals with 3 dimensional geometric shapes that I pulled out of a bag. It was a huge hit!
Obwisana! -" The rock hit my finger and it hurt!"
In this weeks until the class read a story about how all of the parts of the body have to work together as one unit in order to get things done. We talked about why this is, and how we can do that as a class, and then tied it into out song Obwisana.
It was no small task coordinating out sings skills with keeping the beat and passing sticks in a rhythmic movement. We had many times where they would build up at one student, but it was so nice to see them work together, brainstorm solutions, and try to help those who were struggling. It just so happened that the principal decided to come stop in and watch as well, and loved not only what he saw, but what he heard as well.
