yesterday in my second grade class I learned how to use a tens chart.  I walked around the room and checked the kids work.  They were doing great but a few were struggling.  When I was in second grade we didn't learn how to use a tens chart.  It was challenging but I got the hang of it.  I had a lot of fun.  I love going too work with the kids, I cant wait to become a teacher. 

I spent the whole day at the elementary yesterday.  It was awesome.  I cant wait to go back, I helped do everything.  The kids were so excited to see me.  When I got there they were doing morning work.  Then they had a snack and read a story out loud.  Then they went to a lab and we had a break.  When they came back we went to lunch.  I also went a played with them on the play ground.  I enjoyed going outside and playing with them. 

At West Hancock yesterday I did not do much.  As soon as I walked in they were getting ready for a test.  Some of them had privacy shades up so they couldn't cheat.  It was Halloween so of course they were all dressed up in their costumes! They looked so cute.  Just from being in the class and watching and helping I have learned so much.  I am very excited to start my teaching career. 

Yesterday I made copy's all day!!  I realized by doing this teachers don't have enough time to do these things. They have to do it on their own time.  We help out a lot we may not realize it but by us going and doing these things it takes a lot of stress off of their shoulders.  Its very boring but it helps them out a lot. I wish I could spend more time with the children.  They only thing I like about making copy's is I get stuff out of the vending machine. 

We went to West Hancock yesterday. The children were working on math when I came in.  They kind of got distracted at first but then got back on task.  All the children had their one-hundred chart and an expo marker.  She would write down a problem like "30 is 10 less than what number" the students had to circle 30 and draw an arrow to the number it was less than.  The answer was 40 but students were putting 20 because they were getting confused with more and less.  I had to walk around and make sure they understood. They were all excited to get help from me.  When lunch came around I redid their bulletin board.  I also made copies of their test. when I got back I had enough time to staple all of them and then it was time to leave. 

Yesterday I went to West Hancock Elementary school. I am in a second grade class.  There are 25 students in my class. The teacher is Mrs. Shaw.  The students were kind of rowdy being that there was a new person in the room.  In order to keep them quiet she would say "give me five" the students would hold up five fingers and get quiet.  She used visual aids to help them understand and learn.  They also used technology.  They were reading a book and answering questions out loud.  They were all very eager to answer. She draws a popsicle stick out of a cup to see who will answer. We also studied the vocab on an InterWrite pad.  The children would say the word that went with the definition.  Right before lunch they went around the room saying their names and something about themselves.  Mrs. Shaw lets them go get their stuff out of their cubby's.  She lines them up in order of what color shirt they wear. She choses a new color to go first every day.  I can not wait to go back and help out again!!!!

Today in Teacher Academy 1 we learned about how to make a blog.  It is hard at first but once you get the hang of it is easy.  I got confused a couple of times but my teacher helped me out.  I hope to learn more about blogging in the future. I'm excited to get the year stated with this blog. this is also my first post on my new blog!