RachelTraneEDEL1010

I have had the opportunity to work with small groups in a few different classrooms.  In the classrooms I have been in, the students were grouped together according to their proficiency in the subject they were working on.  I think that is a good way to group them. If you have students of all levels in one group, sometimes a student that might be struggling won't feel confident enough to participate in the activity. Kindergarten students were working on math games when I helped them.  The teacher told me ahead of time which groups would need a more difficult version of the game.  The students loved playing the game.  They had a stack of cards with numbers on them.  They would each draw two cards and then come up with the sum of the two cards.  If they got the answer right, they got to feed the cards to the "number monster". Once all the cards were gone, the game was over.  The students on a more advanced level could choose three or four cards to ...

What does a teacher do all day?  I think a more appropriate question to ask is, what doesn't a teacher do in a day? A teacher's day starts before the students even arrive.  The teacher has to make sure the classroom is ready.  This includes making sure there are enough copies of the assignments planned for the day, checking that all the needed supplies are accessible and making sure that their classroom is clean and in order.   I think that having a tidy classroom is very important.  It can be hard for students to concentrate if they are surrounded by clutter. Once the students arrive the day really begins.  They usually start with reading, either individually or in groups.  Then the teacher will instruct on various subjects like math and writing.  There is generally a subject or skill they are focusing on for the week.  The students will go to specialty classes at some point in the day, usually in the afternoon. Besides actual instruct...