Westwood

Yesterday when i went to Westwood the kids were on the floor bc they were having a lesson on the active board. When they were done they got into their work stations and i had to help two boys with firguring out which numbers came before and after a number. When it was time to clean up they had to go back to the floor and do another lesson on the active board then they got into groups to do an activity. I had a group of 5 boys and two of them wouldnt stop talking and they were being really disruptive because we couldnt start what we were supposed to be doing because they were talking. When it was time to go into word work i taught the kids by doing jepordy. The kids are starting to get more comfortable with me because they are from other classes so they were kind of hesitant at first and im getting more comfortable with them as well.

Tardy Policy

Westwood: My day at Westwood yesterday was good. My students went to a program and i helped the teacher cut out laminated folders. After the students program was done and after i finished cutting out the laminated folders we went back to the classroom and we played jepordy and once again i taught and i loved it. 


Tardy Policy: The new tardy policy is somewhat effective. If a student is tardy for no reason then its a good thing that this policy is in effect but if a student has no control over being tardy,for example, a flat tire, then they should be let in class and they shouldnt have to suffer the consequences of something they had no control over. The whole new tardy policy is kind of ridiculous when you really look at it because not all the students are late for no reason and some teachers need to look at the other consequences.

Teachers Procedures

When i got to westwood on Thursday my teacher was about to give the students a test. She did it in a specific order what she did was told all her students to get their student offices (which are covers for their test) then she told everyone to put their name on their paper and when they were done to be silent. After the students were silent she began the test and told the students when they were done with the test to raise their penicl in the air so she could know they were done and so she could collect their test and tell them what to do next. My job that day was to help the students pratice counting numbers and to figure how much of each was left. After that my job was to go to the active board once again and teach the students while my teacher went to go make copies. im so glad that my teacher trusts me enough to leave me there by myself and when she told me " i know you can handle a group of kids" it made me realize that i really could handle a group of 1st graders and i can do this for a living because i love it and im good at it.