Here is an example of a parent flyer teachers send home to assist students with learning math!
Last year at 123 Elementary, I attended our Family Literacy night and it was a great experience! Teachers set up different actives for ways to get students engaged at reading at home. This year Family Literacy Night was a lot different! Since we have new Florida math standards (MAFS), which is adapted from common core. Parents have been struggling with helping their children at home with their math homework since teachers have been trained to teach math in a new way. Also, students have been struggling with math assessments because questions are being asked in multiple ways. For example, students are asked to choose more than one correct answer, give extended responses, and type out on computers the "value of the expression." Without schools and the community coming together students would be at a disadvantage from confusion at home and school. During Family Literacy Night this year Hillsborough County's Math Department came in and spoke to parents and teachers about the new curriculum and ways to teach and help your child. Students were with Junior League were they got a book and played reading activities. This was a very informational night! I am glad to be an intern at a school that cares so much about their community and helping every child succeed. Here is an example of a parent flyer teachers send home to assist students with learning math!
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During the 19th week of school, 5th graders are learning all about weather! To introduce a new long term investigation, I made a lesson plan where students built their own classroom set of weather tools. Students were placed in differentiated groups based on their recent performance in science. Each group had a different weather tool to build. The tools included a barometer, thermometer, rain gauge, anemometer, and a wind vane. After their tools were complete, students then wrote in their science notebooks a description of their tool and how to use it. Next week students will teach the class how to use their tools so we can venture into our new LTI question! What will it be? Stay tuned! -Miss Honey When I first entered college I had no idea what I wanted to do in my life. I knew I wanted a career that I could always learn and grow as a person, but I never knew what profession that would be. One day my sister talked to me about becoming a teacher. She said all of her friends who are teachers have the same personality as I do and I would be a great fit for the job. I have always looked up and trusted my sister, but wasn't sure if teaching was for me. I was excited to get out of high school and I didn't want to go back to the school days I was graduating! I thought I would give it a chance, so I volunteered in a first grade classroom. I was nervous/excited and had no idea what to expect. I remember walking in the classroom and the students were in groups. The teacher said, "Go around and introduce yourself! Start talking to them to get to know them!" I went over to this little girl who was reading by herself. She stopped and asked me for help. She was stuck on pronouncing words. I remember telling her that when I first starting reading I was a very slow reader. That I needed to take my time to sounds out all the words and stay on track by following along with my finger. Then she started taking her time and following along, and she did it! She read a few pages to me and was so proud of herself. That is when I knew I wanted to be a teacher. Since then I always wanted to gain teaching experience, specifically in first grade. I had an opportunity to do so when an assignment from my Teaching Elementary Science class. The assignment was to modify a "cook-book" science lesson and change it to include the "three legs of science". (Please refer to my science philosophy page on my blog to see this great assignment!) Anyways, I asked a first grade teacher at 123 Elementary if I could teach that lesson in January when the standard appears on the curriculum calendar. She was more then willing for me to come in and teach it. I was so excited! I came into her class and observed her science language so I could get back in the swing of things in the primary world! 5th grade is very different! My lesson reflections, plan, and pictures from that day are posted below. The pictures include my lesson plan notecards, student's data, and me teaching. Enjoy! Teacher Takeaways!
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