LEARING EXPERIENCES
O-C-T-O-B-E-R that’s the month of Halloween; and apples, and pumpkins. I feel like that has been two of our main focuses this month. We have done all things apples and now are finishing all things pumpkins in my classroom. I love this time of year because when doing apples and pumpkins these are great themes to incorporate science and social studies. My CE has a time slot in the afternoon that is supposed to be “science/social studies” but this is also at the end of the day when students have just finished their time outside and are back in trying to cram in snack and packing up, so this is a crazy time. Therefore, I have seen my CE integrate these into her literacy block mainly. This month has also brought about the sickness and it seems with kindergarten it is 10x worse. I have never had to deal with so many bodily fluids. We have had students sneezing snotty noses everywhere, projectile vomit in the hallway, and I even had a student have an accident in the room which ended up getting on my feet. So, I am learned how to handle these types of situations the best and most strategic while also trying to keep the class together. I am slowly by surly feel myself molding into a kindergarten teacher whether I want to be or not.
NCTCS
After experiencing and observing all of these learning experiences I can definitely see the following NCTCS being put into practice: 1a teachers lead in their classroom, 2a. teachers provide an environment in which each child has a positive nurturing relationship with caring adults. I have had to step up and becoming more of a leader in the classroom, so I can jump right in and take over when issues arise. I also have had to be the second momma to a lot of these students and love them because there are some that just don’t get that at home. This is also a trait I have had to practice with issues arise and the class witnesses them and get worried or don’t know what happened. Kindergarten is a very routine day and when something happens these students freak! So, I have helped explain why some people throw up and why they then go home, and why we should take care of our bodies and wash our hands to help prevent this type of sickness from entering the class.
FUTURE CLASSROOM
In my future classroom I plan to do the same things that I have been doing especially informing students on what is going on around them in the classroom. This age group is so curious and there is no point in hiding these types of things from them, but rather using as a teaching opportunity. No teacher likes interruptions, but it is how you handle them that make you a great teacher I feel.
OUTSIDE RESEARCH
Below is a link to a great article that gives some statistics about classroom disruptions and then how teachers and schools can prevent some of these from happening for the future.
Go check it out!
Abby,
ReplyDeleteI am happy to hear that your CE integrates science and ss beacuse often times that doesnt happen at all. I know you will do a great job of continuing to integrate when you take over Jan 2nd!
Abby, it sounds like you are busy in kindergarten, girl! I agree that kindergarten does have that special way of molding you into a kindergarten teacher, regarless of your prior grade preferences. There's just nothing like kindergarten! It sounds like you are learning how to handle crazy situations in the classroom already, which is great (especially before student teaching.) I agree with Mackenzie-- it's great to hear that your C.E. makes an effort to integrate science and social studies! You are going to do so well in student teaching, I feel sure.
ReplyDeleteAbby,
ReplyDeleteI think it is so wonderful that you are finding ways to keep your students informed about what is going on in their world! Even in kindergarten they should be informed about what is happening around them.