My First Day as an Intern!

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Thursday, October 8th, was my first day at my field site. I am interning at Walker Creek Elementary in Mrs. Vinson's kindergarten class. This is Mrs. Vinson's 8th year of teaching, and 2nd year of teaching kindergarten. Click here to visit Mrs. Vinson's website.
I prepared for my first day of my internship and brought a poster along to introduce myself. I wore my Intern button up shirt with jeans, converse, and a striped shirt underneath. I did my introduction to the students as soon as I walked into the classroom, and brought along my poster and a good attitude. When I first walked into my field site classroom, I felt very welcomed and excited to be there. When I was in the classroom, I helped the students sound out words, and helped them in their math stations. I worked hard to memorize the students' names, and get to know more about each one.
I felt very loved, and I'm so excited to go back this week. I am most looking forward to helping the students learn, and helping them learn to have the same kind of passion for school that I had in kindergarten. Not only do I want to help them grow intelligently, but I also want to help them grow as people, and be able to provide for their needs.

 

                                                                                                                           This is a picture of Mrs. Vinson :)

Reading Rocks!

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Pete the Cat- Rocking in My School Shoes
Author- Eric Litwin
Illustrator- James Dean

This is a story about a cat named Pete. Pete continuously has little problems, or learns new things. After each story, Pete reminds the readers that everything is all good. This is a good story, and a good story to read aloud because it teaches the students a lesson, and has songs that the students can sing along to. This story also has reoccurring events in which students can predict what happens next. This story is also a good book to read aloud, because there are many pictures, and big fonts.

                       The age group for this book would be K-2nd grade           
A few key words: lunchroom
                      school
                       reading
                      library
                      adding
                      reading
Questions (for kindergarteners) : Were you scared for school on your first day?
Have you been to the library?
What do you do during recess?

Activity: 1. Have the children draw a picture of their favorite animal (Ex. how Pete is a cat) holding a book and wearing their favorite shoes.
2. Have the children color their shoes and label the book the title of their favorite book.