December 13, 2010

Mr. Finley was gone today, so I was unable to make an appointment with him. I will hopefully meet with him sometime this week to go over my daily blog and my COS paper. Working with Shari was an amazing experience. I had the opportunity to work with many different aspects of teaching. I was exposed to a side of the teaching career that many people are not aware of. This COS also allowed me to interact with the students as well, which was my goal from day one.

Today, I wrote my final COS summary for Mr. Finley. I will make my appointment to meet with him tomorrow.

December 13, 2010

Since Mr. Finley has been working on his project, I have been tutoring Mia and Macy daily, and working with the "groups" for Shari. We look at test scores from elementary and middle school and we group students depending on how well they are performing. This way, it is easier to see which students need more help and what areas they are weakest in.

December 13, 2010

The project I was working on for Mr. Finley had many problems. At first, we had to figure out how to transfer the charts from his computer, to Shari's so that I had access to work on them. There was a crucial deadline for the charts to be completed, so Mr. Finley decided he would do them by himself. I felt bad that I couldn't be a part of that project because I know it was a very important project.

December 8, 2010

Today, I did site-words with Macy and Mia as well as working on the data sheets for Mr. Finley. I also sat in on the middle school MAPS testing that Shari is in charge of.

December 7, 2010

Today, I sent the article about the food drive into the paper, and got all of that taken care of. I then did site-words with the two girls. After they were finished, I retaped thier folders and reorganized all of the site-word cards. Over time they had gotten mixed up, flipped upside down, etc. So I just reorganized them for Shari. Meanwhile, she was testing middle schoolers in the middle school computer lab. After I reorganzed the cards, I worked on Mr. Finley's project.

I'm starting to learn the importance of the data I'm working with. I sat in on a conversation that Mrs. Piper and Mrs. Hussey had about some of thier children's scores, and how shocked they were with the outcome. It really showed me that these teachers do depend on the averages and the RITS and the data that I am working with to see the development of the kids they are working with.

December 6, 2010

Today in fourth hour Shari asked me to write up an article for the local newspaper about the food drive we did at our school. Last week I took a picture of everyone that was involved and I will include the picture with the article. When I completed that, I went and got Macy and Mia and we worked on site words. I then continued working on Mr. Finley's project.

December 2, 2010

Today, I continued with the daily site-word tutoring, and then continued working on the data charts for Mr. Finley. I'm learning that the charts are very crucial. Our school looks at these charts to determine how well the students are progressing, and where they are struggling.