Student Teaching Weekly Log Name: Melanie Roth Week 3-2/10-2/14

1. How did you spend your time this week? What responsibilities did you have? I spent the week fulltime teaching, in which I began my day with breakfast duty where I hand out spoons. I then meet with my student, Jaheim where I make sure he completed his homework and sign anything his mother forgot to sign. I then pull my small groups and 1:1 time with students. During the week, my teacher had to leave early, so I was left to instruct and reflect on my own. I enjoyed having that major responsibility, knowing that I would have to deal with any behavioral problems or assisting other teachers. It was also helpful hearing from a substitute that has been working at that school for many years, and children went there. Hearing her experiences in the classroom and what she looks for in teacher lesson plans was very valuable. Another responsibility I had was assisting the second grade teacher. He had to run to the office and told his students to clean up with what they were doing. As students put their things away they were not sure what to do next, so I took matters into my own hands. I told students to take a seat once they finish putting there things away, and that Mr. Tutt will be very pleased that they are all sitting down. As some time went by I needed to manage the students in their seats so I called out addition problems and had them say the answer. They loved it! Overall, I have taken on responsibilities not only when Im told to but also when I feel it is most appropriate in the special education classroom and general education classroom. 2. What were your most satisfying and challenging experiences? The most challenging experience during the week was handling behavioral issues. For example, during my 3rd grade reading group, one of my students was not following directions and being distracting to the others learning. I followed the students teacher (Emmas) policy on misbehaving, in which I fill out a slip the student must take home and have a parent sign. I filled out stating the students behaviors and gave had the student stay when I dismissed the others. I questioned the student about his behavior, putting the responses in his hands and hear his reasoning. I then said please take the note home and lets have a better day tomorrow. The following day I had the same issues, the student was calling out random nouns while others were reading, and trying to grab my materials. I wrote another slip to go home, and had the same discussion. I then reflected on the experience with my mentor teacher, where we both came up with the idea to give the note to the students sibling to ensure the note gets home. I proceeded with the plan, getting the note back from the student and located his sister where I asked if she could please deliver this to Mom and Dad. I realized that trust is a big part of relationship with students, and ways to ensure things are sent home. 3. What are the plans for the upcoming week? My plans for the upcoming week include pre-testing, in which I will administer the second grade reading pre assessment. After planning unit 5 with the second grade teachers, we

collaborated and created a pre-assessment. During that week are conferences and two IEP meetings. During the IEP meetings and conferences I will share what I have been working on with their child and walk through the IEPs with them. I look forward to helping conduct the IEP meeting. Otherwise, I will continue to plan instruction according to students goals.

Student Teaching Weekly Log Name: Melanie Roth 2/28 Week 5- 2/23-

4. How did you spend your time this week? What responsibilities did you have? This week I spent my time full time teaching. A new responsibility I picked up was communicating with parents during conferences. In all of my six conferences, I talked to the parents about what I have been working on with their child and the progress the child has made. I then would let them know the areas that still need work in. I have learned that it is important to start with the positives! One of the conferences I was extremely nervous about, because I had heard many things about the father of the child. For example, he likes to take control of meetings and be in charge, as well as contradict the things teachers have to say. In addition to the things I had heard, I also had to inform the parents that their childs behaviors have been affecting their schoolwork, and that stealing and bringing toys from home is not tolerated. Surprisingly, the meeting went really well and the parents (specifically the father) were understanding and provided us with more information on her habits at home. We then decided to come up with a behavior plan that includes sending home a behavioral checklist, in which I am creating with her general education teacher. 5. What were your most satisfying and challenging experiences? The most satisfying experience this past week was the connection I have made with students. I have received many kind comments from students letting me know I will make a great teacher. Those small comments mean the world. Another satisfying experience is creating the behavioral checklist for the one student. Given responsibilities such as the behavior checklist I have learned how to communicate with parents, ensure the student is aware of these behaviors, and talking with teachers to gather information to complete the checklist everyday. The most challenging experience is managing progress monitoring and assessments in the general education classroom. During the week students were completing pre and posttests on Unit 4 and 5. It was difficult to find time to get all of my progress monitoring done as well as time to read their tests during our scheduled meeting times. 6. What are the plans for the upcoming week? The plan for this week is to continue delivering post and pre tests to the third graders; by pulling students out and reading the math tests aloud to them. I also have chosen new books for students to read for five minutes each day. I will go over the math progressing monitor assessment I gave students last week. Due to the low scores I want to give students another chance while I read the five-question test aloud. With only two weeks left, my time of teaching is winding down but I am enjoying every minute of the experience.

Student Teaching Weekly Log Name: Melanie Roth Week 6- 3/3-3/7

1. How did you spend your time this week? What responsibilities did you have? This week I spent my time full time teaching. A new responsibility I had this week was taking over a second grade classroom. The second grade teacher (Mr. Tutt) had prior engagements and would be at school at 9:30. I was in charge of getting the students settled when arriving to school, then completing the morning routine (lunch options, attendance, etc.), and then reading activities. I had the expectations posted on the board including, 1) get organized 2)new vocabulary words (page 146 in book) 3) sparkle 4) read aloud. The teacher did not have any of the resources available so I rushed to get the vocabulary list from a different second grade teacher. It was the most thrilling experience to substitute for a teacher with no lesson plan. I was able to communicate with fellow teachers and use some of my back up materials, such as the books for read aloud, to successfully instruct the class. Another aspect of the subbing was the classroom management. As you know Monday mornings can be a hectic time, in which students are recovering from the weekend. 2. What were your most satisfying and challenging experiences? The most satisfying experience this week is understanding that my second grade group needed to start from the beginning when learning about time. I did a progress monitoring on the students that included a problem on telling time (review), in which they were suppose to tell the time. All six of the students had the wrong time. I decided to base my instruction on telling time, however students were finding it difficult because they didnt understand that you have to skip count by 5s when deciding the minutes. I then planned my instruction for the following day to learn about skip counting by 5s. We then applied it to the clock. This next coming week we will determine the time based on their understanding of counting by 5s around the clock. The most challenging experience was discussing with my mentor teacher whether a students mother needed to be reported to CPS because the student came to school not properly clothed and not fed. It was interesting to see the frustration and decision process. 3. What are the plans for the upcoming week? The plans for the upcoming week are to progress monitor with math and reading assessments I created on my own based on what we have been working on in small group. I will also be having lunch with each of my groups, each day of the week, as a reward for working hard and a send off. I am having my mock-interview with Mr. Burg on Thursday. As it is my last week, I plan to rap up my time at Hanawalt and say my goodbyes to all of the wonderful and influential people I have met.