Journal #3: Elementary School Visit

On my third visit to West, I told the children I would bring them stickers if they had behaved, and so as I entered the classroom, I carried in hand a bag with Hannah Montana, Tinkerbell, and Spiderman stickers. I called up the first group of three children and we went over an activity on contractions that entailed the kids pulling apart words from contractions to find the meaning. We quickly went through the activity and because the kids understood the concept well, I allowed them to read aloud. Each child took turns reading a page in the story book. This activity is probably most helpful of them all because the children don't get much reading time other wise and need work on fluency and completing phrases.

I was able to work on the same activities with the second group that I called up, they took a bit longer to understand the concepts so had less reading time. We still got to read though, which is something they greatly enjoyed. Not as much as the stickers at the end of class though, that was the biggest hit of all. I was told next week to make sure I bring plenty more back. I hope my visits keep going this well because I enjoy my time in the classroom greatly.