Journal #5: Elementary School Visit

For my visit today, I arrived at normal time, and proceeded into the classroom. I was excited to work with the children as usual, and like always, they were equally excited to see me.

We worked on a game in which pictures were handed out to the children and then they were to find the beginnings and endings of the sight words and match them together. The kids liked the game, especially because they enjoy being timed and having a competition. I try to keep it a friendly competition though, and make it known that they all do equally well. The kids had some trouble spelling a few words, so we worked on writing them five times each and phonetically sounding them out.

We then moved on to reading time, each child took turns reading a page, which is always their favorite activity. They reiterated to me that punctuation has to be closely paid attention to because it makes reading sound smoother. They tend to have trouble with reading fluency so reading is what normally helps them most.

The kids all listened attentively to me and have no trouble listening when I give directions. My visits have been going very well, and I hope to keep them that way. They are very enjoyable.