Work has been going along swimmingly for a few weeks now. I started doing reading intervention groups on Monday after a brief training session on Friday. Our lesson plans were done for us by Caryn and stories typed up and copied in multiples and lines of practice cut up and templates made. I did the templates with different colors to coordinate with the grade levels. We now have a "Learning Lab" upstairs where grades two through five come to learn how to read. Some of our students are second language learners and those who are not need some extra help to get over the hump of not knowing what long vowel, silent - e words are and things like that. I also push into a Kindergarten (from here on out called Kinder) classroom after working with my groups. My day is filled with making sure children get out to the playground after breakfast safely (no running, please) helping children learn to read, 2nd grade recess duty, lunch and then more reading groups. This all ends at 1:45 p.m. and I can either work on re-doing my templates with new vocab. words and practice words, or I can push into an ELD class. I haven't had much opportunity to do that as I am pretty busy doing my templates and preparing for the next day. Anyway, I love my job, I feel appreciated and my groups are learning and doing well.
