Classroom Observation

Today my mentor teacher and I went and observed at a school in Hamilton in a start up class of New Entrants. It was really great to see this class in action as they were really similar to my own class.

I won't go over everything I saw I will just pop some notes up of the things that stood out to me and that I would like to try in my own class, will also add details in my weekly reflections of any ideas I have borrowed.

• Alphablocks - an educational video that helps students learn the alphabet and sounds.
• Students practiced handwriting every letter - app connected to tv and shows children how to correctly write letters (blobble write app).
• Writing: when working with teacher write high freq word out in bubbles drawn by teacher and then go on a word hunt in fluency boxes.
• Writing: using counters to help remember where they are up to in a story.
• Reading: make high frequency words with magnetic letters during guided lesson
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There are so many more ideas that I hope to use in my class but these are going to be my starting point.