Hello everyone!
Today I got to talk to our teacher a lot, and learned many things! We focused on talking about the class and how she teaches. Today we had some fun helping our placement teacher mark some English questions, and we had a few laughs at some of the responses we read. She showed us the program the school uses for report cards and grading. Parents can sign on to the website to see how well their child is doing with the assignments. I think it is important for parents and their child’s teacher to stay in contact. If parents or the teacher have a problem they can work out a solution and do what is best for the student. In grade 5, they have just started a novel. I think it is called “As Long As The Rivers Flow.” The book is about First Nations people. They have learned about many First Nations traditions and culture. The book also explains the Residential school experience for Indigenous people. Our placement teacher said the students have been making good connections and asking questions. The grade 5 class has just started this novel, but are very engaged in it. Our placement teacher says she sticks to the curriculum as much as she can just to make sure she is staying on top of all the outcomes that need to be met. She gave me one tip today that I will remember forever: “whenever you can try to hit two or more outcomes within one assignment.” Our placement teacher says she tries to do this all the time because there are so many outcomes to hit in a year, plus all the other things that you have to do. For example, at Halloween, they had to draw a Halloween picture for arts education, and label it with French sentences. She hit two outcomes and marked this assignment in two portions, half as an arts education mark and half as a French mark. The next assignment she has planned is an essay on a Canadian sports hero because one of the outcomes she has to teach is sports hero’s in Canada for physical education class. She will also be giving the students an English mark for this because they are working on essay formatting and punctuation. Other teachers probably do this but I have never thought of this before. At my school, the last couple of nights they are having parent-teacher interviews during the evenings. The students are involved in the conferences. Our placement teacher has an ongoing binder that she puts all-important assessments and assignments in so when conferences come around she is prepared. Students can also choose any work they are proud of and want to show their parents at conferences into the binder. At conferences, they look through the binder and discuss the student’s accomplishments. Another thing our placement teacher does is has the students make goals prier. She has made a circle diagram that they fill in with their goals and steps. At conferences, they all talk about the steps the student will take to achieve their goal. I think goal setting is a great way for students to be accountable for themselves and gain responsibility. It also helps if the parents are aware of the goals being set. Another great day! Only two more days in the classroom :( ~Karlee
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