I unfortunately was unable to attend the poetry slam, but I did hear good things about it. Based on what I have read from other students on their blogs it seemed like it was a good experience. Since I could not blog about it, I decided that I would use this blog entry to talk a little about my progress on my final project.
I am observing at an ESL classroom at Oakdale Elementary School. I am in the class every morning Monday through Thursday and then I am there a full school day on Friday. I work one on one with students and just help out in the classroom where help is needed. I am learning a lot of great things from my teacher. She tells me about what books she likes to use and what ones not to use. She showed me readinga-z and how she uses it with her students, which I also have learned about in my Elementary Ed classes. Different groups of students come at different times of the day. They usually are in the class for 30 to 40 minutes when it is their reading or writing time in their mainstream class. The kids are from all different cultures. Some are from the Congo, India, China, Japan, and Korea. What mainly goes on in the classroom is they work on reading comprehension. Of course they also do other things, but reading comprehension is the main focus. They read stories aloud or on their own and answer questions about what they read. They also do other activities that include lots of hands on learning. Around Halloween they got to learn about the American culture and all about Halloween. They carved pumpkins in class and then wrote a how to about making jackolaterns. So far my time in the ESL class has been a great experience and I am learning a lot. I even got to experience parent teacher conferences. Hopefully it all keeps going well.
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