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Observations from 11/03/09

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Observations from 10/28/09

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Observations from 10/21/09

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Observations from 10/20/09

Emily Lovejoy

Today I was in teacher B's classroom and the students were led through a brainstorming lesson.  Each student was given a piece of paper and pencil, and when the teacher said a topic, the students were to write down as many things as they could think of.  Spelling didn't matter as much as writing down good ideas.  The word that Teacher B gave the students was "night."  Students came up with some of the following ideas:

Observations from 10/6/09

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Observations from 9/30/09

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Today I shadowed Teacher C, a shop and science support teacher at the local friends school where  Teachers A and B teach.  Today, Teacher C had a group of 6 kindergarteners that he was taking around the grounds of the school.  They were looking at the various gardens on the grounds.  Teacher C feels like for students of this age, a teacher must define vocabulary and bring it down to their level.   He has students engage in drawing and coloring activities to see what they have observed in the gardens. 

Observations from 9/23/09

Emily Lovejoy

Today I was again observing Teacher A's 5th and 6th grade class.  Their school is currently focusing on the theme of community.  So, while some students worked on other things, Brie and I led some of the students through Bubbleology, a lesson presented to us in the Inquiry Science institute this summer by Joyce Theriot.