**The above photograph was taken while I was teaching the students about their new word study words for the week, words with the ending -ake. In the picture, I am introducing the long a ending that they will need to know for the week, writing it on the board, ready for a student to read it out-loud and come up with a word that ends with -ake.
first grade placement
I learned so much from being in my first grade placement. My cooperating teacher has so much to teach me and I took every moment of working with her as a chance to improve my own teaching style. From planning a week of lessons to behavior management, my first grade cooperating teacher taught me so much. I was able to transition my teaching style and vocabulary from fourth grade to first grade after only a few days of being with this group. I am so thankful for this experience and plan on adapting as much of my first grade cooperating teacher's teaching style as I can to form my own.
Click below to see the floor plan of my cooperating first grade classroom:
The following links will bring you to the Earth Day science lesson plan I designed and implemented, as well as to my personal reflection after the lesson: