Kindergarten Craze

This past week I started going to a different school for my student teaching. Now, I'm in kindergarten!!! I know its sounds crazy but it can be pretty fun. On my first day, I met the principal, the kindergarten team of teachers and the students in my Master Teacher's class (MT). That day they had an assembly to do the awards for the individual classes. I also learned about the routine schedule that my MT has for her class. At lunch, the kindergarten team of teachers went out to lunch and it was great to just get to know that they get to get together and support each other and bounce ideas off of each other to adapt instruction with the students they are having difficulty with. My MT and I also talked about a lesson I'm supposed to be doing the following week. Its a guided reading lesson on a basal reading text. Lastly, after school the kindergarten teacher team with the principal discussed specific children with behavioral issues. The principal stressed the fact that kids should not be labeled; teachers must be creative to find adaptations for the students.

For a first day in a new school, this was quite a bit to experience, but it was a great way to learn. I know the move from third grade is a quite a change for me but I'm hoping that I'll learn to love these kindergarten students as much as I did the third grade. This is actually good for me because I get to know how to prepare my son for when he goes to school. So, I gotta do the lesson plan now...hope the kids and I will both learn from each other.