Second Grade!

My second time in the second grade, it was a very good time. On this day here I always arrive when the students are in there special which was library. In this time, Mrs. Thompson and I got to discuss some, which is nice because we then have time to catch up. In this time we talked about the time that I would teach my lesson and what I am going to teach about. She told me that soon the second grade classes will be trading classes for a little bit in there science and social study section. For the fist switch they will be learning about the solar system. Mrs. Thompson told me that I can teach a part of the lesson to a class that will go along with the rest of what is being taught. I will base the lesson that I teach off of the lessons that Mrs. Thompson already has made up, that way all of her classes will learn the same thing. I am going to start off the year by just reading a read aloud to the class the next time that I go. She gave me a couple of books to choose from, they were ones that the class has not heard and that are different for them to hear. When the class came back they read a chapter from the chapter book James and the Giant Peach. This is the read aloud book that they have been reading everyday for read aloud. After they read a chapter, they are allowed to pick a few poems out of the poem book that they have. When they went back to their seats, they started to read out of a scholastic magazine. They took turns by being picked by Mrs. Thompson. She got into the reading by acting like a news broadcaster. They read about monuments. When they were done with that, they had a coloring contest, which was a eagle and they learned that, that was the state bird. That took the whole time for science/social time and then they began T.A.B. which is silent reading. I wrote down grades that the students got on the A.R tests. Some of the important things that I learned are:
*Try to get lesson plans done the week before because it saves a lot of time in the long run.
*Get active in the lessons you do, that way the class is interested in what is going on.
*Always work on grading when you have a chance.
I am very excited to go back and actually get to interact with the class!