Clinical Observation #4

This week was a 4 day week. The students were out on Friday so that the teachers could get all the grades completed and into the computer. Obviously, this was great for the students. :)

Last week, I gave the Case Study permission form to the student I chose to work with. On Monday, she returned it to me. So on Tuesday, I interviewed her and did her formal assessment for the case study. Right now, I'm working on strategies to give her and ways to improve her fluency (reading level).

The students took quizzes in this class every day this week. The only reason they had to take one every day was because they continued to fail the quizzes...everyday. First, Mrs. J gave them a practice sheet (almost an exact copy of the quiz). The students could work together, ask questions, or whatever they needed to. Then, when they turned it in and she looked over it, they were given the quiz. The quiz was only about 5 sentences they had to mark as Prepositional Phrases or Infinitives. Then they had to correct the sentences for punctuation and meaning. Every day, the students would get enough wrong out of the 5 questions that they had to do it again.

For a couple days this week, the students worked on Study Guides for their English I classes. One English I class is on "The Necklace" and the other is working on "The Cask of Amontillado".

Next week is only going to be a 3 day week. (I'm going to feel like I got nothing accomplished by the end of the week; I'm sure!) I will be finishing my lesson plan to teach the following week. I will be working on and giving some strategies to my Case Study participant. I think I will get it all done in only 3 days.