I am almost three weeks into my experience at Meadows Elementary as an Intervention Teacher and I am proud to be a Meadowlark! I enjoy working with the wonderful students and the enthusiastic staff everyday. I have had the opportunity to volunteer during after school clubs and will be at the upcoming Vigo County School Corporation Literacy Fair on Saturday. Also, I have completed a classroom makeover and provided several interventionists, including myself, a fun and inviting place to work with small groups. This week was ISTEP+ assessments and I helped administer the test to a group of fifth grade students. The experiences and lessons that I have learned at Meadows Elementary so far have helped me become a better educator!
As an Intervention Teacher, I work with small groups of students ranging from kindergarten through fifth grade. Mondays, Tuesdays, and Wednesdays are devoted to reading and writing activities while mathematics is the main focus on Thursdays and Fridays. I am currently working with kindergarten students on beginning reading skills using the Wonders series. Also, I focus on counting and cardinality skills with the kindergarteners. For first grade, I plan lessons in parts of speech and telling time. I currently do not have a mathematics group for second grade students. Instead, I work with four students using the Read Naturally Live program to enhance their fluency and comprehension. Third grade students work with me on reading comprehension and computation problems. I will soon have a fourth and fifth grade group, but I have been pushing into the classrooms to teach writing while the head teachers meet with individual students to work through last year's ISTEP questions.
As I mentioned earlier, I have decorated and organized a classroom to meet the needs of the intervention teachers at Meadows Elementary School. In the slideshow below, you will be able to view photographs of several bulletin boards and educational materials. There will be more to come after ISTEP week is over!
As an Intervention Teacher, I work with small groups of students ranging from kindergarten through fifth grade. Mondays, Tuesdays, and Wednesdays are devoted to reading and writing activities while mathematics is the main focus on Thursdays and Fridays. I am currently working with kindergarten students on beginning reading skills using the Wonders series. Also, I focus on counting and cardinality skills with the kindergarteners. For first grade, I plan lessons in parts of speech and telling time. I currently do not have a mathematics group for second grade students. Instead, I work with four students using the Read Naturally Live program to enhance their fluency and comprehension. Third grade students work with me on reading comprehension and computation problems. I will soon have a fourth and fifth grade group, but I have been pushing into the classrooms to teach writing while the head teachers meet with individual students to work through last year's ISTEP questions.
As I mentioned earlier, I have decorated and organized a classroom to meet the needs of the intervention teachers at Meadows Elementary School. In the slideshow below, you will be able to view photographs of several bulletin boards and educational materials. There will be more to come after ISTEP week is over!