Thoughts

It has been an interesting transition going from being the full time teacher to teaching a few lessons a week. Don't get me wrong...not that I mind having my workload cut down. My teacher was really excited to get back to teaching and she started some new fun things such as "Questioning" in reading and writing. The kids are learning how wise readers ask questions before, during, and after they read. This is also carrying over into writing with question and answer non-fiction books. I have been really impressed at the questions the kids are coming up with after a read-aloud. Most of them are really understanding the concept. It has been really interesting after residency to step back and observe again. I feel like I am really still learning and now I have time to actually process and reflect on what I am seeing whereas when I was teaching full time, I would forget certain things at the end of the day.