Blog Post #2 Working with small groups and one on one with students

I had several opportunities to work with the students one on one and in small groups.  In the first grade class I was able to take each student and have them read to me for five minutes or read at least 2 books that they had been practicing on.  The kids read very well, knew every word and read without having to keep their place with their finger. I know that parent volunteers and their teacher have been working with the kids on mastering their proficiency on their books and it shows with how well they were reading.

In the special needs class I had quite a few chances to work with the students in small groups.  One day the kids were broken up into groups of 3 by their learning abilities and I was able to play a time telling game with them.  I put the cards that had the clock faces on them, face down and then the digital time I left face up so the kids could match the digital time with the right clock hand.  I changed up the game if it seemed a little too easy and put all the cards facing down to make it more challenging.

Another day I worked with a group of for Special needs kids on their animal reports.  All of the kids had Ipads to look up information on the animal they were reporting on.  They had to find out different facts about the animal, write it in their books and draw a picture about it.  It was fun to see how excited they got to learn more about the animals.

After learning more about Segregation, I am so glad that everyone has the right to an education, no matter your color or abilities.  I think everyone deserves to be treated equally and have the right to the same education.