 Hello all you wonderful teachers out there. I am so glad you clicked on my video And I hope you enjoy this week of my long-term sub position So it's Monday if you watched last week's you know that this is all the same because I Told you last week, but it was just kind of crazy. So I I Brought some work home this weekend didn't do any of it I was kind of getting nervous because I had this observation today. It's the end of the day And I asked the the principal to observe me and so I'm kind of It's been kind of nerve-wracking lately because she observed me on Friday She now observed me today, which is Monday and then she's gonna come in tomorrow and observe me again Because she missed half of my lesson on Friday So I'm kind of nervous, but I think today went well She didn't really say anything and we didn't really talk after so I'm hopeful that Tomorrow when she comes and observe me She'll be able to kind of chat with me a little bit about what she saw and what she heard I kind of get into the zone where I like tune that person out like I'm still hyper aware of like that they're sitting right there, but I I kind of am good at just tuning them out and kind of doing my thing and still kind of having fun with things and all of that, but I Think it I think it went well I started with my mini lesson and we talked about fractions and different things like that and Then I had two groups And I was thinking on my feet they use evens and odds So they say odd squad and even Stevens and I just quickly thought on my feet and said okay odd squad You're gonna go do these fractions around the room. So I'll show you guys quick what they look like so Can't remember where it looks like you can find these Says created if you can see down there It's not showing very well come on Anyways, it says created by miss B Real teachers learn that blogs bot calm So this is what you can get and it's this creative design actually comes like this and We printed ours in color and then it tells you the fraction for each one. It's all out of 100 So I actually started with an art piece by Pete Mondrain and I just kind of searched up like artworks that had to do with fractions And so we spent some time talking about what we noticed They knew we were talking about arts art with fractions because I had written that in their planners and they kind of had an idea Sorry, I'm playing with the light for a second They kind of had an idea that that's what we were going to do So I showed them his artwork and we kind of talked about that a little bit. What do you notice? How do you know that that's a fraction things like that and then I showed this and we talked about Well, how many squares are in here? How do you know? and then we went over a couple of the colors and different things like that and Then so like I said, I had two different groups. So one group I just had a bunch of these hanging around and I thought that would be good because that can get the kids moving and I just gave them a little sheet that I made. Let me see so I just went into word and Just did a table Three by five to make 15 squares. At first I was going to do 13 So they could do it in groups. I actually asked one of my team teachers For some advice and she gave me some really helpful stuff. She was the one who recommended I'm having a sheet for them to write on and things like that. So That was really helpful So here you can see this student had finished. I told them to choose one color that was recommended by the other teacher choose one color and write the fraction and So that was nice because it got them moving I just hung them in a semi circle away from the small group that I was doing so my small group we talked about Fractions decimals and percentages and we basically converted the different ones to that so here's a little example and Then we would just like pick a couple of colors and talked about that and the cool thing was that my second group So when they switched my second group actually ended up writing the decimal and percentages for the colors So that was really really cool. I didn't ask them to do that, but they did so that was really cool that they did that So that was my observed lesson. So it started with the mini lesson with the Example of a real artist who uses kind of that fraction look and then the example that I showed you and then the small groups was 15 minutes of walking around doing that part The individual part on the sheet and then the other group we were just doing kind of like a mini mini lesson about Fractions decimals and percentages and then the share we just came together I grabbed a couple of those random ones and we did it To be honest, I didn't really think through the share. I didn't really know what I was going to do I was the kids, but they noticed about it. That wasn't very relevant, but I'll show you guys what the sheet looked like so you guys can see that So here's what it looked like I started with I just had the word fraction up there actually and I started by Just doing yellow and blue from that big sheet and then when we went to the small groups I had the kids tell me I was like, what is a fraction? And then I asked them what can you basically I convert that to they said decimal We talked about the two decimals and then we talked about percent. What is percent? Oh, it's out of 100 4% 16% and then we did a small example We did purple and the same thing which was kind of lame because it was both You know four out of 100 not very relevant not super helpful So the second group I guess I didn't really think through this but the second group then We already had all this information on the top which I had to build with the first group so the second group I just kind of covered up the example of fraction here and We kind of talked about what is the meaning of fraction So oops, sorry We kind of went through that which was kind of silly because I did one that was four out of 100 Which doesn't you know not super helpful But I think it helped a little bit and then we did some examples green and pink and those were actually Different fractions. So that kind of helped a little bit there, but it was kind of so so In terms of me going through and really thinking about how I was going to do this with each group I just kind of winged it a little bit, which isn't always the best, but I think we still got some good information and I think Generally, they kind of understood what percent was at least Because at least because we did it out of 100 so they kind of have an idea I guess sort of So there's that for the math lesson. I hope she thinks it went well. It'll be interesting to kind of see what her notes are about that Otherwise generally things are going pretty good so this is my plan for the week and If you look at the last so let me show you like week one of me being here versus This is now week six I think Let's look so week one was Here and you can see very very detailed. I got all the times yada yada two three four five Six sorry we're in week six next week is week seven which look at next week The reason it's blank actually is because the teacher in here I asked her about next week and she said she's coming in on Thursday to talk to me about it. So this one's gonna be Pretty blank until then I do need some math lessons to put in there But until then I don't really have much So yeah, you can see big difference between The weeks But I still know what I'm doing. I mean the nice thing is right now. It's kind of we've been doing pretty similar things So it's not like I don't know what we're doing like bones I don't you know, I mean a few weeks ago. It was like I needed to know exactly what I was doing Now we've been doing the same thing for two weeks So I know what that means and what that entails same with practice I mean, we've been doing this writing assignment for two weeks. So I know what that means And then we're just kind of finishing up. So present nine just means we're presenting nine presentations this day same with this day same with this day and then hopefully we'll read outside Math is a little I don't know so so right now I I don't know about doing breakout. I feel like I just want to find something else and do that I've been really really into the Cribbage so I would like to do a little bit more with that But we'll have to see and then Chromebook slash catch-up day So not a whole lot not a bunch of crazy stuff and then next week not much so I Don't know. We'll have to keep trucking through Oh, I also wanted to show you guys. I don't know if I really talked about this or not But these are the slides that I have made To have detailed Instructions I like to have them up there So it's very clear to students what my expectations are and I think it really helps I don't know if the teacher before me was kind of doing the same Same thing, but this is something that I've been doing and So you can see this is for tomorrow questions that we want to answer and Then this was for writer's workshop. I've just been adjusting it through the days. So last week it mentioned Needing to practice or needing to finish writing or finish editing different things like that And oh, yeah, and math doesn't really have anything right now Math has been kind of a wishwash of different stuff So I really like putting my instructions up on the board, especially if you have the same thing Again and again. I just had to change instead of read about bones I will what it, you know, it said it said muscles It said heart and same thing for both of those So you only have to change one thing build that routine up and they're kind of doing the same thing every day So I really like having those instructions, especially for your students that might be hard of hearing or You know chose to talk while you were teaching or whatever. I really recommend kind of writing those out Makes your life easier makes their life easier and plus when they were like, oh, what am I supposed to be doing? You can say look at the board I Happy Thursday everybody. I know I'm so bad about keeping consistent with the days But it just gets so crazy and then it's like at the end of the day I just want to go home and I don't know I'm sitting by the window. It is beautiful out today The last two days have been really really tough here in this class. I think because It's been dreary outside and rainy and gross and we've had indoor recess So I'm hoping today goes a lot better, especially with the nice weather and everything behaviors have just been Not the greatest. So here's hoping fingers crossed that today goes much better I'm finishing up prep right now. I only have a few more minutes until I have to go get the kids, but I just wanted to quick do an update So the I think I said maybe Monday, but the principal came to observe me one more time and I Oh, sorry two more times Monday and Tuesday Monday was the math lesson and then the Reading was just a mini lesson on Uh sports medicine, so she just came in and watched that And I haven't heard back from her about it. She hasn't really emailed. There's talked about it at all So I don't know apparently there were pictures posted on facebook of my class. So I don't know exactly what that means Um, so hopefully that's a good thing. I feel like they went really really well I feel like I followed the structure really good and um I'm hopeful that she has positive things to say So that's been really good Math has been kind of so so lately, but I think I have a really fun activity that I'm going to show you guys That I'm really excited about Otherwise next week. We're starting a new unit. We're finishing up our presentations today I might see if I can include it, but I don't know How much I want to show obviously of like my kids and stuff. That's probably not the best idea So I you probably won't get to see very much of that, but Yeah, that's kind of what's going on the updates And I'll kind of share some of those other things with you guys probably this afternoon I don't really have time right now, but I'll show you guys later and oh, it's just so beautiful outside And I'm really happy that it's just feeling bright and pretty and Feels really really good. So I will talk to you guys later So now that the day is over I can talk a little bit more about what I have been up to in terms of planning so because This when you're watching this it's going to be after the teacher appreciation day but on teacher appreciation day tpt was having a 25 off sale on everything So I decided to go ahead and get a couple of things here So This first one was just cracking the classroom code alien abduction back to school. I figured this would be a good one This one is four dollars by Teresa quant And these are really fun. I did one before And they're just a fun way to kind of mix things up and do things a little bit different in your class And this one's back to school. So I figure Hopefully I'll have a classroom next year and I can use it Otherwise in the future I can use it as well Says grade levels third fourth fifth and sixth and sometimes you can bring that down to second But I'd have to do it and see how that would go Also with my class. We did this human body bingo And this was at the end of our unit The kids really really liked it. So this is what it looks like And you have different questions that you Pick from and then you have your bingo boards And then I just use some little markers to not markers, but little chips to cover it And this is three dollars created by kelly ann Another one that we use today now my accelerated students were gone for this activity, but This is a pretty good one. I think the things in here are a little bit advanced for Some of my Students in fourth grade, but it was still fun. So you can see here This is just an example of what the coloring sheet looks like So it is a color by number And then you have your worksheet and it just has the different questions This was 490. This is 495 Obviously, I got these all at discounted prices and then this is gate from games for gains This is just good. They have a bunch of different ones too Just these fun color by number types of things. This is something that I'll kind of go into more, but this is called Geo metro city building a city with math So this is a project based learning. You can see it was It is 675. I got it for a little bit cheaper. It's called digital divide and conquer and So basically you plan out a city and it gives you all the tools which is really nice You can see here. This is where you plan out your city and then you can cut it out and put them all together And that's kind of what a finished Product would look like. I'm super excited. I'm going to be doing this for three days next week And I am really really pumped to do this. I'm so so excited So this is my friday message. I know it's a little bit Uh not Not exactly the nicest to kind of trick your students But it's kind of one of those following direction quizzes. So well quiz I guess more any message, but this is only do questions one and five don't tell your friends and don't Answer the question below So I don't know if kids will pick up on it. We'll see kind of how they do If they're gonna like scan it really quick with their eyes or if they're gonna be I don't know so but I thought it would be a little bit fun just As something to mix things up and enjoy our friday and things like that. So not meant to be mean just meant to like Tell them read all the directions very carefully. Like I spelled it out for them very carefully So we'll see how they do tomorrow. I hope they do good But I oftentimes have to tell kids read the directions and then they're like, oh now I get what to do So hopefully they'll do the same thing here. So I think I'm going to sign off for the week Yes, there's a chair stacked behind me. Um, and the reason for that is I'm not really doing anything next week If I'm being completely honest with you guys next week tomorrow Um, we're finishing up presentations I want to maybe read outside tomorrow, but I don't know if we'll have the chance to do that and then um In math we're doing some chromebook stuff. So it's not going to be super interesting I might try to show you what my day looks like, but other than that, I probably won't do that much talking um Last thing I wanted to share is I think doing especially in these upper grades like fourth and fifth I think doing these rubrics is really really helpful. So this is what our rubric for This presentation that we're doing right now looks like And it really helps those students to know exactly what they need to do to get the grade that they want and I think that shows a lot of who they are and Just helps them know like what to expect. So I really like that and sorry, there's like a lot of people talking out there But yeah, so that's kind of what I really like Oh my gosh, it's a lot But yeah, so I'm gonna end there. I hope you guys enjoyed this week And I hope you learned something or got something out of it So I hope you guys have a great weekend and I will catch you next time. Bye guys The stomach The stomach is a bag of muscle protein that also why you ask is because it's digested in four hours Your stomach basically has superpowers It Has acid made out of pepsin and hydraulic. Guess it Your stomach makes time out of the food you eat. It slashes around Your stomach for hours Hi, my name is ocean. I'm a blue eye. I love cake. I love cupcakes and adventures Today, I'm going to take a trip through the human eye. My friend brain is going to join me and ask some questions Here's the fact before we start eyelashes keep dust out of your eyes That's cool. 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