Students will meet 3 days a week for language arts remediation and two for math. Since this was a short week, we just met with the language students.
I am designing the curriculum as we go, based on student needs. We started out with something fun to eas them in - decorating their notebooks. We knew kids would be switching around their schedules, forgetting about class, finishing up projects from the class they were pulled out of, as well as apprehensive about the new class, so we thought a creative approach would be good. Fortunately, Teresa, a certified teacher, was the study hall teacher for most of their classes and they already have a good report with her. The notebook activity gave them some time to relax, be themselves, get to know the other students and we got to know them better too.
We also had students fill out a reading survey. We want to help the kids progress in their reading. Fortunately, many of the students already love reading. This reading survey will help us to match books to the kids based on their interests. We have already had some good discussions about what their hobbies and interests are as well as what genres they like. All day long I was mentally pulling books off the shelves in my office to bring over for the kids to look at...
Next week, we plan to start talking about reading strategies. I will be reading aloud I am Number 4 by Pittacus Lore, a fast paced high interest book, to model each strategy. They will then have time to practice strategies on their own while reading their own books while Teresa and I conference with them individually.
Although we had some bumps at the very beginning (kids switching class periods, a few upset teachers and a couple bummed out kids - change is always hard) everyone quickly came together for a positive first week.
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