I am going to give this week a 5. It was a great week. Our board decided on Tuesday to send all students K-12 back to school four days a week beginning the day after our Spring Break. We are still going to have Fridays to help those students who are struggling which I am thankful for. Tomorrow I get my second dose of the vaccine. That will be a welcome relief. 

I was excited about the lessons that we did this week. In science, we started on Earth materials. My students loved learning about the different properties of rocks. Unfortunately, I was unable to do the property station with my Cohort B students due to the remote learning day Thursday because of the threat of severe weather. I look forward to doing this next week with them at the end of the day. We finished out poetry unit in reading. My students really enjoyed finding how the 5 senses were used in the poems. I am so proud of how my kiddos are catching on to tens and ones in math. It can be confusing for them to understand that 40 is 4 tens.

I need to spend more time on literacy planning for the last two weeks of our hybrid schedule. I only have the first couple of days for literacy planned for next week. Math, science, and writing are all planned out. 

The only assessments that I did this week were informal assessments. These were done in both reading and math.  I have a formal assessment planned next week to see what my students know about tens and ones and how to add and subtract using 10.

We had out CTM meeting on Tuesday. It went very well. We were able to map out the last quarter of the year. We also received new data on our Tier 2 students. Most are showing growth, however I am concerned about one of my students who seems to be going backwards. 

Standard 1a: Teachers lead in their classrooms. Math small groups are proceeded very well. Since we are in 2 cohorts, I am able to meet with 2 groups each day. I just split the class. These small groups are very helpful and because their are only 2 groups, I am able to spend more time with each group.

Standard 2a: Teachers provide an environment in which each child has a positive, nurturing relationship with caring adults.  I love the relationship that I have with my kiddos. They know that they are loved and cared for. This past week 3 of my boys got a little "spring fever". Unfortunately, I had to separate them at lunch. After lunch they came up to me and apologized for the way they acted. One of my boys looked as if he was going to cry because he thought I did not like him anymore. I let them know that I would always love them however I was disappointed in their behavior and I knew they could act better than that.

Standard 3a: Teachers align their instruction with the North Carolina Standard Course of Study. My team and I have mapped out the last quarter of the year and know what standards need to be taught. These standards are what guide my instruction.

Standard 4b: Teachers plan instruction that is appropriate for their students. I continue to plan instruction that is appropriate for first grade students.

Standard 5a: Teachers analyze student learning. As I looked back over the past weeks informal assessments, I am able to determine which students need more instruction.