Wahoo Wednesday!!

Wednesdays in Kenosha Unified are early release so the students get a break and the teachers get some prep-time. Today was a busy day we had a Paleontologist come from University of Chicago to talk to the school about Dinosaurs. He was actually from Naperville (small world) and worked with one of the teachers at Carthage College so that is how he came to be at McKinley giving a talk. It was very interesting but ran a little long (into snack time!) which made the kids all antsy.

Wahoo Wednesdays are to reward students for good behavior during the week. If the student does not flip their card to RED during the week they are allowed to participate in a fun activity at the end of the day. If the student does flip to RED they are placed in the "stay back" room and have to catch up on homework while the others have fun. Ms. Wrobel's class made Groundhog puppets in honor of Groundhog day yesterday. Kids are dismissed early (1:45) and the teacher stay around to prep. I prepared a lesson I am going to teach on landforms Friday. This will be my first time formally teaching, my role so far has been that of a support teacher where I help students 1-on-1, very excited to teach to the whole class.

If you want to participate Adrian informed me today he will be celebrating HULK -Day tomorrow February 4th. Make sure to wear green and sport the HULK Hands (if you are lucky enough to have some)

I'll leave you with my stats so far for student teaching:

Shoes tied: Average 6 a day

Hugs received: Average 10 a day

Times asked students to "cover your mouth": Average 4 per hour

Pencils sharpened: Average 5 a day

Offered part of students snack: Average 16 a day (16 students in class)

Smiles received and given: countless :-)

Days Student Teaching: 3