Tales of a 4th Grade Student-Teacher: Ms. Livingston

  Candidate Name: Xiomara Livingston Week of Reflection: 2/26/2021 5th Week of Full Student Teaching      Rate your overall experience of the week: 1-Very difficult | 5 – Great week I would rate this week a 4! This was a really good week! Students returned for the 2nd week of  in person instruction in group rotation. I had 8 students in group A on Monday/Tuesday, Wednesday was remote for students and staff and 8 students were present in group B on Thursday/Friday. This was my 5th week of full student teaching! I am starting to find a balance between my personal and family responsibilities, student teaching and school work. Seven questions to end your week: Observe : What pleasant surprises / accomplishments did I achieve this week? I was surprised by student responses when they discussed their hopes and dreams during Mindset Mondays. One student said they wanted to be a paleontologist. I taught a learning segment about fossils last week. I wonder if my le...

  Candidate Name: Xiomara Livingston 2/19/2021 Week of Reflection: (list the date of the Friday for week just completed)      Rate your overall experience of the week: 1-Very difficult | 5 – Great week I would rate this week a 5! This was a great week! Students returned to in person instruction in group rotation. I had 7 students in group A on Monday/Tuesday, Wednesday was remote for students and staff and 8 students were present in group B on Thursday/Friday. It was great interacting with students in person. I also participated in 3 virtual Professional Development Workshops this week. Seven questions to end your week: Observe : What pleasant surprises / accomplishments did I achieve this week? I was surprised at how different students acted in person versus being remote. Students were eager to participate. I learned some new engagement strategies that I implemented this week. My CE was absent on Friday. I was able to accomplish all of my teacher responsibilities an...

  Xiomara Livingston 2/12/2021 Week of Reflection: (list the date of the Friday for week just completed)      Rate your overall experience of the week: 1-Very difficult | 5 – Great week I would rate this week a 3. It was very challenging. Thursday all teachers in my school district had to report to work in person to prepare for student return to in-person learning on Monday 2/15. Students will be on an A/B rotation. Students in group A will attend on Monday/Tuesday, group B will attend Thursday/Friday, Wednesday are asynchronous instruction days. Students meet online for small group instruction from 8:00 to 9:30am. Seven questions to end your week: Observe : What pleasant surprises / accomplishments did I achieve this week? I was surprised at how well students did on a basic multiplication Kahoot. Students have been practicing their math fluency over during small groups. The results of the Kahoot showed that the majority of students have increased knowledge of multip...

  Week of Reflection: 2/5/2021      Rate your overall experience of the week: 1-Very difficult | 5 – Great week This week was a good but very challenging week 3 Seven questions to end your week: Observe : What pleasant surprises / accomplishments did I achieve this week? This week was my second full week of teaching. A pleasant surprise was winning a Starbucks gift card at our vertical planning meeting on Wednesday! Having 90% of students complete their exit tickets compared to 40% last week is an accomplishment. I changed the format from a google slide to a Padlet. Students were eager to participate.  Reflect: What lessons did my work/experiences teach me that I will build upon next week? This week I learned to slow down and give students more leadership opportunities. During literacy, I called on students to read paragraphs from the informational text about African Americans that had an important role in the American Revolution. This allowed me to assess stud...