February 28, 2013

Today when I got to Los Cerritos, I got my usual "HI MISS SAMMIE!" or "GOODMORNING MISS SAMMIE!" and I love when they do that because it just puts a smile on my face and the fact that they're always smiling makes me so happy. When I got there they were starting to do their board math. Sometimes when they do their board math, I realized that when some are working with Ms. Wood, the others aren't paying attention. They're either playing around or they're raising their hand and talking to Ms. Wood saying how they haven't gotten picked to up to the board yet. When we got split up into groups, Ms. Wood had me start doing patterning wit the kids because she wanted them to start doing patterns. We did patterns with colors today with the kids.I laid out a sheet of paper for them and I had them pick to different colors and started coloring to make a pattern. Most of the time, the kids would start to color and then start coloring like the whole paper so I had to give them a new paper and show them which way to make the pattern. It got a little frustrating with the kids but I managed to pull through and tell myself that I could do it because I know I can. I just needed to give a little more patience with what they were doing because sometimes after I told and showed them what to do, they would still not really get it but it was okay because I just let it go and continued on with what they were supposed to do. All in all, today was a little frustrating.

February 26, 2013

Today when I got to Los Cerritos, the kids were their normal hyper-selves. They would shout out "HI MISS SAMMIE" like they always do which always puts a smile on my face. When I got there, they were finishing up their daily writing which is they write the date and draw a picture. When they finished their writing and drawing pictures, they would run up to me and show me what kind of picture they drew. After they did their daily writing they did board math. A lot of the times, they would be playing around on the rug when they were supposed to be sitting in their color squares. I wanted to go over to them and tell them to sit quietly but I felt that it would get in the way of Ms.Wood teaching them and besides, she would tell them to do it already, so I didn't really need to go over to them to tell them to behave. After board math we split up into groups again! Ms. Wood gave me shape bingo to play with the kids! In the beginning, with all the kids as they were rotating, it was hard to get their attention to listen because they would be not listening or laughing too much. But after a while, they got used to it and started to listen. I knew they loved playing bingo because they're always excited when they see the bingo box. I love how they would help each other say what the shape was when I would put the shapes up for them to guess what shape it was. Today was a fun day with the kids, a little frustrating at times but it was still fun .

February 14, 2013

Today when I got to Los Cerritos, the kids were all so happy and excited because it was Valentines Day! Right when I walked into class, they all shouted out "HAPPY VALENTINES DAY MS. SAMMIE!" with their cute little voices. They also gave me a card that they signed their names on and gave me chocolate and a rose. It was so sweet because they were all so full of smiles because they all gave each other valentines day cards. They did their daily board math then we all split up into groups again. I did a worksheet with addition on it with the kids. It was a little frustrating today because the kids wouldn't cooperate with the activity that I was given to do with them. A couple of times I would have to say their name a little loud and Ms. Wood would hear me talking to them to pay attention and she would call their came and tell them that it wasn't an appropriate time to play around since it was math time. The kids started to pay a little more attention but at the same time they didn't really want to do the math worksheets. Some of them were really good about doing their math and finished their math early and recieved stickers from me. Today was a little frustrating but it was a challenge that I had to face.

February 12, 2013

Today when I got to Los Cerritos, some of the kids were a little out of hand. Some of them were running around, one was crying, others were being quiet because they were confused or scared of what was going on. A little after I got there, the kids settled down and they got better so they started doing board math again and then we split up into groups. Today, I did color bingo with the kids. I knew that they were excited to do color bingo because they looked so happy and wanted to get straight to playing the game. I could tell they were having fun because when I picked the next color out they would shout out the color of the card. I was happy with the kids today beacuse they helped each other a lot when some of them thought they didn't have the color and they would help them point out the color on their card. I loved how when the kids won they would shout out "BINGO!!!" like 5 times so they would get their sticker. When I gave them their stickers they went straight to Ms. Wood to tell her that they got a sticker and sort of ran around before they went to get their sticker sheet to put their sticker on. A lot of the time they wanted to play another round because they wanted more stickers. The kids were really cooperative today and I'm glad they had fun.

February 7, 2013

Today when I got to Los Cerritos, the kids greeted me like they always do. Of course they were hyper as well because that's how they always are. Today Ms. Wood had me do patterning with bugs with the kids today after they had their board math. Even though patterning is pretty easy, the kids are always so hyper when it comes to them doing activities. Especially when it's with the bugs because they love playing with the bugs and acting it out as if they bugs were chasing each other. At times the kids would get frustrated with each other because one might have been more rough with the other which would cause the kids to act out even more. Sometimes it would be hard to get their attention back to doing patterns again because of the way they wanted to play with the bugs. I still had fun with the kids doing patterns though because I would help them find which bug was next and that I would trick them sometimes to thinking that one bug was the bug that they were looking for and they would start laughing. I love when the kids just have the biggest smile on their faces when they're having fun.

February 5, 2013

Today, the kids and I did patterns and counting with insects! They kids were pretty active so it was hard to keep them calm and get them to pay attention. But the kids had fun counting and doing patterns with the insects. They had so many questions about it cause some insect were fallen off from the body and the kids thought that it was broken. It was cute but it took them a while to finish what they were supposed to do. Even though the kids are cute and it took them a while to finish what we were supposed to be doing, it was my job to keep the kids on track with what we were supposed to be doing rather than letting them keep asking questions about the insects and what not. Maybe the fact that the kids were pretty active was the reason for them to ask many questions, but sometimes I feel like if they were to keep acting active like the way they were, I feel like I wouldn't be able to handle them as well.

January 31, 2013

Today when I got to Los Cerritos Ms. Wood had me do some stuff for her class while the kids were doing other activities. I put a poster up on the wall on top of the sink where all the kids put their hand prints on then I colored some folders for the kids to use while the kids were doing math with Ms. Wood and Ms. Larocca who is teacher aid to help Ms. Wood teach as well. Today was a pretty calm day since I didn't do much besides help out with the smaller things. I did also watch how the kids were acting when they were doing math with Ms. Wood and Ms. Larocca and they were doing their work but they were still messing around. Sometimes it worries me about how if the kids mess around on purpose or if they just get distracted easily because of how they are.

January 29, 2013

Today when I got to Los Cerritos Ms. Wood had me have the kids count to 100 by tens. After they counted by tens to a hundred, they had to cut out the numbers that were in a random order and rearrange them on a long sheet of paper by themselves. If they got lost, I helped them by going back and having them count by tens again and they remembered and continued gluing the numbers to the long sheet of paper. The kids were pretty calm today so it was a plus that we got through things pretty quickly. I felt that today went really quick due to the fact that the kids were cooperating very well with the activity that was given for them to do.