On this beautiful Sunday morning I was sipping my pumpkin spice flavored coffee with agave (for a little sweetness) and decided to post something!
This semester is interesting for me because I take classes two days a week, and then have clinical practicum two days a week. I am beginning to feel like I am living in two worlds: the school world and the adult-work world. Needless to say I enjoy the adult-work world much more!
My practicum is at two public schools, an elementary school (Kindergarten-4th grade) and an intermediate school (grades 5-7). All of the students I see come from self-contained classrooms and are in 1st-6th grade. I really enjoy working with this population of students because you get to see a much wider variety of goals than you may otherwise. I hope to work with this population in the future.
One thing I have used more in the "real world" than I thought I was going to are themes. Each day at the schools I see about 20 students. It would be impossible to plan for each student like I did in the university clinic. In order to make planning easier, I pick a theme for that day or week. For example, last week I used a fall book as the theme. (I will make a specific post about this later) In each group we read the book, then used it to target each student's goal for the session. It could be used for all types of language goals and complexity levels.
By using this book as a central idea I was able to plan one lesson, then tailor it to each groups needs. Much easier than picking different activities for each student!
Lisa
One thing I have used more in the "real world" than I thought I was going to are themes. Each day at the schools I see about 20 students. It would be impossible to plan for each student like I did in the university clinic. In order to make planning easier, I pick a theme for that day or week. For example, last week I used a fall book as the theme. (I will make a specific post about this later) In each group we read the book, then used it to target each student's goal for the session. It could be used for all types of language goals and complexity levels.
By using this book as a central idea I was able to plan one lesson, then tailor it to each groups needs. Much easier than picking different activities for each student!
Lisa
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