November 5

November 15
7:45- 11:15

Fridays in ELA are book share days. The first student who did a book share used PowerPoint. This presentation was more interesting than last week’s as the student used pictures in it. She included a picture of the book and the author. The one thing that needed to be paid more attention to was the completion of the entire slide. One slide was left uncompleted. The students seem more interested in watching the book shares where their classmates presented using PowerPoint; however not all students seem comfortable enough with it to present themselves using it. Some of the students who did not present with technology showed that they did use it through printed pictures on their posters.
After ELA the entire 6th grade watched a movie to emphases plot line. The movie that was shown in the classroom I was observing was Toy Story 3. The movie was shown through the SMART Board. After the movie the different elements of the plot were discussed. The use of the movie was good but because it was long the students stopped being active learners. It would have been better to watch a short clip of a movies or a short film to get a plot to discuss. I think the purpose of the movie was lost on some students due to its length.


Today's Time: 3.75 hours
Total Time: 10.5 hours