This summer I taught two sessions of summer school, so
fortunately I have been in constant contact with my site supervisor during this
class. She has allowed me to verbally
process with her all my different wonderings through meeting, emails, and
texts. Before I submitted my second
week’s assignment she had approved my action research question and handed me
several books to help with my research.
So, today when I went to her office and showed her my plan on the
template, she read it over with me and said, “That looks great.” The only thing I changed today was the
wording of my goal statement. It seemed
a bit redundant so I clarified it and made it more specific.
In back tracking to previous conferences with my site
supervisor she did give me several pieces of advice and I made a few revisions
before I submitted the assignment in week four.
My action research plan originally targeted math and science
vocabulary. We agreed to begin with math
and possibly add science at second semester of even next year. As we brainstormed ideas, she came up with
the idea for an elementary-wide word wall in the cafeteria. We later changed it to a hallway on the way
to the cafeteria and music room. I have reread the comments from last week and am making some changes and adding the suggested strategies to my plan.
I feel very
blessed to have a site supervisor that has been so willing to help me be
successful, and I am grateful for all the support from those of you on this journey with me.
We have a vocabulary problem at my school too. Last year my hallway (4th and 5th) talked about having some type of vocabulary "bubbles" down the hallway, meaning that when someone came across a word that he/she did not know it was put on a circle and put in the hallway. We are still going to do that this year, but I am not sure what our details are going to be. I love how you are going to put the words somewhere where all the students can see them. I really like your idea. I will follow along and keep up with how your project is going. Good Luck!
ReplyDeleteI am excited to see how your project unfolds as you get started! It is awesome to have the support of your principal - I'm fortunate there, too. We hit vocabulary pretty hard on our campus, too, but don't have any outside of the classrooms. In the cafeteria area would be an awesome place - I love that idea! Might have to steal that one! Good job and good luck!
ReplyDeleteOn my campus, we have vocabulary builders on the walls. In the lower grades, we have posters above the water fountains along the walls. In the upper grades, we have flashcards on rings on the wall. When a class is lined up waiting to use the restrooms, staff will go through them while waiting.
ReplyDeleteI love the water fountain vocabulary builder. Thanks for the idea!
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