Day One at the Elementary School

I was very excited after visiting the new elementary school. It is such a beautiful school with  lots of smiling faces, and not to mention tons of technology to observe! I have been assigned to observe a first grade classroom. When I walked in on my first day the class was broken up into groups and sent to different classrooms to work further on their reading skills. I stuck around the classroom where my teacher had about four students at her table. The book they focused on was called Baseball Fun. Looking around the room I noticed that  it is very organized and clean. The room contained a smart board,camera projector, and computers. During the group time the students took turns reading the book aloud. Each student had a notebook and after reading they wrote sentences and words that they found in the book. If a student needed help with a word, there was a word wall for each letter alphabet. The instructor was also very helpful to the students if they were having trouble. Soon after the whole class had returned to the classroom, the instructor did hand on activities and used the camera projector to show directions.This particular activity was a science activity based on how the sun rotates around the Earth. It was a great first day!