Leading the day

Today I led most of the day. It felt great to try out this role. In the morning we started a new read aloud, a biography of Harriet Tubman. I focused on looking at the front and back cover of the book to make predictions about the story. I was pleased with how attentive the students were during the discussion. I find it interesting that they seem more engaged in the non-fiction read alouds than the fiction read alouds. I will need to think more about how I can engage them during the afternoon fiction read aloud. I then led an activity about their most recent shared reading passage, a fictional story about the March on Washington. We did a vocabulary worksheet, then created signs for the protest using vocabulary words. After lunch I led a math lesson on subtraction strategies. It was a big switch from being mostly an observer during the day to leading most of the classroom activities. I look forward to transitioning into this role soon.