Submitted by Rachel Narcho on the 2018 spring semester program in the Cayman Islands sponsored by the College of Education and Human Development…
I had my mid-way conference this week and cannot believe that I have been here for six weeks and that I am already halfway through my Cayman experience! This week, I have been focusing on getting prepared for my independent teaching week coming up in just a few short weeks. I am also focusing on getting the edTPA completed.
I have also been working on making lessons more creative. This week for spelling, I had students make a pot of gold with a rainbow chain of their spelling words coming out of it. St. Patrick’s Day is coming up and students were interested in a craft having to do with the holiday. Being a student-centered and interest focused school, I decided to take this interest and create a spelling activity in which students were able to practice writing their spelling patterns for their spelling, and then able to complete the craft once they wrote their words in pencil and traced over in marker. Below are a few examples of the students’ work for this spelling activity.