Day Three - Getting the Hang of It

Some of the tricks I'm picking up from Huntington:
Separate books and put them in binders with sleeves. Then use dry erase markers. It saves on paper big time!
When first meeting students ask what you should know about them: can they wiggle their ears, do they collect things, aside from just what a sports do they like and what movies are their favorites

I saw a student borrowing in subtraction in the longest way ever. I don't know who came up with it, but it takes way too much time and confuses him in the process. Instead of beginning at the right side of the number he automatically started borrowing from the left and then would carry. So he was having to add and subtract. It made things so much more difficult. Teachers out there, please don't confuse your students like that. We had to undo his strategy and reteach for quite a chunk of time today.

The same student and I came up with a strategy in reading because he isn't getting the correct vowel sound: try it out in the word then read the whole sentence. Novel concept to a fifth grader who is struggling. He's proud of his growth already, though. He said his mom was right about Huntington. His scores have already gone up. I was so happy to hear that.