October 6th, 2022

Well today was the day! I did my first official lesson with students where I was observed by my professor and MT. I did a whole group literacy lesson with the students. I started off by reading them a book call Little Tree by Loren Long, which of course is a book that discusses Fall and the season changes as well. I incorporated a lot of turn and talk time with the students so they can answer questions that I asked about the book. I had drawings for each season (Fall, Summer, Winter, Spring) and talked briefly about each season with the students (i.e. What type of clothes you wear, what holidays are celebrated, what does the weather feel like, etc.). Once the read aloud was over it was then time for the mini project. So I did a writing prompt with the students since of course this is something they are familiar with. I had students write about their own little tree and then draw a picture of what it would look like. I put emphasis on proper punctuation, spelling, and spacing. Overall, I was excited to do this project with the students and I think it went great!!