Last week in Mrs. Suttles class, two of her ELL students started reading. They both know some sight words, but have a hard time reading. In the morning, she calls her students up to read to her from their book they have chosen for the week. She was so pleased when these two students could read through their beginning book. I could see the joy and excitement on her face. Amber and myself were also very happy because we both have worked with these students. I know these are the moments as a future teacher that I will never forget. I can’t wait to see how my students excel as well as get to see their improvements throughout the year. One of their Thanksgiving activities was that they got to decorate a cut-out turkey anyway they wanted too. The students did a really good job, and they were so cute. After they shared their turkeys, she had them write about it. They had to describe their turkeys for their journals. She also did a Thanksgiving poem with them. She wrote it on a big sheet of paper, and had the students help her come up with a poem. She had them read it to her while she finger pointed to the words. They also got to copy this down on their journal paper and draw a picture to go with it. I thought this was a very neat activity. As our time there is coming to an end, I am sad and will miss the kids. I have learned a lot from Mrs. Suttles, and I am glad she let us come into her classroom.
