The last day at Forest Hill Elementary was a sad day for me. I enjoyed my time there, and will miss the kids a lot. It’s amazing how attached you become after a few weeks, I can’t imagine what its gonna be like when Im a teacher! Mrs. Suttles did a neat activity on this day with the kids. She had different cards with their sight words on them. She had the children sit in a circle and she went around and sang a song and would drop a card at a child. The child would have to read the word to her. She played this until all the kids had a chance to get a card. They really seemed to enjoy this. All the kids did good, and knew their words. She does a lot of practice with them on their sight words. They have a ring with different sets of sight words on them. Each week they get a new set if they know the words. If they don’t they have to wait until the next week, and see if they know it then. I have got to help them with this, and I think it is a neat idea. They keep their ring of words at their desks and can pull them out anytime if they need to know how to spell the word while writing. Two of her ELL students did a great job reading. She was so proud of them. One girl is very low in reading, and she read her whole book to Mrs. Suttles. She did very well, and its awesome to see how much she has learned since we have been there. The boy read through part of his book as well and it was such a big step for both of these students. I was so proud of them, and I’m glad I was there to experience that. Overall, I am very thankful for my time at Forest Hill Elementary School.
