Construction in the Classroom

Guilty.  I'm blogging because I was home this weekend and got cursed out by my family for updating.  That, and the fact that I have 4 grad school assignments and 2 papers that need to be written by tomorrow, so clearly I'm procrastinating.  Today is going to be a blog about dramatic play. Just dramatic play.

The dramatic play center is designed for students to act out what they're learning, and experiment using dress up clothes and tools.  We're learning about jobs in our classroom, and thus the following stories are about construction workers.

I look over to see M decked in a bright yellow vest with an X on the back, and a yellow hard hat, hitting a play cabinet underneath the play sink with a play hammer.

M: "Don't worry friends! I will fix this sink!" A minute later she walks up to me.

M: "But Miss Glass I need you, it's actually broken."

Me: (playing along) "Okay M, screw driver." (Pretending to use the screw driver, I actually just re-tighten the screw with my hands) "All fixed!"

M: (wiping the play sweat off of her head) "Phew, my work here is done."

In the afternoon, I look over and see Y and A underneath the table.  I'm convinced these two friends are in love and will get married one day, so I nervously approach the table.

Me: "Uhhh, friends- do you think it's safe for you to be underneath this table right now?"

A and Y sit up, both wearing yellow play hard hats and holding tools.

Y: "Well, no Miss Glass, that's why we're fixing it. It's not safe yet, give us a couple of minutes."

My friends are great. More to come later- I'm going to hop back on the blogging train.

Okay, now for class updates:

Reading Big Goal:

Learning uppercase: 4 friends

Know uppercase, learning lowercase: 5 friends

Know uppercase and lowercase, learning 10 sight words: 2 friends

Know uppercase, lowercase, 10 sight words, learning 20: 1 friend

Know uppercase, lowercase, 20 sight words, learning 30: 3 friends

Know uppercase, lowercase, 30 sight words, learning 40: 3 friends

Know uppercase, lowercase, 40 sight words, learning 50: 0 friends

KNOW UPPERCASE, LOWERCASE, 50 SIGHT WORDS: 1 friend

Math Big Goal (part one):

Rote Count 0-25: 15 friends

Rote Count 0-50: 4 friends

Rote Count 0-75: 2 friends

ROTE COUNT 0-100: 2 friends

Math Big Goal (part two):

Recognize Numbers 0-10: 6

Recognize Numbers 0-20: 2

RECOGNIZE NUMBERS 0-31: 0

Goodbye Teachers and Friends,

Miss Glass