Ms. Phillips

During the 2018-2029 school, year I was a co-teacher in a 5th grade ELA class. There were actually 3 teachers in the room (Ex. Ed, Gen. Ed., and ESOL.) We used the one teach one assist model and station teaching. The general education teacher would lead the activities and introduce the content. Then, we would pull into small groups, and this is where I supported with student work for ex. ed students and other struggling learners. Additionally, I kept up with student data/progress for my exceptional education students. We had reading and skill groups that allowed for instruction on students independent levels. We began each class with 15 minutes of mentor sentence. This was to practice grammar skills. Next, we would move into 45 mins of reading. About 20 minutes would go to teaching the skill; this is a little bit longer on Mondays. Then, the rest of the time would go to the students practicing the skill with their tables or independently.  After reading, we would move to w...

Connect four and flashcards Materials: Flash cards & connect four game Directions: Students will take turns drawing a flashcard from the pile, if the student answers the question correctly they get to add a checker into the connect four game, if the student answers the question wrong then they lose that turn. Whoever gets connect four wins! Students who are on different ability levels can use different flash cards (mult., division, add., sub.), but can play with whoever! Multiplication or adding board game Materials: Giant playing cards, large foam dice, counters Directions: Set up playing cards in a spiral (mocking a board game), then have students choose a counter. Students will roll a dice and multiply (or add) the number on the card by whatever number is on the dice. If students answer correctly then they can stay on that card. First one to the end wins! Math Ball Materials: Beach ball, sharpie Set up/ Directions: Write math facts on the ball; I did this ...