Audubon Teaching Journal

Dyad Placement Audubon Elementary School

Today was our 1st day of the dyad placement. I am joined by Leia in a 3rd grade classroom.  Our MT seems to be very accommodating, personable, and well respected in the school as we learned later in the day. The classroom as made up of some 25 students grouped in clusters of 5 students.  Her classroom is not really large, and moving about between clusters is sometimes difficult when checking work and rendering assistance.  Today we assisted along with some 4 or 5 parents the supervision of painting life size figures of scarecrows that will be hung in the hallways for the autumn season.  The students worked on the available tables in the art room, on the floor, and out into the hallway.  It was nice to see a good sized turnout by parents, and the MT said that it was typical.  The classroom is made up of a wide range of students aptitudes form those requiring a great deal of help in producing work, and those that require little assistance.  Again, as my experience in the Lake Washington school district has been this classroom is also a very multicultural classroom.  I am looking forward to this experience with a wider range of student abilities.