Summary Of Ms. Monterroza's Classroom

An average day in Ms. Monterroza’s classroom, begins with the students finishing their writing. There is always a group working with the teacher, normally the group includes the students that don't speak much English and the students that struggle with writing. Normally their writing is based off of a book that was just read or a major event going on. Most students are up walking around, asking how to spell certain words and talking to their friends. If the kids aren't working on English, they are finishing their math. Some days, the class will be working on math instead of their writing. The kids work in groups at their table, although Ms. Monterroza instruct them to work alone. She has a group of kids that are slower in the comprehension

of math. There are a students that get finished fairly quickly that get to play on their iPads and help keep track of the “point system” for the teacher. This gives those students something to do while being able to keep track of the rest of student’s behavior. I'm not sure if it is necessarily a good idea to have students keep track of the point programs due to lying to keep their friends out of trouble or getting people in trouble that they don't like.
After math or writing, the kids get a educational magazine having to do with social studies. They follow along while Ms. Monterroza reads. The students that mainly speak Spanish are instructed to follow along with their finger. There is normally puzzles on the back for the kids to work out together. The word search and other puzzles are based on the articles that were just read. After social studies on Wednesday’s, Thursday's, and Friday's, the student break off into smaller groups with children from the other second grade classes. This is called WOW time. The subject of this time varies, around thanksgiving it was about the pilgrims and now it is about folk tales. This WOW time introduces the kids to new topics in a different area with different kids. I work with a certain group alongside a para from another class while Ms. Monterroza has her own group. After WOW, the students head back to their original classroom to put everything away and get ready to go home. On a normal day, I leave at this time.