Post 3 Week 4

I did my second read aloud this week and I chose to read Not Your Typical Dragon by Dan Bar-el. The children giggled their way through the whole book and it was so fun being able to get them engaged in a book like that. This week in class we also planted some seeds for flowers that the kindergarteners will be able to take home later. Each student had their own pot that they planted a couple zinnea seeds in and then there were some extra pots that were used to plant some beans, sunflowers and peas. Also, I forgot to say this in my second week post but an incubator is in our classroom and we are in the process of hatching chicks and some of them we can see beginning to develop. My CT has taken an egg out a couple of times and he uses his flashlight on his phone to see through the egg and we can see the veins forming and the yolk is turning into a little chicken fetus. I feel like there's never a dull day in kindergarten. We're always busy and doing awesome projects. This week I followed the EBD student and his para around to see what they do when they aren't in the classroom and it wasn't what I thought it would be like. The student has a chart of pokeballs and when he gets to 5 pokeballs he's able to go on a "break" and that's what I was curious about. He gets to choose what he does on his breaks and he chose to use a body sox and I had never seen one before. It has a similar effect like a weighted blanket. If you don't know what a body sox is I highly recommend you look it up. It's hilarious and also very helpful for students who need that calming kind of pressure.