This semester i am taking 2 EDU classes that require fieldwork-312 and 309. For EDU 312 i am in a 2nd grade class and for EDU 309 i am in a kindergarten classroom. Both of these placements are in the same elementary school: Jerrome Harrison Elementary School in North Branford. I only go to the school on fridays all day as the rest of the week i have full days of classes where i start classes early and don't get out of classes until late at night. This friday my fieldwork placement experience was a unique one to say the least!

Yesterday was Dr. Seuss' birthday-and read across america! The school had a school-wide celebration! it was hollywood themed. The students were dressed up-the boys wore suits and dress pants with jackets and ties and the girls wore dresses! the entire school was dressed up including teachers who were wearing tuxedos or floor length dresses and sunglasses. The students throughout the day would get to go to the gym where they had a red carpet set up with plants lining the side of the red carpet, velvet ropes marking off the red carpet, tents with strings of lights, an area where students can get interviewed on the red carpet and video recorded. Students were asked "what are you wearing?" "what is your favorite book?" "what book do you have with you today? whats it about?"

students then got to go to the other side of the gym to the snack tent where they had rented a wedding tent they put round tables with center pieces, had different snacks like red velvet cupcakes and juice in fancy plastic cups. There was a violinist playing music in the gym as well. When students left the snack area they went out the gym doors onto a party bus limo to set a 15 minute timer and read on the "rockstar reading limo" then they went back into the gym where they were read a story by someone who works for the town and they went back to their classroom. taking about 45 minutes all together. Its a fun day set aside for students to have some fun and have the emphasis on reading and literacy. After the kindergarten class got back into their room they talked about their favorite things that they saw and that happened and wrote it down.
all in all the day was somewhat interrrupted by this unique section of their day but the students loved it, as did all the teachers.