I like to check in with my students often about what they are learning. Sometimes I give them a “ticket out” of the classroom and they have to list three things they’ve learned before they can leave. Here are some things they listed before they left the classroom before break:
Yo he aprendido muchas cosas de estudios sociales, como el viaje de Lewis y Clark, matematicas, como la multiplicacion con un reticulado y de ciencias, como echar un huevo del tercer piso sin romperlo! (I’ve learned a lot of things from social studies like Lewis and Clark’s trip, math, like multiplying with a matrix and science like throwing an egg from the third story without breaking it!)
I learned that eggs can be suicidal and you should use packing peanuts to save them.
I have learned that if you drop a pencil sharpener on the floor, Ms. Maestra will take it away for the day.
Yo aprendi que no traer las tareas te puede costar. Vas a tener un cero y tienes que pagarle a la maestra. (I learned that not bringing your homework can cost you. You will have a zero and you’ll have to pay the teacher.)
I learned to be a good scientist and I learned that Ms. Maestra rocks and sings!
I am learning how to be a lawyer. I’m also learning about decimals.
So far this year, I learned that when someone asks you how are you, you say, “I’m well,” not “Good.”
I learned how to round, add and subtract decimals.
What I learned is that I should start bringing in my homework.
What I learned this year from math is long division. I never thought I could do that.
I learned the difference between ser and estar.
I learned how to spell the word beautiful.
Yo e aprendido como desir puedo ir al bano con mis manos. (I learned how to say May I go to the bathroom in sign language.)
What I learned this year so far is that if you don’t do your homework you get a automatic zero. Then you get sent to Ms. X’s class and you still have to do it.
If you find one of our vocabulary words in your reading and you show it to Ms. Maestra, whe’ll give you $5 in classroom dollars.
Yo aprendi a tener mas amigos. (I learned how to make more friends.)
Yo he aprendido que tengo que hacer mucha tarea. (I have learned that I have to do a lot of homework.)
I have learned that if someone hits me it is up to me to control my anger.
