Teaching/Classroom Experience Archives - Miss Donnelly's Daily Apple

Pre-Secondary Teaching

What Three Weeks with Kindergartners Taught Me, a Secondary Ed. Teacher

7 Aug 201516 Sep 2015

Yesterday afternoon wrapped up my last day, last week of the Lake Mills Elementary School Summer Camp, a part-time summer teaching position I decided to take to push myself completely out of…

Pre-Secondary Teaching…

Simple Math Game for the Little Guys

25 Jul 201517 Sep 2015

So on Thursday while working with my Lake Mills Kindergartners at the summer school, I learned a super easy game called "Top It" (or in other words, the little-kid version…

Pre-Secondary Teaching

Make it Through the First Week of Kindergarten – Check!

25 Jul 201516 Sep 2015

My first week of Kindergarten classes went a lot better than expected! On the first day, Tuesday, the students learned about the process of making ice cream—the unit of the…

Pre-Secondary Teaching

School’s [Not] Out for the Summer!

23 Jul 201516 Sep 2015

In late May, a fellow teacher-friend told me about an awesome opportunity just outside of town—teaching summer school for elementary kids in Lake Mills, Iowa! As someone who’s always working…

Party Time!

29 Apr 201516 Sep 2015

Today was bittersweet. A party with root beer floats, goldfish crackers, and over-sized goodbye cards, but also a sad time, as we all realized that our twice a week sessions…

Assessment Day!

27 Apr 201524 Sep 2015

Today was assessment day *cue the groans*Continue reading "Assessment Day!"