Although it was nice having two snow days this week, I missed being in my classroom since I was just beginning to get settled.  It was good to be back on Wednesday but the students were very wound up since it was only a 2 day week for them, including a Valentines Party on Thursday!  I helped one of my students on Wednesday with reading and vocabulary.  Before he read the story to me, he reviewed/learned some of the important words that were in the story.  I assisted him in using the words in sentences.  After he felt like he knew the words, he read the story to me.  I could see that he really benefited from reviewing the vocabulary before the story.  On Thursday when I arrived, my cooperating teachers asked me to create some math materials while the class was at gym.  They gave me some guidance but I was pretty much on my own which was actually fun!  I made some a number game that will help the students with counting sequences and transitions in between numbers (i.e.: 26,27,28,29,__,31).  After I was finished with a few of the cards, I could see that the students were very excited to use them.  Hopefully I will be able to see them in use next week!  All in all, it was a very short week but of course, I learned something new!