Artifacts

This is my first artifact. It is a pencil with a fake flower taped to it. Ms. Benton has a jar full of pencils with these flowers on it for the children to grab and use if they don't have a pencil. The flowers ensure that her pencils are returned since they are more distinctive than a normal pencil. Pencils are very important in the classroom setting. Children are constantly writing, whether it is during a spelling test, on a work sheet, or drawing a picture.


On my fourth visit, the class had to write a paragraph about their field trip to the Bown House. They were to pick their favorite room, write a topic sentence, and then supporting sentences about that room. One little boy was having trouble, so Ms. Benton sent him over to the table where I was sitting so that I could help him. This was his third attempt at writing the paper, but had to do it again since he was supposed to skip sentences. I chose this as one of my artifacts because children are always having to write papers and practice their writing skills.

I don't have a picture of my third artifact, but I thought that books represent the community of a classroom very well. In every classroom wherever you go, you will find almost an endless amount of books. Whether it is math books, or other text books, or picture books to read for fun.