Post from Student Teacher

Hi! I’m Miss Mueller and I have been a student teacher at Harrison in the school library for the last six weeks.



It’s been an awesome experience and I’ve learned a lot these last six weeks. Student teaching at Harrison has given me so many great hands-on experiences. I’ve gotten to teach and design my own lesson plans, learn how to solve a Rubix Cube, and build relationships with students. One of the many units we have been working on in the library is an author study on Candace Fleming to prepare our students to meet her in January.


Candace Fleming is a great author, with books for all students at Harrison. She writes picture books, fiction, chapter books, and non-fiction books. With the PreK and Kindergarten students, we read Muncha Muncha Muncha and Tippi Tippi Hide, two classics that the younger students enjoyed. We’ve also read Oh No! which is a fun story about a dastardly tiger that’s trying to eat a motley crew of jungle animals. With the 3rd and 4th grade students we read the Amazing Collection of Joey Cornell. This is a true story about an artist who creates art by collecting and arranging things that he finds interesting. The 3rd and 4th graders then made their own digital collection by creating a collage though Pic Edu. Students loved this activity and realized that art isn’t just drawing and painting, but also can be made through found objects.




With the 1st-4th graders, we dove deep into one of my favorite Candace Fleming books, Giant Squid. This book is about the mysterious giant sea creature that lurks at the bottom of the ocean. The students listened to the books and then went to research more about this amazing animal. Students used Pebble Go and Britannica School to find out more information about the giant squid and then took this information to turn it into a talking puppet through Chatter Pics. Students drew their own giant squid and then used Chatter Pics to record themselves retelling their fact. The students had a lot of fun making their giant squid drawings ‘talk’, and gained skills in research and retelling.




My time at Harrison has been an amazing experience, with amazing students and staff to help guide me along the way. Student teaching here showed me that I’m about to enter into the best job in the world. What could be better than sharing the love of reading and information with students?