This was my last week of working with the students and CT, it was very sad. I became very attached to the class! I helped out a lot, and I just wanted to do more! I helped a girl who had behavior problems, I would sit by her if she listened and sat nicely, but if she got up then she lost privileges. Then I also had a student who got frustrated when she read and cried, I found her a book that she could read and looked like a chapter book. She now is reading the whole series!
1) What is the process of getting a lesson plan approved?
Monday, December 5, 2016
week 4
I believe this week related a lot to communication skills. The first thing I did was read a story to the class, it related a lot to Thanksgiving. Throughout my read aloud, I asked for students predictions and asked questions. I listened to each prediction and made each student feel right about it. I also did a lot of different sound effects for the story, to keep the students engaged. Then we did a word search and made turkeys, relating to Thanksgiving.
1) What is the best way to teach about holidays that follow in the school year, and which ones to avoid?
Week 3
I believe I worked well with building relationships with students and staff this week. I was greeted by many students and they came to me for help. I know the students by their first names and what they are interested in. I also worked on giving certain students a vocabulary test. The test was showing a word and the students had three seconds to say the word, instant words. This test was used to show improvement from the beginning of the year, the tests will be shown at conferences. At the end of the morning, many students waved goodbye to me, even some members of the staff say goodbye.
1. How do you get to know students that do not open up well or who are too shy?
2. How do you make sure students feel included in a lesson or activity?
1. How do you get to know students that do not open up well or who are too shy?
2. How do you make sure students feel included in a lesson or activity?
Sunday, December 4, 2016
Saying Goodbye
I am so thankful for another experience in the classroom. It was an experience I will never forget. This was my first time working in a class that has a diverse group of students. It was my first time seeing a room with many different behavior issues. It was a first for me in many ways. I have honestly learned so much.
It was hard leaving the students, I felt like they were my own by the end. I had made so many great relationships with them. I got to feel a small part of what it will be like to say goodbye to my future students at the end of the year.
My CT was great. I learned a lot from watching her. She has great classroom management. The students always knew what she wanted by her signals. It was cool to see how fast the students responded to her new management skills.
It was a great experience. I am sad to be done, but also so excited for the next classroom I get to be apart of.
It was hard leaving the students, I felt like they were my own by the end. I had made so many great relationships with them. I got to feel a small part of what it will be like to say goodbye to my future students at the end of the year.
My CT was great. I learned a lot from watching her. She has great classroom management. The students always knew what she wanted by her signals. It was cool to see how fast the students responded to her new management skills.
It was a great experience. I am sad to be done, but also so excited for the next classroom I get to be apart of.
Week 5, Last Day
December 2nd
Today is my last day of my field experience! I can't believe how fast the time has flown by. It seems as if I was just meeting my students and CT yesterday. I can honestly say I learned so much over the last 5 weeks. Working with such a variety of students with a very experienced teacher ended up teaching me so much more than I thought possible. I learned a lot about classroom and time management, working with ELL students, and teaching a group of students with a huge achievement gap. It was my privilege to help my CT with morning meetings, read-alouds, guided reading groups, rhyming, and so much more! I am thankful my CT was so trusting, and pushed me into things that I thought I couldn't do before this experience. I will miss all of my students, especially the couple that I worked with one-on-one everyday. I never thought it would be so hard to say goodbye, but I am happy to say that with the experience I had, an easy goodbye wouldn't have been possible!
Today is my last day of my field experience! I can't believe how fast the time has flown by. It seems as if I was just meeting my students and CT yesterday. I can honestly say I learned so much over the last 5 weeks. Working with such a variety of students with a very experienced teacher ended up teaching me so much more than I thought possible. I learned a lot about classroom and time management, working with ELL students, and teaching a group of students with a huge achievement gap. It was my privilege to help my CT with morning meetings, read-alouds, guided reading groups, rhyming, and so much more! I am thankful my CT was so trusting, and pushed me into things that I thought I couldn't do before this experience. I will miss all of my students, especially the couple that I worked with one-on-one everyday. I never thought it would be so hard to say goodbye, but I am happy to say that with the experience I had, an easy goodbye wouldn't have been possible!
Week 4, ELL services
November 25th
Over the past 4 weeks, one of the "tasks" my CT has given me is to work one-on-one with the ELL students. I have worked on everything from spelling their names to rhyming. This has been the most rewarding and enjoyable thing I've gotten to do. That is why when my CT said that I would be leaving and helping out with their ELL class, I was very excited! When I first got into the classroom that they transferred to, to my surprise, the teacher was incredibly rude and impatient with the students. I got the feeling that the students were a nuisance to her, and that they were just in her way. I was hesitant to write about this experience, but felt that it will be one of the most impactful events I will have over these 5 weeks. I did my best to swallow my pride, and keep in everything I wanted to say to her to myself. I just helped the students to the best of my ability, and tried to make them feel as smart and successful as I could. I didn't get a chance to say anything to her or my CT about it, because I don't feel it is my place. I just want to take what I observed, and make sure I never make my students feel the way they must when they have to go to her classroom.
Over the past 4 weeks, one of the "tasks" my CT has given me is to work one-on-one with the ELL students. I have worked on everything from spelling their names to rhyming. This has been the most rewarding and enjoyable thing I've gotten to do. That is why when my CT said that I would be leaving and helping out with their ELL class, I was very excited! When I first got into the classroom that they transferred to, to my surprise, the teacher was incredibly rude and impatient with the students. I got the feeling that the students were a nuisance to her, and that they were just in her way. I was hesitant to write about this experience, but felt that it will be one of the most impactful events I will have over these 5 weeks. I did my best to swallow my pride, and keep in everything I wanted to say to her to myself. I just helped the students to the best of my ability, and tried to make them feel as smart and successful as I could. I didn't get a chance to say anything to her or my CT about it, because I don't feel it is my place. I just want to take what I observed, and make sure I never make my students feel the way they must when they have to go to her classroom.
Week 3, snow day!
Friday, November 18th
Today, as everyone else knows, our district had an early out. I wasn't planning on even having school, but after the school day started I realized they had probably made the right decision... UNTIL the snow started. Once the snow and wind began, the faculty members and myself realized they would probably be making the call to cut the day short anytime. Sure enough, the decision was made at 9:30 that the kids would get out at 11. What surprised me the most about the decision is how happy all of the staff were. I had pictured them panicking, thinking that their whole week of content and lessons would be messed up/pushed back. That really didn't seem to be the case, though. My CT was wonderful at handling the situation. She remained very calm, and her mood seemed to rub off on the students. They were surprisingly calm and handled the news very well. I'm thankful that I got the opportunity to witness an early out, as most likely I will have to deal with that in the future.
Today, as everyone else knows, our district had an early out. I wasn't planning on even having school, but after the school day started I realized they had probably made the right decision... UNTIL the snow started. Once the snow and wind began, the faculty members and myself realized they would probably be making the call to cut the day short anytime. Sure enough, the decision was made at 9:30 that the kids would get out at 11. What surprised me the most about the decision is how happy all of the staff were. I had pictured them panicking, thinking that their whole week of content and lessons would be messed up/pushed back. That really didn't seem to be the case, though. My CT was wonderful at handling the situation. She remained very calm, and her mood seemed to rub off on the students. They were surprisingly calm and handled the news very well. I'm thankful that I got the opportunity to witness an early out, as most likely I will have to deal with that in the future.
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