Field Experience Done!

When I was told I would have 5 weeks in the field I didn't expect the time to go by so quickly.  I have learned so much in such a little amount of time. In that time I also made some new friends. I took many things from this experience. The last thing my CT told me and my classmate was when things get a little crazy just take a deep breath and remember that you know what you are doing and you are doing it for a reason. My CT also taught me some good transitions and attention getters. Some attention getters were "class class: yes, yes, chicka chicka: boom boom, classidy class: yesidy yes, lollipop, tootsie roll we've been talking now lets stop. Every child knew what these meant and they stopped what they were doing right away to stop talking and pay attention. The only thing that I took away that I may do differently from my CT is stations. Each day they have stations to go to, independent time to work on things such as rhyming, writing sentences, letter sounds and such. While they are doing this the CT is normally doing a guided reading with a couple students, or doing assessments. While she was doing that I got to work with the students. I found out that many of them used the same ones over and over again, ones that they were already perfect at. They were not challenging themselves and since she was busy was not able to notice which students were changing stations and which kept picking the same ones. She did however mention to them that she wants them to switch stations they are using. If I were to do the stations I would make sure that they had certain ones they took on certain times so that they are challenging themselves and really learning. What things do you see in your classrooms you may change?