Time sure flies when you are having fun. That is motto that I have said over and over again, and I couldn't think of a more appropriate time to use than now. I had a blast working with the students and my CT, it was able to fun, challenging and a great learning experience all in one. The last week, was a spirit week, and that was cool to see all of the students get involved in showing their school spirit. At the end of the week there were awards for students at each grade level and even the staff member who showed the most school spirit, that teacher got to receive a crown and that went over really well with the students.
The last day was as easy as it could have been. We started off giving some students a spelling test, with the vocabulary words that they were learning. After that, was the assembly to conclude spirit week, then we got to have a scavenger hunt with all of the students in the class, based off of a book I got to read in class. The students enjoyed going through the class, especially making the clues for the other students and trying to make them as tricky as possible.
Lastly we got to end with hearing advice from the students that we got to work with on what it takes to be a good teacher. Hearing it from the student perspective is always a plus, because we can get feedback from other teachers all of the time, but hearing it from the students makes it that much more meaningful.Then the other field experience students that was with got to give advice to what takes to be a good student. After that, we said goodbye to the class, it was tough seeing the students leave but knowing that I was able to help a lot of those students improve in something makes the reward that much greater in the end.
I am glad you had such a great experience, I did too! I also got to hear advice from my students who gave me feedback on what makes a great teacher and what they really enjoyed learning from me. I really enjoyed hearing their personal feedback! It was also hard for me leaving the classroom today because I made so many great connections with the students.
ReplyDeleteThat is great that you could receive feedback from your students. I would've loved to have that during my experience! I think the spirit week was cool as well, a good way to get everyone together and have fun.
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