Field Experience Week #2

I hope everyone is having a great time working in the classroom with the children. I sure am! How great it is to finally see how we can use all of the great ideas we have learned in class and put them to good use with our students. Brooke gave her first lesson this week on the Navajo tribe. She did a wonderful job. Our class loves Brooke and so they were on their best behavior knowing how important it was for her. We have two girls in our class that create the most beautiful cards for us. Our class is great and very supportive of us. They are a unique bunch  and we are lucky to be here. It will be hard when the time comes to leave them. We have noticed how some of students are fitting into our ed psyche categories. We have one student who exhibits learned helplessness. This student will tell us that there is no need to do their work because they will be going to resource. Brooke and I caught onto that game early on. Sometimes I am in awe of our teacher who manages to keep a class of 29 students on task and involved as well as possible (which is really difficult). She is awesome. Today I was able to give the spelling test. I had so much fun saying the words and sentences. I could almost imagine myself being a real teacher some day. Another thing that amazes me is how fast a lesson goes by and another one starts. It is quick. There is so many things we are required to teach there is little time to dwell on one subject before we must move on to the next one. Well, anyway, as always I miss you all! Hope you are happy and learning lots of great things that will help you  be great teachers some day.