Field Experience Week 2

Describe your teaching day- Our day is very similar to what I said about week one. We have had some variety lately though. We have had two assemblies during our field experience, one for the orchestra and the other about internet safety. Although it is nice for the kids to have some variety it makes getting through all the material that all the teachers are supposed to finish extremely difficult. Shayla and I help the students with math, do reading groups, and have been modeling paragraphs for the kids. 

Describe your favorite part of the day- I really enjoy our language arts/social studies time. We are writing reports on Indian tribes and each student is writing their first real report. We model a paragraph about the Anasazi at the beginning of the class and the students help write them by coming up with supporting ideas. It is cool to see them learn how to do something that they will have to do for the rest of their lives. 

What went well, what didn't work so well, and what would you change or do differently? This week when we did our lesson we made sure to state clear rules for the kids during the lesson. It worked well for awhile but we soon realized that you need to keep restating the rules when you switch activities. That was something that our supervising teacher brought up and it makes a lot of sense. The kids attention needs to be refocused. Next time I'll definitely let the kids know of the rules throughout the lesson. 

To help your students you would- I wish there was more time in the day to help each student individually. I love finding how each student learns and helping them that way. I want to make sure that each student has an individual relationship with me as a teacher so that I can help them progress. I think that knowing each student is very important for their growth.