Personal Narrative: My First Field Placement

My first field placement was a great experience. I really loved my placement because I had a wonderful host teacher and group of students. My host teacher gave me tons of helpful resources and hints. Also, she let me jump right in and help students, which helped me to make relationships with the students quickly. I enjoyed spending time with all of the 4th graders in my class but I gained a deeper relationship with a certain group of students. I got close to a group of five students, who were struggling to understand the material in math class. My host teacher would often have me spend time with that group of students to make sure that they understood the lesson and were not lost. I loved when she would ask me to do that because I would get to …show more content…
The day started out as a normal day in placement, I would walk around and help any student that was struggling. My host teacher told me that she was going to do a group activity but asked me if I would take the group of five to the back table and work with them on the activity. I told her yes, probably with a little too much excitement in my voice. While working at the back table with the students I did a few examples with them, but when it was time for them to try it on their own they still struggled. I decided that I would try to explain it in a different way like my host teacher did on a few problems. The students still were not fully getting it and I was starting to worry because I did not know how else to explain the problem. Next, I explained a way that the teacher did not show them how to do in class. When the students tried the next problem they all started to get the right answer. I was so happy that I was able to help them to understand how to solve the problem. The student had giant smiles on their faces because they knew that they finally understood what was happening in class and were no longer