September 22 and September 29th; 7:40 am-2: 40 pm
The last two weeks have been a little crazy, to say the least. I really feel like in these past two weeks and especially today, that I have been getting really involved in day-to-day activities with the class. The past two Thursdays were pretty similar to any normal Thursday in this class. Like normal, the class eats breakfast and then does their daily jobs. I have gotten the opportunity to work with my host teacher and two students on watering the school’s flowers. Then I help participate in check in with the students and calendar. My main job during this time is to make sure that the students are in their seats and doing what they should be. Next, I participate in leading a one-on-one math …show more content…
One of my favorite parts of the day is when adapted music occurs at the end of the day. I love seeing the students so excited to participate in music. I also enjoy seeing the combination of signs and singing that takes place during this program. I have really enjoyed working with the students and learning a bunch of new things these past four weeks. Recently, I have even begun to pick up on simple signs that the teacher and paras do with the students. I cannot wait to see what more I learn throughout this semester.
Today was a really good day in my field experience. During gym, I was working really hard with the youngest student in the class. I was working with him to run, stretch, and do all gym related activities. I really had to push him to get him to participate in everything, as he wanted to keep sitting down. I could tell that he was really getting frustrated with me but I did not give up, as I knew that he needed to stay active. We then started a balloon game activity. The purpose of the activity was to work on hitting the balloon back to your partner. This is when I saw a breakthrough in the young boy, as he loved playing with the balloon and he was really improving on hitting the
The last two weeks have been a little crazy, to say the least. I really feel like in these past two weeks and especially today, that I have been getting really involved in day-to-day activities with the class. The past two Thursdays were pretty similar to any normal Thursday in this class. Like normal, the class eats breakfast and then does their daily jobs. I have gotten the opportunity to work with my host teacher and two students on watering the school’s flowers. Then I help participate in check in with the students and calendar. My main job during this time is to make sure that the students are in their seats and doing what they should be. Next, I participate in leading a one-on-one math …show more content…
One of my favorite parts of the day is when adapted music occurs at the end of the day. I love seeing the students so excited to participate in music. I also enjoy seeing the combination of signs and singing that takes place during this program. I have really enjoyed working with the students and learning a bunch of new things these past four weeks. Recently, I have even begun to pick up on simple signs that the teacher and paras do with the students. I cannot wait to see what more I learn throughout this semester.
Today was a really good day in my field experience. During gym, I was working really hard with the youngest student in the class. I was working with him to run, stretch, and do all gym related activities. I really had to push him to get him to participate in everything, as he wanted to keep sitting down. I could tell that he was really getting frustrated with me but I did not give up, as I knew that he needed to stay active. We then started a balloon game activity. The purpose of the activity was to work on hitting the balloon back to your partner. This is when I saw a breakthrough in the young boy, as he loved playing with the balloon and he was really improving on hitting the