On the last day of my first placement, I felt for the first time what it is like to get through to a child with some difficulties paying attention and completing tasks, I saw what it was like to feel the accomplishments of being a teacher.
For my first placement I went to Valley View Elementary, and was placed in a first grade class with Ms. Stehle and a fourth grade class with Mrs. Testolin. I loved both classes I was placed in because they were both very welcoming. In my first grade class there was twenty-two students with varying learning styles, the class was very ethnically diverse and included a few higher energy students that may of needed a little extra help. Each class size was ideal because it wasn’t too small, but had a good amount …show more content…
I enjoyed helping her with these kind of things because it showed me all of the kinds of things teachers have to do on a daily base, that I never really thought of. While I did help her with those kinds of things I also was in the class during math so I would work with the kids while they learned their multiplication and the varying types of math they did over the few weeks I was there. Not only did I help with math, I read aloud to the fourth graders and mapped out the story as they do every so often. While I was in the first grade class it was also during math time. I worked with them to learn how to add and subtract, also I answered any question they had. A few things I picked up from both of the teachers that had me in their rooms was the way the fourth grade teacher would allow her kids to talk about recess as they came back from lunch as a class, this allowed them to get their stories out and lessen the interruptions throughout the rest of the day. I agree with this because it let the kids know that she wanted to hear about their time and about their day, but also taught them to get their stories out and that there was a time and a place for everything. Another tool that I picked up was, the first graders had Blurt Beans, which was a jar of beans and when the talking go out of hand the teacher would instruct one kid to take a
For my first placement I went to Valley View Elementary, and was placed in a first grade class with Ms. Stehle and a fourth grade class with Mrs. Testolin. I loved both classes I was placed in because they were both very welcoming. In my first grade class there was twenty-two students with varying learning styles, the class was very ethnically diverse and included a few higher energy students that may of needed a little extra help. Each class size was ideal because it wasn’t too small, but had a good amount …show more content…
I enjoyed helping her with these kind of things because it showed me all of the kinds of things teachers have to do on a daily base, that I never really thought of. While I did help her with those kinds of things I also was in the class during math so I would work with the kids while they learned their multiplication and the varying types of math they did over the few weeks I was there. Not only did I help with math, I read aloud to the fourth graders and mapped out the story as they do every so often. While I was in the first grade class it was also during math time. I worked with them to learn how to add and subtract, also I answered any question they had. A few things I picked up from both of the teachers that had me in their rooms was the way the fourth grade teacher would allow her kids to talk about recess as they came back from lunch as a class, this allowed them to get their stories out and lessen the interruptions throughout the rest of the day. I agree with this because it let the kids know that she wanted to hear about their time and about their day, but also taught them to get their stories out and that there was a time and a place for everything. Another tool that I picked up was, the first graders had Blurt Beans, which was a jar of beans and when the talking go out of hand the teacher would instruct one kid to take a