Week 4: Third Day in the Classroom

Week 4: Third Day in the Classroom

Date: Saturday, September 25^th, 2021

By: Monica Schrank        

I had another great day observing and being in the classroom again with the students! My MT allowed me to be more involved with the students this week by reading a book to the class called Diary of a Worm. The students really enjoyed this book because it was very similar to the book that the students were reading during guided reading. I asked the students a lot of questions about how this book compared and contrasted with their guided reading book. Compare and contrast was a skill that the students were working on last week, which was a great way for the them to test their knowledge of what they learned about compare and contrast. One of the students in my class broke her arm, and I was really shocked by how many classmates helped that student out. For example, some of the students would help write down the information on their activity sheets for the student. To me, this was very eye-opening for me because it is very important for students to help other classmates out. We need more students in the world who can help other students out if they need help!

            I was able to accomplish my goal that I had last week by teaching/checking the students morning activity sheet (which is shown in the picture below) with them. I also was able to check over the student’s long ‘u’ sound and math activity with them. I was really glad that my MT allowed me to do this because it allowed me to be the “teacher” for the time being. My new goal for this week is to handle a situation that happens between a student(s) by myself. This is a very important goal for me because there will always be situations that come up between students. By stepping in and handling different situations on my own, I can become more comfortable handling situations in the classroom and teaching students how to act nicely and learn what to do and what not to do in the classroom. I know I said this last week, but I cannot wait to be back in the classroom again and be a part of the student’s educational career by teaching them about the world around them!

 

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