11/20/14

My experience has continued to go well.  I have been able to learn a lot but the thing that stands out the most so far is the need for scheduling and a consistency.  I don't know if that is only a thing in kindergarten or if it is in all grades.  I have seen it mainly through issues when the schedule is different. The students get anxious and squirmy even if the smallest thing is changed.  One particular instance I remember was when we took the class for a bathroom break earlier that normal.  Usually the class goes right before lunch, but this day we took the class about 40 minutes earlier than normally.  This caused all of to think it was lunch time.  When we informed them that it wasn't they all got upset.  A simple change seemed to be the end of the world for them.  I have also noticed that they want things done the same all the time.  Today I got the chance to run and activity that my CT normally does.  It was a worksheet to teach the students how to write a letter of the alphabet.  I was unaware of exactly how my CT ran the activity but i did my best to run it and do things as I thought would work best.  I found the students wanted me to do things the exact way my CT did them.  Even non-important things that had no affect on the lesson.  I quickly learned to do things the way they were used to, and the activity went much smoother.