Field Experience #1

My first week of my field experience is going pretty well. There are about 21 students in the classroom. Our cooperating teacher is really nice and helpful. She would come to ask us if there are any questions every time after the lessons. Through her teaching style, she definitely doesn’t look like she has been teaching for three years only. She is so friendly and we had a little conversation about the class before my field experience. Our cooperating teacher doesn’t think it is hard to teach the diverse classroom. As Ivy mentioned, some students are in IEP and other students need extra help in certain subjects. Our CT does not use smart board that often. She uses document camera to share reading and to teach math. Because of the snow day, I had a chance to go into the music class and experience something new. The music teacher uses smart board to teach music. She inserted a photo of xylophone and showed the students which notes they should play. Our CT usually separates the students in different stations or “center” depending on their reading levels. In one of the station, students are able to explore the Ipads and play the spelling game apps. As I observed, each Ipad has a qr code reader app but we haven’t have chances to use it as a learning material for classes yet.

Our CT uses YouTube videos to teach English in most of the time. The letter e song is one of the video that she shows in class. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cm4OnFLl5Uw Students always sing along when the music is on. I am really glad that I have a chance to be in this classroom. Remembering the students’ names is the most challenge thing for me but after then that I still learning something new every day and having a great time with the students and my CT.